Ask the Author: Rory Hatchel
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Rory Hatchel
The source of my depression/depressive episodes. I've gone through a lot of therapy and medications and religious backgrounds. Some say I'm possessed by a demon, other that it's trauma, some that it's physiological and biochemical, and others that it's just my weakness and being a softie snowflake millennial. Either way, I've thought of a character in a fantasy setting (where a demonic curse is more plausible) who hears a voice, and it's left unsolved and ambiguous as to what the source of that voice is.
Rory Hatchel
Finish the work. No one can help you until it's on paper. It doesn't have to be good; it has to be attempted.
Rory Hatchel
Long walks with nothing to listen to or mowing the lawn. At first, I the tires keep spinning and I process my day and my next week etc, etc. But after a while, with nothing ti distract me, my mind settles on my story and gets creative, free from traditional tracks.
Rory Hatchel
The crooked hag took my soul in exchange for the one thing I craved most in the world. The bag of black licorice jellybeans jingled in my pocket all the way to the frat party.
Rory Hatchel
Middle Earth, but there's a huge bias there as it was my first fictional world. There are so many places that (really thanks to the movies) I find to be the epitome of rest and beauty: Rivendell and the Shire coming first to mind. I'd probably do like Bilbo and write in peace and quiet nestled amongst beautiful natural landscapes and listen to as many stories from Dwarves and Elves as possible.
Rory Hatchel
I'm currently reading through the Throne of Glass series and listening through the Broken Earth series for pleasure. I've got a huge list of YA and MG books for research and comps on my list somewhere in between all of these.
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