Ask the Author: Warren Rochelle
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Warren Rochelle
What mystery in my own life could be the plot for a book? The first thing that comes to mind is one who my father's real father was. All my brothers and I know is that my grandmother got "in trouble," and got help in finding a husband from her sister and brother-in-law. The man who gave my father a last name left when Daddy was six and never saw him again. Daddy's real father remains a mystery.
Warren Rochelle
He stood at the door, pressing against it, pushing back at what he heard on the other side, the growling, gnashing, the clawing. But, a dark time later, he knew he was too tired to continue.
Warren Rochelle
My gut response is Narnia, a country that I have been in love with since third grade. What would I do there: find a place to live in Cair Paravel, and travel, meet a centaur, have conversations with the Talking Beasts, hear the merfolk sing ...
Warren Rochelle
The Moon and the Other, by John Kessel, just finished,
Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching, a book about the Way and the Power of the Way, by Ursula K. Le Guin
40 Signs of Rain, Robinson
and
a few others.
Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching, a book about the Way and the Power of the Way, by Ursula K. Le Guin
40 Signs of Rain, Robinson
and
a few others.
Warren Rochelle
I've been inspired by dreams, my own and those of others. I have been inspired by fairy tales and myths. I have asked myself "what if" questions, and followed the answer. I was inspired by a writing prompt I gave my creative writing students. I have been inspired by places, people, things .... When I need inspiration, I read, I write in my journal, I dream.
Warren Rochelle
Free-writing on an idea or a character or a plot helps me a lot get through feeling stuck. Taking a break, reading, watching a movie, taking a walk.
Warren Rochelle
One of the best things for me is the chance to live in an imagined world.
Warren Rochelle
This may seem simplistic, but here goes:
Read. A writer reads. A good writer is a good reader is a good writer ..... And not just in a particular genre.
Write. Don't talk so much about an idea--sit down and get to work.
Read. A writer reads. A good writer is a good reader is a good writer ..... And not just in a particular genre.
Write. Don't talk so much about an idea--sit down and get to work.
Warren Rochelle
I am working on a novel called The Werewolf and His Boy and a collection of short stories that are retellings of traditional fairy tales from a gay perspective.
Warren Rochelle
I am going to answer this question based on the book on which I am currently working, The Werewolf and His Boy. I got the initial idea from a dream my partner had about a mysterious monster, a werewolf, hiding in Lowe's.
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