Ask the Author: Jeff Haws
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Jeff Haws
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Sorry I didn't notice this earlier. Goodreads doesn't provide any sort of alert when a question comes in, and I missed this one. My apologies.
Thanks for asking about The Little Tragedy! I've actually gotten a form of this question a number of times, and that really does impact my writing roadmap, so to speak. If I hear enough chatter that people want a sequel, I'll absolutely consider it.
The truth is, a sequel never was actually planned. I've actually never planned out a sequel. My intent is always to write standalone stories, and it's done when it's done. I've just released my first sequel, though, building off my book The Solitary Apocalypse, because there was demand for it, and because I felt like there really was more story to be told.
So, that is to say, I didn't intend for TLT to end with a cliffhanger to be answered in further stories. I did intend to leave things somewhat open ended, and let the reader fill in the blanks herself, to some extent. Though a lot of clues are there for the reader who's looking for them. It's a little bit of a mystery wrapped in a dystopian suspense.
That's a long way of saying ... Yes, it's possible. And getting more possible the more people like you I hear from. If I had to decide today, I'd leave it where it is. But a year from now, if the demand is there, I'll go back and re-evaluate to see if there's more to be told with that family.
Thanks again for the note! And sorry again for the delayed response. I'm usually much better about that. Have a great week, and don't hesitate to get in touch again.
Jeff
Sorry I didn't notice this earlier. Goodreads doesn't provide any sort of alert when a question comes in, and I missed this one. My apologies.
Thanks for asking about The Little Tragedy! I've actually gotten a form of this question a number of times, and that really does impact my writing roadmap, so to speak. If I hear enough chatter that people want a sequel, I'll absolutely consider it.
The truth is, a sequel never was actually planned. I've actually never planned out a sequel. My intent is always to write standalone stories, and it's done when it's done. I've just released my first sequel, though, building off my book The Solitary Apocalypse, because there was demand for it, and because I felt like there really was more story to be told.
So, that is to say, I didn't intend for TLT to end with a cliffhanger to be answered in further stories. I did intend to leave things somewhat open ended, and let the reader fill in the blanks herself, to some extent. Though a lot of clues are there for the reader who's looking for them. It's a little bit of a mystery wrapped in a dystopian suspense.
That's a long way of saying ... Yes, it's possible. And getting more possible the more people like you I hear from. If I had to decide today, I'd leave it where it is. But a year from now, if the demand is there, I'll go back and re-evaluate to see if there's more to be told with that family.
Thanks again for the note! And sorry again for the delayed response. I'm usually much better about that. Have a great week, and don't hesitate to get in touch again.
Jeff
Jeff Haws
Once I get "Killing the Immortals" out into the world, I'll turn my attention to my second novel, which will take a short story I wrote for a contest and flesh it out into a full-blown novel. It's a dystopian vision of a post-apocalyptic survivor's colony where the citizens have been forced to wear large steel rings about their waists to prevent all physical contact between people. The leaders tell them this is because that's how the virus spread, but a few people begin to doubt their rationalizations, and dig much deeper into what's going on in the upper reaches of the leadership.
I also have three short stories that will be released in some capacity, at some point. Hopefully, they'll be out there to keep readers satisfied in the time between my first two novels.
I also have three short stories that will be released in some capacity, at some point. Hopefully, they'll be out there to keep readers satisfied in the time between my first two novels.
Jeff Haws
Just write. Wherever. Whenever. However. Whatever you have to do to put yourself in position to do it. Just make yourself write, even if it's bad. Even if it's hard. Write as often as possible, and read just as often. One day, you'll have something great in front of you.
Jeff Haws
Writing has been part of my life pretty much constantly for 20 years. The best thing about it for me is just having a creative outlet. I'm not a happy person when I don't have an outlet for expressing myself, and this is my new direction for doing it.
Jeff Haws
The best way to kill writer's block forever is to do what I did, which is cover sports (particularly high school football on very tight deadlines) for the media for a decade-ish. Tell your editor you can't meet deadline because you have writer's block. He'll laugh and tell you to shove your writer's block up your ass. To a journalist, there's no such thing as writer's block, because there simply can't be. I still have that attitude.
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