Ask the Author: Alison Demzon
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Alison Demzon
He looked out the window at the children that passed by everyday. The sun showed through.
Alison Demzon
In my life time... there's a whole lot to chose from there. I would say flight MH370 has a whole lot of mystery around it that I think may go unsolved for a long time. Was the pilot trying to aveng his family and suicidal? Was it just things went really astounding wrong? Without the data, anything is just speculation; some of it more educated though based on what data there is.
Alison Demzon
Too many. I sort of go through spurts of reading a whole lot and then not. When I get wrapped up in someone else's world, I find it hard to focus on my own creations, so it works out that I read that way. It's also the way I write. If I am reading something, I'm not writing. If I am writing something, I'm not reading.
Alison Demzon
I think Middle Earth, in Tolkien’s world. I would have a good time hanging out with the Hobbits I think.
Alison Demzon
I think Middle Earth, in Tolkien’s world. I would have a good time hanging out with the Hobbits I think.
Alison Demzon
Go for a walk. I find that if I am running out of ideas, it is because I am trying too hard, so it’s time to relax. That works for me, it might not work for you though.
Alison Demzon
So, The Requium Report came from two separate ideas that came to me a few weeks apart. The first one was a minor scene in the book. It randomly came to me how someone with nothing to lose, like a Deadpool type character, or someone that was on the run, would deal with the scam that is seen all over the world of jumping in front of a car and claiming they ran you over. Well, we saw how I thought that would go with a person that shows restraint. If it was someone with no restraint, the guy would have just been shot. The second part was I had the idea come to me of ‘what would a transgender private investigator look like? What would they do with that same situation? What challenges would they face?’ So, I went with the most extreme challenge, dealing with people claiming hate based in religion.
Alison Demzon
Do it. The worst that can happen is that people won’t like what you write, and that is going to happen anyway. If it makes you happy, write.
Alison Demzon
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Alison Demzon
I have always been coming up with stories. When I was younger, I would tell new stories to my brother to help him get to sleep. I was told to stop at some point, and I did. Then I started coming up with my own campaigns for Dungeons and Dragons. Apparently, people liked them, but I never wrote any of them down. So, to answer how I get inspired, I have to say that it’s easy. My problem is how to finish the story, or that I sometimes write stories that are too short to be used as a book. I may do a short story collection at some point.
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