Ask the Author: Carl Purdon
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Carl Purdon
For months I had been traveling the Natchez Trace Parkway between Tupelo, MS and Nashville, TN (day job), and there was this road sign that always caught my eye. It was a small dirt road called Watter Pig, and each time I would see it I would mis-remember it as Walter Pig. One day coming home I saw the sign and the character for Walter Pigg popped into my head and within ten seconds I could see his face and I knew him.
Carl Purdon
I've always been inspired by creative people. Art inspires art, I suppose. Reading a good book, watching a good movie, hearing a good song. Sometimes it's as simple as overhearing a pinch of conversation while walking down the aisle at Walmart then trying to imagine all the parts I didn't hear.
Carl Purdon
My sixth novel, WALTER PIGG, is the story of a man on the verge of losing everything he owns because of bad decisions, then someone threatens to take his family and forces him to find his true self.
Carl Purdon
Do you. Be creative. Don't be discouraged by those who insist there is one way and one way only to write a great novel. Find what works for you and run with it.
Carl Purdon
Creating characters who didn't exist before I imagined them. Getting to know the characters as a novel takes shape, then sending them off to meet new people (readers) then hearing their feedback.
Carl Purdon
Read a good book, or watch an old movie. Consuming art inspires me to create. I've never been one to set a daily word count for myself, and if I don't feel like writing I don't. I enjoy writing, and I never want it to feel like work. The publishing and marketing end, now that's work ...
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