Ask the Author: Pete Pace
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Pete Pace
This whole list is my summer reading list: https://www.epicreads.com/blog/ya-his...
Pete Pace
By looking for the "space around." For example, I heard a friend say the other day "I had no choice." Those four short words are diamond-rich for story.
Writers don't write as much as look for launch points -- they're in the business of surrounding a scaffold of everyday words with characters that are like us.
Writers don't write as much as look for launch points -- they're in the business of surrounding a scaffold of everyday words with characters that are like us.
Pete Pace
TSIL436 (The Secret in Locker 436) is a trilogy. The first book is out, and the next one in the series bears the subtitle: "Blood Chit. Bills Come Due."
Pete Pace
Write tons early to flush the platitudes.
Pete Pace
Nobody to lateral to. You're king of the page, the characters, the story arc, the denouement.
Pete Pace
The right Spotify song on repeat. Example: Anything by Peter Schilling.
Pete Pace
Like any high school student, I often yearned for escape. Our school had unusually large lockers, because when it was built students had to share them, and it was a few years before over-crowding was alleviated, and it was back to one locker per kid.
I could fit in, 5'9" and 140 pounds as I was then. Had I seen steps inside? Woulda descended...
I could fit in, 5'9" and 140 pounds as I was then. Had I seen steps inside? Woulda descended...
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