Ask the Author: Dale Hurst
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Dale Hurst
I can't do anything in two sentences. I only just managed it with answering this question! :')
Dale Hurst
Anything in the Wizarding World. Or maybe live as royalty down in Dorne or Pentos or somewhere...
Dale Hurst
Re-reading as many of the Harry Potters as possible. And then some non-fiction as I research my next book.
Dale Hurst
I find writer's block affects me when I'm trying to write something specific. Whether it's a restaurant review or a chapter of my book. So I find the best way to counteract that is to free-write. That is, just write unrelated scenes with unrelated characters. Once I'm on a roll, I find I can go back to my main projects just fine.
Dale Hurst
Entertaining and/or informing people always gives me a good feeling. But when you're actually writing, getting absorbed in the plot and the characters, the scenes and the dialogue. That entire creative process is empowering, in a way.
Dale Hurst
Don't listen to anyone who tells you "you can't". Believe in your projects, be true to what you know and, if you don't know it, find out.
Dale Hurst
I'm working on a number of projects at the moment - two novels and a self-help book. I'm dedicating most of my attention to a novel tentatively titled "An Ulterior Motive", intended as the first of a trilogy of LGBT-romance crime stories. Inspired by true events? - I'll let you answer that for yourselves...
Dale Hurst
It's a mixture of real-life events and stories experienced by either me, my family or friends, plus history and even dreams. I find the subconscious can often get me over a hurdle when I'm struggling to move my plot on.
Dale Hurst
I had already written a book set in my fictional town of Berylford called Sin & Secrecy, but I left a lot of questions unanswered, leaving room for a prequel and a sequel. Lust & Liberty is the prequel, which I decided to publish first. I will now have to go over Sin & Secrecy to make sure everything fits!
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