Ask the Author: R.D. Pires
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R.D. Pires
My instinctual answer is Hogwarts because it was definitely my childhood, fictional home and it holds so much meaning for me. And what would I do there? Why, magic of course!
R.D. Pires
I had a few, some that I really enjoyed! I read "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens, which was gorgeously written; I read "Brothers Across Time" by Brad Boney, which was a wild ride of twists and turns; and right now I'm reading "The Orphan Train" by Pam Jenoff which is very tense!
R.D. Pires
My most recent novel that I finished about a month ago and is in review? It was a mixture of ideas I'd been keeping with me for several years--I found a notebook where I'd written the first stages of the story nine years ago. So, it's been a long time coming. I think the original idea popped into my head while I was trying to write music. It was going to be a musical.
R.D. Pires
I'm about to deliver an extraordinarily trite answer, but it's true: I find inspiration everywhere. I was in a shop once in Santa Cruz and found a small treasure box covered in maps with a little bronze clasp. It immediately became a story, so I had to buy the box.
Really though, inspiration can come from anywhere.
Really though, inspiration can come from anywhere.
R.D. Pires
Well, I'm in the midst of releasing my anthology of short stories through Amazon (A Sky Littered with Stories), I'm querying for a novel I finished about a year ago, and I have another novel that's being reviewed by some readers. So, a lot at the moment!
R.D. Pires
Writing is something I love. I love thinking about stories and coming up with ideas, or just staring off into space and brainstorming with myself. If I could do it full time and support myself, I definitely would.
R.D. Pires
I don't know that I've ever had full-blown writer's block. I stopped writing for a couple years during college, but that's because I was studying engineering and didn't have a lot of time.
When I'm in the middle of a project, I try to write something as often as I can, even if it's just a paragraph. So, even on days when I don't feel like writing, I get something down. I suppose that's my answer!
When I'm in the middle of a project, I try to write something as often as I can, even if it's just a paragraph. So, even on days when I don't feel like writing, I get something down. I suppose that's my answer!
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