Ask the Author: John Peragine
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John Peragine
How I died and came back to life as a child and my experiences of what happened in those few minutes.
John Peragine
In Max and the Spice Thieves I created my favorite world. One where there is three seas- and pirates. I love the beach, the sunshine and the ocean. I would travel to the different islands and try out all the different foods and flavors of each.
John Peragine
I guess the simplest answer may also be the dullest. I am blessed that I can do the thing I love doing for a living. I get to exist in the fantastical worlds in my head and I get to share those worlds and words with others.
John Peragine
That's a tough one because I don't think I really experience writer's block. There are days I am too tired to write, but its not because I don't know what to write. It means my eyes and brain are tired, and I always try to give my best when I am sitting behind the keyboard.
John Peragine
Her hand lay before her on the table. The ax that lay beside it had done its job.
John Peragine
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John Peragine
Reading stories as a kid. I read as much as I could cram into my head. Then my daydreams filled the spaces in between those books and begged to be written. I love that I can transfer those dreams to words and those words become other people's daydreams.
John Peragine
Just write. Sit down, approach that blank page and allow your world to come to life. Finish the draft then edit. Don't just. Just create. Then tomorrow- do it again.
John Peragine
Max and the Isle of Arctus- Book 2 of the Secrets of the Twilight Djinn
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