Ask the Author: Eli Kwake
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Eli Kwake
This is a hard question to answer. Do I go to Damar (Robin McKinley), or Sacoridia (Kristen Britain), or Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin), or Discworld (Sir Terry Pratchett)? Or do I go somewhere new, and uncharted?
I think I would go somewhere new and uncharted, learn the norms of the world, and tell them of my own. Most fictional worlds that have been told by others have their stories and their heroes. It would be interesting to find a story I could fit into. Preferably not as the hero.
That said if I absolutely had to choose: Damar. I would like to hang out with Luthe, and see the Lake of Dreams.
I think I would go somewhere new and uncharted, learn the norms of the world, and tell them of my own. Most fictional worlds that have been told by others have their stories and their heroes. It would be interesting to find a story I could fit into. Preferably not as the hero.
That said if I absolutely had to choose: Damar. I would like to hang out with Luthe, and see the Lake of Dreams.
Eli Kwake
Mostly right now I'm working on the Reaper Saga, but I've got a few side projects that I work on when I'm tired of chasing that particular rabbit into holes.
Eli Kwake
Just keep writing. People will tell you you're terrible, but the only way to get better is to keep trying, keep learning, and most of all, keep writing.
Also, read a lot.
Also, read a lot.
Eli Kwake
I'm pretty bull-headed. I bludgeon my way through until I'm writing something worth keeping, and fix the rest when I edit. Worst case I'll ask for random prompts. I once threw geese at a character because someone said I should. It worked. It moved the plot along.
Eli Kwake
A lot of my ideas come from dreams or daydreams.
Eli Kwake
I had a dream in June-ish of 2017 that almost, sort of, vaguely, if you squint at it resembles Reaper. There's a lot of similar elements, but a lot changed between the dream and the writing.
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