Ask the Author: Ged Maybury
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Ged Maybury
Success was always a great motivator. If you're already on top of your game, and the sales are buzzing, and the reviews are glowing - wow: that really used to motivate me!
But now ... that's not mine to enjoy any more.
Now ... well: for the last 8 years or so it was just the feeling of needing to serve my characters. They had come to me in ones and twos, they had instructed me as to their 'voice', their attitudes and their styles of action, and they had promised me a wild ride.
And so I kept going to fill out their tale, to give them life and a shot at advancing their own hopes. Some died. Some stood aside - having served the bigger story - and some persevered despite injury and setbacks.
I did it for them, and for the few dozen readers who might eventually enjoy the same journey enough to read to its end.
Of course there is more, but I'm waiting for those few dozen readers to speak to me, now.
Because there's nothing left inside of me that is enough to motivate another word written.
But now ... that's not mine to enjoy any more.
Now ... well: for the last 8 years or so it was just the feeling of needing to serve my characters. They had come to me in ones and twos, they had instructed me as to their 'voice', their attitudes and their styles of action, and they had promised me a wild ride.
And so I kept going to fill out their tale, to give them life and a shot at advancing their own hopes. Some died. Some stood aside - having served the bigger story - and some persevered despite injury and setbacks.
I did it for them, and for the few dozen readers who might eventually enjoy the same journey enough to read to its end.
Of course there is more, but I'm waiting for those few dozen readers to speak to me, now.
Because there's nothing left inside of me that is enough to motivate another word written.
Ged Maybury
No. I suck at horror. Had enough of it in real life, as it is.
Ged Maybury
Usually a bit of graphic art. (I restore old photos, and 'colourize')
Or a spot of furniture restoration.
But I see no point in continuing with my series until people read the first 6 books. Oh - it continues ... in my mind.
You want it? WRITE TO ME!
Or a spot of furniture restoration.
But I see no point in continuing with my series until people read the first 6 books. Oh - it continues ... in my mind.
You want it? WRITE TO ME!
Ged Maybury
Getting a letter from some kid in some distant school - telling me in tortured English how he read my book and loved it.
These are gold. Better than money. Rarer than money!
These are gold. Better than money. Rarer than money!
Ged Maybury
More than half my books are directly inspired by dreams.
Take notes!
Take notes!
Ged Maybury
I get that a bit. Don't we all?
My best strategy is to wander around my files and re-open something I haven't worked on for a while. From a year ago - at least. And I start reading it from the beginning - as if it is new to me. Very soon I've diving in, editing, polishing ... it retriggers the instinct to hunt.
As to the problem of 'Oh heck I've no idea where this scene is going ..." syndrome, I lie on my bed and really concentrate on something entirely different - like visualsing how to build a new glasshouse, bolt by bolt, every shovel-ful of concrete, every nail ... let myself drift for a bit ...
Until my brain gets sick of it and suddenly switches to my book problems - totally ready with the answers!
My best strategy is to wander around my files and re-open something I haven't worked on for a while. From a year ago - at least. And I start reading it from the beginning - as if it is new to me. Very soon I've diving in, editing, polishing ... it retriggers the instinct to hunt.
As to the problem of 'Oh heck I've no idea where this scene is going ..." syndrome, I lie on my bed and really concentrate on something entirely different - like visualsing how to build a new glasshouse, bolt by bolt, every shovel-ful of concrete, every nail ... let myself drift for a bit ...
Until my brain gets sick of it and suddenly switches to my book problems - totally ready with the answers!
Ged Maybury
Sadly - I ceased reading some years ago.
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