Ask the Author: Ivan Ertlov
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Ivan Ertlov
I do something different, but it has to be a creative task. Developing a video game, composing, writing a song.
Ivan Ertlov
Telling stories. It doesn't matter if you write a novel, develop your own video game, write a song - as long as you tell stories and reach people, it`s one of the best feelings in the world.
Ivan Ertlov
Read good books.
Gather your ideas, best in a mindmap.
Write, write write.
Read more good books.
Go back to your work and check if it holds up against the best you have read.
Re-work it until it does.
Gather your ideas, best in a mindmap.
Write, write write.
Read more good books.
Go back to your work and check if it holds up against the best you have read.
Re-work it until it does.
Ivan Ertlov
"Mutation!" - A science fiction thriller set in 2150, with a former UN spaceship captain struggling to make a living as freelancing pilot in our solar solar system. Against his will, he is dragged into one of the biggest conspiracies in the history of mankind.
Ivan Ertlov
What a question!
I read, of course.
I read, of course.
Ivan Ertlov
For "Mutation!" - the book I am currently working on, and have been working on for 20 years now - it was a dream I had as a 19yo student back in Austria.
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