Ask the Author: Sam Drake
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Sam Drake
The Iron Country is a culmination of me wanting to write an 'on the run' story and a totalitarian story akin to Orwell and Huxley. It was influenced by a few things that were going on in the media in 2012, a certain group of society seemed to be getting the blame for all of the state's problems. It just stemmed from there.
Sam Drake
I shut myself away in the little room in my house with my desk in, then I put on some droning music and just see what happens. Sometimes she goes. Sometimes she don't.
Sam Drake
Trying to get a Tech-Noir novel published whilst writing its followup. Hit a bit of a wall with that, so I've just finished the first draft of a short horror story. Also just started on what I hope will be the first of a dark-fantasy/pulp serial.
I also crank out the odd article/review.
I also crank out the odd article/review.
Sam Drake
Ignore everyone who tells you it's a fool's errand.
Don't expect anyone to take you seriously until you start getting published.
Do it for yourself and for no one else.
Don't expect anyone to take you seriously until you start getting published.
Do it for yourself and for no one else.
Sam Drake
That sense of validation at the end of several years' hard work. Other than that, I'm not sure. I do it because I enjoy it, sure, but behind that there's the sense that it's what I'm supposed to do.
Sam Drake
I do something else for a bit. Either I work on a different writing project (it's important to have a B-project for this very eventuality), or I take a break from writing for a week. I throw myself into a different hobby, or sometimes I just do absolutely nothing for a day or two.
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