Ask the Author: Ty Tracey
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Ty Tracey
There's a skunk that lives under the shed in the backyard. We call him Stinky Stanley. I've actually come face to face with him on a number of occasions along with our dog and there is never any sort of fear or feeling of confrontation. Stinky Stanley is a gentle soul, and it doesn't seem threatened by us, nor us of him. I leave carrots out and I think he eats them. Something certainly does. He seems to have moved in shortly after one of our previous dogs passed away. And my wife made the suggestion that Stanley is him keeping an eye on us. Which, if you've read any of my books, waxes as something I would totally buy into. I think that possibility would make a good story someday. A fairy tale around pets being reincarnated. Not sure if there's a big horror element to be found in this, maybe a Grimm's-style story with some dark-ish pieces but I think the emotional pieces could provide enough engagement and conflict.
Ty Tracey
Neverwhere, The London Below. It's interesting, spooky, enthralling, dangerous, thrilling, and brought to life.
Ty Tracey
I am, for lack of a better term, obsessed with many of the topics that I cover in Three Days in Ashford. I have read through thousands of pages of books, research papers, blogs, internet articles, and much more pertaining to those topics, I wanted to combine those topics into something terrifying while telling an old story that is close to me and my upbringing. It all just kind of fell into place one evening for me while, believe it or not, I was watching a rerun of House.
Ty Tracey
It depends. I genuinely love writing so it is not really something I need to be "inspired" to do. Once I have an idea I can't get it outlined fast enough, once I have an outline, I can't get it rough drafted fast enough and so on. I would spend every waking moment writing if it were fiscally responsible for me to do so (hehe).
Ty Tracey
Learning how to market my first published work. Like everything involved in producing a novel, there is a lot more to it than one would think. A hell of a l;earning experience though.
Ty Tracey
Don't do it if you don't love it. It is hard, at every step, to take an idea and transform it into something that you intend to sell. If you don't genuinely enjoy overcoming gigantic challenges, you may want to consider other options.
Ty Tracey
Knowing that I created an entire world via written text that will outlive me for all time. Some narrative, completely from the recesses of my imagination is now everyone's to (hopefully) enjoy. I just think that's ridiculously awesome.
Ty Tracey
I am actually figuring that out now. Three Days in Ashford (my debut novel) just, sort of, came to me out of thin air, in its entirety. So, I went from outline to drafts to manuscript to formulating the novel without much thought in mind around what I needed to write. But now that it is done, and out there, there is a powerful sense of . . . "what's next?" hovering about me. And, as of now, I don't know the answer to that question. I am pretty caught up in the business end of 'Ashford right now, but after that, I supposed I am going to have to face my writers block.
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