Ask the Author: T. Daniel Sheppeard
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T. Daniel Sheppeard
The call was not coming from inside her house. It was coming from inside her head.
T. Daniel Sheppeard
Two things sometimes work for me:
1: Reading. Lots.
2: Talking about the story with my family or writer friends.
1: Reading. Lots.
2: Talking about the story with my family or writer friends.
T. Daniel Sheppeard
To me, writing is like scratching a maddening itch. One that builds and builds until you can't ignore it. When finally you give in and scratch you just know that's what itching is for.
When I write I just know that's what I'm supposed to do.
When I write I just know that's what I'm supposed to do.
T. Daniel Sheppeard
Write.
Also, read. Read a lot. Read, read, read. Read books that you enjoy just because you enjoy them. Let them fill your head with dreams and ideas and hunger to write.
Then write.
Also, read. Read a lot. Read, read, read. Read books that you enjoy just because you enjoy them. Let them fill your head with dreams and ideas and hunger to write.
Then write.
T. Daniel Sheppeard
Two things:
1: The sequel to Diggory's World. The working title of that book is Wayfarers.
2: Finishing a fantasy novelette that I started over twenty years ago, called The Dragons of Kilner. I stopped writing that story when a computer issue wiped out a large portion of the story. But finishing and publishing Diggory's World inspires me to get back to work on it.
1: The sequel to Diggory's World. The working title of that book is Wayfarers.
2: Finishing a fantasy novelette that I started over twenty years ago, called The Dragons of Kilner. I stopped writing that story when a computer issue wiped out a large portion of the story. But finishing and publishing Diggory's World inspires me to get back to work on it.
T. Daniel Sheppeard
I hate to be stereotypical, but often inspiration just forces itself on me. Chain reactions: one bit of inspiration leads to a burst of writing, which inspires me to write more.
My family inspires me. They often asked how these were going in the book as I wrote. Their questions and interest fire the creative synapses. A supportive and loving fanbase is very inspiring, even if it's just the two of them.
My family inspires me. They often asked how these were going in the book as I wrote. Their questions and interest fire the creative synapses. A supportive and loving fanbase is very inspiring, even if it's just the two of them.
T. Daniel Sheppeard
This is a question writers get asked a lot, and often have a hard time answering. I'm no exception.
Diggory's World represents a lot of ideas that were gleaned from other stories that I never finished or never even started. I put them together to create the world that's explored in this book. Then I had to figure out a way to join these separate elements that had no connection before.
Then I came up with Diggory. I created him to be exactly the wrong person to have to deal with the challenges he found in that world.
To go into more details, I'd have to issue spoilers.
Diggory's World represents a lot of ideas that were gleaned from other stories that I never finished or never even started. I put them together to create the world that's explored in this book. Then I had to figure out a way to join these separate elements that had no connection before.
Then I came up with Diggory. I created him to be exactly the wrong person to have to deal with the challenges he found in that world.
To go into more details, I'd have to issue spoilers.
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