Ask the Author: Richard Middleton
Answered Questions (7)
Richard Middleton
Beautiful blue skies, darting swallows, warm summer air. Just 200 metres above the too-narrow crack in this deep cave where I am trapped without hope of escape or rescue.
Richard Middleton
Write something that doesn't matter. I'm blocked from writing 'the great novel' but I got over it by writing something fun for myself that didn't matter. By the time I'd finished the book it did matter and became 'The Wyrm Conspiracy'.
Richard Middleton
Writing! And talking to people who've read my work and get something out of it
Richard Middleton
Imagine you are not the writer but a writer lives inside you. Your job is to feed the writer (by giving the writer interesting food for thought), train the writer (by giving the writer time to write), and support the writer (because often what the writer writes may not be as good as you'd like, so the writer needs reassurance and support to keep going!).
Richard Middleton
An adult thriller called 'Dirty Green', and starting to plot the third book in the Wyrm Saga 'Wyrm Prophecy'.
Richard Middleton
Being interested in EVERYTHING! People, nature, events, things people say...all of these can start a story
Richard Middleton
'Wyrm Gold' came from me wondering what it was about gold that was so precious to wyrms (creatures in the Wyrm Saga world, some of which are like dragons). So in the book we find out why Sikkelgnaga, the gold-wyrm, wants to collect all the human gold in the world...
About Goodreads Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
See Featured Authors Answering Questions
Learn more