Ask the Author: Nick Lavitz
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Nick Lavitz
I write something else for a while. Then I come back to the story when the dust has settled.
Nick Lavitz
Advice is contradictory. Grammar and spelling are essential. Experience gained trumps experience borrowed. Consistency of output gets you to the finish line. You have to find your readers, not the other way around.
Nick Lavitz
I get most of my ideas from dreams. Either nighttime dreams or daydreams that suddenly coalesce into a narrative.
Nick Lavitz
Two things. The first is when you re-read something you wrote some time age, step back from it and think... "That was really quite good!" The reason this is such a good feeling is that most of the time you feel exactly the opposite. ("How did I ever release this into the world?").
The second thing is interaction with readers. I really enjoy it.
The second thing is interaction with readers. I really enjoy it.
Nick Lavitz
Hi Jen - I'm sorry I missed this question when you posted it.
I'm really glad you liked Snow, although to be honest it was quite hard to write because the story kept changing on me as it progressed, and the characters and universe ended up very differently to my initial idea.
I'm currently working on a number of projects, including a time-travel thriller (novel length), a paranormal exorcist series (10k stories, the first one is free when you sign up to the newsletter on my website) and another series of shorter detective stories in a world with powers (which I hope to give away on Patreon).
As a consequence I don't really have the time to delve back into the world of Snow at the moment, although when someone says they liked something, I'm always tempted to revisit it!
I'm really glad you liked Snow, although to be honest it was quite hard to write because the story kept changing on me as it progressed, and the characters and universe ended up very differently to my initial idea.
I'm currently working on a number of projects, including a time-travel thriller (novel length), a paranormal exorcist series (10k stories, the first one is free when you sign up to the newsletter on my website) and another series of shorter detective stories in a world with powers (which I hope to give away on Patreon).
As a consequence I don't really have the time to delve back into the world of Snow at the moment, although when someone says they liked something, I'm always tempted to revisit it!
Nick Lavitz
I'm currently working on a series of short stories about a badass female exorcist in New York, set in the present day. The first story is written and I like it a lot, especially the pacing, and I'm working on the second story.
The current problem I'm struggling with is that the second story follows so completely from the first that you can't understand it unless you're reading them in order. Since I want readers to be able to jump in at any stage in the series, I'm going to have to do some rewriting before I can move forward. That's Ok.
The first story is 7000 words, so it sits quite firmly in the "short story" category. I don't want to start publishing until I have a 3-story head start and can publish one per month for six months.
The current problem I'm struggling with is that the second story follows so completely from the first that you can't understand it unless you're reading them in order. Since I want readers to be able to jump in at any stage in the series, I'm going to have to do some rewriting before I can move forward. That's Ok.
The first story is 7000 words, so it sits quite firmly in the "short story" category. I don't want to start publishing until I have a 3-story head start and can publish one per month for six months.
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