Ask the Author: Bryan Givens
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Bryan Givens
Either go out and garden or sit down and work out the issue graphically or both.
Bryan Givens
Read great authors, especially those outside the genre you write, and keep writing and polishing your craft, even when you don't know if you'll publish it. By definition, you'll write more than you publish, so keep practicing. Learn another language -- it will make you more aware of the power of your own.
Bryan Givens
Since I'm also a professor, I have to do academic writing, but fiction is quite different. As I tell my friends, I don't have to footnote my imagination!
Bryan Givens
I've always liked folktales and fairy stories, so I wanted to share some of that material in a modern style while also respecting the wisdom of those ancient stories.
Bryan Givens
The initial inspiration is always some idea I'd like to explore. But continuing inspiration comes from music. I always write to music and choose different styles and pieces depending on the mood I want to write.
Bryan Givens
I'm just about to start writing the fifth and final book in The Adventures of Jack series, Jack and the Curse of the Elder Witch.
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