Ask the Author: Jon Sparks
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Jon Sparks
I can do it in one: On 24/6/2016, I woke up in France to discover that the UK had voted to leave the EU.
Jon Sparks
I don't like the term, 'writer's block'. It feels like overdramatising a feeling we probably all face; sometimes we don't quite know where the story's going next. It's scary when you're facing a deadline, as I often did in my non-fiction career, but giving it a name may make it feel heavier than it is.
When I am struggling to make progress, I sometimes find going for a walk or bike ride helps clear the head; or simply concentrating on something else, whether it's a different story, revision and editing – or answering questions on Goodreads!
When I am struggling to make progress, I sometimes find going for a walk or bike ride helps clear the head; or simply concentrating on something else, whether it's a different story, revision and editing – or answering questions on Goodreads!
Jon Sparks
Being my own boss.
Jon Sparks
Read widely, and write as often as you can. And don't expect to master the craft overnight. I had loads of experience writing non-fiction before I ever published a movel, and I still had lots more to learn.
Jon Sparks
That gets either a very long answer or none. I've tried to grapple with it in the long biography on my author website (there's a short bio too).
Jon Sparks
By reading!
I always loved reading and from a very early age I was making up stories too. I'm told I sometimes refused to answer my name at nursery school, insisting that I was a character from whatever was my favourite story at that time.
I always loved reading and from a very early age I was making up stories too. I'm told I sometimes refused to answer my name at nursery school, insisting that I was a character from whatever was my favourite story at that time.
Jon Sparks
Book Two of The Shattered Moon series, which is called The Sundering Wall. It's about to get its beta-read and then final revisions. I'm aiming to have it on the real and virtual shelves no later than August.
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