Ask the Author: Ryburn Dobbs
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Ryburn Dobbs
If I feel blocked I don't worry about it. I just go on to the next chapter or I take a break (a walk maybe). The missing pieces will come. They always do. Sometimes it just takes a day or so.
Ryburn Dobbs
The joy of writing. Writing my novel was probably the most difficult thing I have done, but it was also the most satisfying. No other form of work has felt so affirming and uplifting to me.
Ryburn Dobbs
Firstly, just get started. Get the first draft down. Don't shoot for perfection. Then, when you are ready, get whatever professional help you can afford - editors, cover designers, etc - and humbly take their advice.
Ryburn Dobbs
I am currently working on the second book in the Sebastien Grey series. It will be out in Spring 2021.
Ryburn Dobbs
Inspiration comes and goes, but listening to music that I love tends to spark a desire to create. Sometimes, I don't feel inspired until after I get a thousand or so words on the page, then things start to flow.
Ryburn Dobbs
I was inspired to write The Comfort of Distance by my many experiences as a forensic anthropologist. In fact, all of the forensic elements in the book are based on my real cases. I the chose the setting (the Black Hills of South Dakota) because my wife and I visited there and I fell in love with it. My main character sufferes from AvPD because I also deal with that. So adding the mental health element was cathartics for me.
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