Ask the Author: J.T. Allen
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J.T. Allen
The dress code. Nowhere else have I been allowed to wear jammies to the office.
J.T. Allen
Being a perpetually aspiring writer myself I feel fairly fraudulent giving advice to others. However, these are things people have told me. "Keep at it" is sound advice. Writing is like playing a violin—you need to saw away for a long time before it sounds any good. Also, while it may be necessary to compare your writing to other authors', don't fall into the trap of comparing your career to theirs.
J.T. Allen
Well, I just completed my tax return. I honestly think it may be my masterpiece. (Ask me in a week after the next meeting with the monkeys.)
J.T. Allen
After the first novel, I had a meeting with Daisy's troop of monkeys and they pitched the idea along with a handful of others. These meetings are rather chaotic, as you can imagine, pretzel sticks tossed everywhere, soda spilled on the rugs, chocolate chip cookies smeared into the couch upholstery—and that's when the meetings go well.
The problem wasn't that I didn't like the idea. It was that they were quarreling among themselves, as usual. Some of them liked the idea, others thought it was the stupidest thing they'd ever heard. Some authors get to be inspired by long-limbed, alabaster-skinned muses with curly tresses and flowing diaphanous togas, but I get the monkeys. Luck of the draw, I guess.
The problem wasn't that I didn't like the idea. It was that they were quarreling among themselves, as usual. Some of them liked the idea, others thought it was the stupidest thing they'd ever heard. Some authors get to be inspired by long-limbed, alabaster-skinned muses with curly tresses and flowing diaphanous togas, but I get the monkeys. Luck of the draw, I guess.
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