Ask the Author: Vaughn A. Jackson
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Vaughn A. Jackson
They're all so violent, I don't think I'd do well in any of them. But, off of principal alone, Middle Earth (post Sauron, of course)
Vaughn A. Jackson
I sit down at my computer, and stare at the screen until words happen. It's about a 65% success rate...
Vaughn A. Jackson
Bending your creations to your absolute will--*ahem*--I mean, the ability to take all of the wild and insane concepts that you come up with and morph them into something new, and complete, and entertaining.
Vaughn A. Jackson
Write when you can, as much as you can, as often as you can. But remember to take breaks. Burnout is a real thing.
Vaughn A. Jackson
I'm currently writing a southern gothic horror novel called Southern Cross.
Vaughn A. Jackson
So, I'm going to answer this for my current book in progress, because it's a much funnier response. In short, the answer is Twilight.
My girlfriend in I were talking about her Twilight phase and just different things about the book that, looking back, were kind of odd choices. The one that stuck out to me the most was the fact that one of the characters, Jasper I believe was a vampire who fought as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War and the fact that this is more or less just glossed over because "oh, he's one of the good guys". In response, I decided to write a story in which Confederate vampires are, more realistically, not the good guys.
My girlfriend in I were talking about her Twilight phase and just different things about the book that, looking back, were kind of odd choices. The one that stuck out to me the most was the fact that one of the characters, Jasper I believe was a vampire who fought as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War and the fact that this is more or less just glossed over because "oh, he's one of the good guys". In response, I decided to write a story in which Confederate vampires are, more realistically, not the good guys.
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