Ask the Author: Tom J. Bross
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Tom J. Bross
By reading great material. Also, some music brings me back to very specific moments and memories, which motivates me to write.
Tom J. Bross
I'm working on the second book in my series of three. It's been re-written about a hundred times, which means it still needs a lot of re-writing.
Tom J. Bross
Read your manuscript out loud. When I got to this stage I found it necessary to make changes simply to improve the flow. Oh, and like David Sedaris stresses, keep a notebook handy. (You tell yourself you'll remember but you rarely do.)
Tom J. Bross
I knew a book was in my future as a kid because I knew my family was CRAZY and so I literally started keeping notes. The original title was, "The Yellow Bus".
Tom J. Bross
I'd travel to the planet in DUNE and compare the images I saw in my head while reading the book to the scenes before me.
Tom J. Bross
Most of them are excited because they know I've been working on it since the Bronze Age. Other's are quietly reading it and one probably doesn't know it exists because we haven't been out of contact for years.
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