Ask the Author: D.E. Johnson
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D.E. Johnson
For me, writer's block means I tried to force my story to go somewhere it didn't want to go. When I get stuck, I start moving backward to try to figure out where I went wrong. Inevitably, I find the place I forced the story in the wrong direction. I start from that spot, and, like magic, it's off to the races again!
D.E. Johnson
I find most of my ideas in research. Detroit political scandals are nothing new. In Detroit Shuffle, my story revolves around the two big scandals in 1912: a city council bribery scandal that resulted in nearly every city council member being thrown in jail, and the stolen election, during which forces conspired to defeat women's suffrage, which was on Michigan's ballot.
D.E. Johnson
I'm working on a new series set in Chicago in 1874. After four books in four years with (mostly) the same characters, I needed to clear my mind of them. The new series has two protagonists: a fifteen-year-old newly-orphaned girl, and her newfound uncle, who just happens to be a resurrectionist (one of those guys who dug up bodies and sold them to medical schools). It's got a much more gothic feel than my previous books and has been a lot of fun to work on.
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