Ask the Author: Michael Drakich
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Michael Drakich
If you know Maslow's hierarchy of needs, at the top of the heap is the one labeled self-actualization. Each time I finish a novel I enjoy the euphoria associated with attaining that goal. It's temporary, but still very satisfying. Like a drug, I'm hooked on that feeling and look forward to the completion of the next one.
Michael Drakich
I don't believe in the practice of so many words a day. like 1,000. Promise to write a minimum of one paragraph a day. There will be days that is all you write. That's okay. There will also be days where you will keep writing.
Michael Drakich
There is a tremendous feeling of accomplishment when you finish a novel. A certain level of self-actualization (see Mazlow) is achieved.
Michael Drakich
You've heard this answer a million times before. Never stop writing. Never stop exposing your work in online workshops. Never stop critiquing other writers.
Michael Drakich
I am just starting a science fiction novel entitled, I Am. It is set in the very far future as the universe is going cold.
Michael Drakich
Television. It's usually so bad that writing is a far more pleasant pastime.
Michael Drakich
My most recent book is Demon Stones. I got the idea when writing a short story for an anthology being put together by another author. I decided to take the one detail of a demon coming out of a stone, only a few paragraphs in the short story, and write a complete novel using the same world my novel, The Brotherhood Of Piaxia, is set in. I wanted it to be stand alone so set the events in a neighboring country with different characters.
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Aug 30, 2018 07:27AM · flag