Ask the Author: Mark Anthony Tierno
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Mark Anthony Tierno
Why, Maldene of course.
Mark Anthony Tierno
What's that? Never had it.
I plan ahead, get the basic outline drawn up before I type word one. Then I break out the database to stat up the new character's I'll need. By the time I getb started I know just where I'm going. Oh, and having this incredible imagination helps.
I plan ahead, get the basic outline drawn up before I type word one. Then I break out the database to stat up the new character's I'll need. By the time I getb started I know just where I'm going. Oh, and having this incredible imagination helps.
Mark Anthony Tierno
Set my own hours and lifestyle, the boss is a great guy but a real slave-driver, and I get to play god (or gods) in my own liuttle world.
Mark Anthony Tierno
Learn to read before you write. That and this:
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but the goal of a good writer- the goal of a *great* writer- is to make one word worth a thousand pictures.
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but the goal of a good writer- the goal of a *great* writer- is to make one word worth a thousand pictures.
Mark Anthony Tierno
promoting my books enough so I can get out of ghostwriting and onto the next series. Currently I have enough written works of my own to keep any 3 publiushers busy for a solid decade, but that doesn't mean I'm about to stop. I got some notes on a planet with 16 moons I'd like to get to...
Mark Anthony Tierno
Been asking myself this for a while now, trying to pin down the moment at which I decided to be a writer and well... the further back i go the furhter back I CAN go in chasing down the answer. I guess I was just born to it.
Mark Anthony Tierno
IDeas can be a moment to acquire and years to gestate. In the case of Maldene I was developing it in my head for 15 years before penning it, but the original idea came when i was about 13 years old: I wanted to create the ultimate villain.
And I did.
And I did.
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