Ask the Author: Viktor James
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Viktor James
Bruce, thank you. It's always great to hear someone enjoyed the book.
Admittedly, I've tried to read Catch 22 several times, but life somehow seemed to move me away from the novel each time. It is still on my ever-growing "must read list."
I've always walked the line between humor and description. With TF, I wanted to show my readers an authentic experience, not simply of a teacher, but of someone trying to understand what it takes to succeed. Humor keeps the melancholy at bay, and I'm grateful you found laughter through the pages.
I hope to have my next novel ready by October of 2019.
I'll see you then.
Admittedly, I've tried to read Catch 22 several times, but life somehow seemed to move me away from the novel each time. It is still on my ever-growing "must read list."
I've always walked the line between humor and description. With TF, I wanted to show my readers an authentic experience, not simply of a teacher, but of someone trying to understand what it takes to succeed. Humor keeps the melancholy at bay, and I'm grateful you found laughter through the pages.
I hope to have my next novel ready by October of 2019.
I'll see you then.
Viktor James
Time. You can't get blood from stone. If I can't write, I just do something else. The words eventually arrive.
Viktor James
It gets me out of my head. I need that as much as possible.
Viktor James
If it were easy, everyone would do it. And it's definitely not easy.
Viktor James
A laughably absurd piece of fiction that I hope to have ready by spring.
Viktor James
I just remind myself that there needs to be more laughter in the world and then set about my day to maximize that.
Viktor James
I was in NY five years ago, and was out at a bar, talking to a guy who worked at Vogue, telling him that I was a teacher and describing the school I worked at when he told me to shut up in the middle of the conversation. I looked at him, taken aback. And he said, "stop talking, and start writing. There's a story here." So, that's what I did.
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