Ask the Author: Gary Goldhammer
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Gary Goldhammer
It's not so much about inspiration as it is about necessity. I really don't have any other marketable skills so this is pretty much it for me :)
Gary Goldhammer
My next book is called "Mercy," about a Death Row inmate who miraculously comes back to life after his execution and struggles to re-enter society. He faces rejection, hate, and a haunting feeling that he is no longer the same person he was before he died in the electric chair.
Yes, I have a somewhat disturbing fascination with death :) But at least in the case of Mercy, the idea and many of the characters stem from my work years ago as a journalist when I reported on capital punishment and wrote a non-fiction book about the experience.
Yes, I have a somewhat disturbing fascination with death :) But at least in the case of Mercy, the idea and many of the characters stem from my work years ago as a journalist when I reported on capital punishment and wrote a non-fiction book about the experience.
Gary Goldhammer
Write. That's it. Don't aspire -- aspiring doesn't put words on the page. Writers write, every day, whether they get paid or not, whether they want to or not.
Gary Goldhammer
Zaria's Gate was originally titled "Reaper" and began with a sentence that popped into my head one night: "Death wore a hoodie." I don't know exactly why that happened, but I loved it and wanted to write a story with that as the opening sentence. That led to more than three years of writing and re-writing, from a story about a world where everyone had a "reaping date" and looked forward to death, to a story about the nature of reality and death itself.
Gary Goldhammer
Being in control and feeling completely helpless at the same time. But really, writing, at least for me, allows me to say the things I would never say myself in public, even to my closest friends.
Gary Goldhammer
Writing doesn't always mean putting pen to paper (or keyboard to Word doc.) When writer's block strikes that's when I do some research, think about a scene and how I might improve or change it, or if all else fails, find a corner of the coffee shop and pretend I'm crying about something else.
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