Ask the Author: George Morrison
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George Morrison
Hi John,
Thanks for asking, but I don't plan on any audio productions at this time.
Regards,
George
Thanks for asking, but I don't plan on any audio productions at this time.
Regards,
George
George Morrison
This is easy! I already have a project started on a humorous ghost novel called The Mystery of the Phantom Flush. I got the idea from a toilet in my house that would periodically flush itself at two in the morning. Although the cause was eventually diagnosed as a hardware malfunction, I thought this would make a funny story about a ghost with unfinished business.
George Morrison
I apologize "up front" for what is going to sound cute, but this is the truth. In the first chapter of Novel Problems, Jake gets his inspriation at midnight while working on a corporate system. That's what happened for me. During a stint as an Oracle databse programmer, I would frequently work nights. It was during one of those sessions when, taking a break from pounding SQL code, I browsed through some family vacation photos. During one of our frequent trips up North, we had passed through Marinette and I had taken some pictures of a destroyer that was in the shipyard. I looked the ship up online and was intrigued by its technical specification. And like Jake, the idea hit me right then. I jotted it down, but didn't get back to it for several years. When I did, it took me a lot longer to write than it took Jake to produce his manuscript. But I'm pretty sure the same amount of coffee was consumed!! ;)
George Morrison
If you love to write, then write. If you only want to write in order to become a celebrity, then buy a cheap cell phone and take a selfie as you leap off the Infinity Bridge at the Grand Canyon.
George Morrison
Writing is its own satisfaction. If other people want to read my stories, or even pay money for them, then I find that to be a curious but acceptable accoutrement to the main source of my delight.
George Morrison
If you can't go through a gate, go over it. Or around it. Or just blast it with dynamite.
George Morrison
I would like to visit the Grand Esplanade at Avente in Vance's Oikumene. There, I would take my ease at a green marble table overlooking the purple throng, sipping a bold Cabernet from a crystal glass while discussing the nature of humanity and where we think this will all end up with Jack Vance.
George Morrison
Classical music and solitude.
George Morrison
I just released my latest story, Novel Problems, which is a sci-fi comedy caper, quite unlike anything else I've written.
My main current project is the next installment on my series about the Book of Atlantis. As per usual, though, I have three other projects underway. I like bouncing between genres as the mood takes me.
My main current project is the next installment on my series about the Book of Atlantis. As per usual, though, I have three other projects underway. I like bouncing between genres as the mood takes me.
George Morrison
A two-sentence horror story:
I woke this morning to darkness and the smell of rotted wood. I ran my fingers along the gritty brick walls that confined me; the only sound was that of my own heartbeat, and I realized with a pulse of fear that I was trapped in a story by Poe.
I woke this morning to darkness and the smell of rotted wood. I ran my fingers along the gritty brick walls that confined me; the only sound was that of my own heartbeat, and I realized with a pulse of fear that I was trapped in a story by Poe.
George Morrison
My summer reading list includes The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, by Lovecraft, Lake Redemption by McGinley and the latest Tundra compilation by Carpenter.
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