Ask the Author: Stephen Seitz
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Stephen Seitz
Writer's block does not exist. If you're not up to speed on a particular day, either write something else or tend to the problem that's distracting you to begin with. In the end, writing amounts to getting your ass in that chair and producing one word after another until you have something. Discipline matters.
Stephen Seitz
The sheer rush of telling a good story. Nothing like it.
Stephen Seitz
Don't expect Harry Potter lightning to strike, and be damn sure you have some basic talent. Don't recycle plots you've seen several million times on bad TV shows. Have something unique to say, and use words readers are likely to know. Also, avoid passive voice. Nothing undermines fiction like passive voice.
Stephen Seitz
I'm writing my third Ace Herron mystery, which concerns the fate of certain missing persons.
Stephen Seitz
I spend several days a week working out at my local swimming pool. While there, I try story ideas out in my head. If they linger, I'll develop them.
Stephen Seitz
That's always difficult to answer. The better question is, "Which idea becomes the book?" In the case of the upcoming "House of Pain, or the Giant Rat of Sumatra," the idea came about because my wife, who is a college English professor, said something which set off my creative self.
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