Ask the Author: J.J. Cook
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J.J. Cook
The Mothers, Clap When You Land, Mexican Gothic, My Sister the Serial Killer, Anxious People, The Heir Affair, The Grace Year.
J.J. Cook
In the beginning she screamed. Towards the end she stopped trying.
J.J. Cook
Writing with my husband, AJ Cook, MD.
J.J. Cook
The second novel of the Percivious trilogy, Percivious Origins.
J.J. Cook
I was recently watching an interview with Douglas Coupland where he talks about this and I couldn't help but agree with him. As he suggests, the story seems to find you. I believe he makes notes when he gets inspired and keeps them in a jar. To me that seems like too much work...too much like a distance learning project. I like to think that when I sit down to write I will be in just the right place, at just the right time, and if I sit still and quiet, be as much as I can in the moment, the story will find me.
J.J. Cook
About 8 years ago it struck me. I said to my husband, "Wouldn't it be an interesting premise for a book if someone (or something) was able to exploit your sleep hours. The one thing that still remains ours/uninterrupted (for the most part)". I didn't know it at the time but the book was hanging in the balance as I waited for his reply. Serendipitously he loved the idea and the premise for Percivious Insomnia was conceived.
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