Ask the Author: D.T. Pierce
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D.T. Pierce
I'm late to the party, but I'll be diving into The Mistborn series this summer (once I'm done with John Gwyen).
D.T. Pierce
Perhaps not the best tip, but I write the novels in my head. It feels more like I'm uncovering the story than creating it. Therefore, I write what comes from within rather than what's popular, or what I know will sell. Under this approach, I find the best part of being a writer is connecting with people who appreciate and can relate to those stories I uncover.
D.T. Pierce
One day, while I was simply sitting around and watching my oldest play on the living room floor, I had a vision. Perhaps more accurately described as a scene in my head. A man, broken and beaten, engulfed by a cloud of despair, standing in a cell at twilight, peering out a barred window. Chains hang from bleeding wrists and dirty ankles. From there, I built a story around that scene that will span at least three books. The first of which is my forthcoming epic fantasy novel, The Shadow of Dawn.
D.T. Pierce
I love to write, and I get excited when I carve out time to do so. However, I don't think I get inspired. I say this because I've written several books, and I feel like each book existed before I put fingers to keyboard. I simply was blessed with the opportunity to discover the story and make it available for others to read as well.
D.T. Pierce
Book 2 of Torments! The entire book is framed, and I think I've settled upon a title (more to come on that). I also have a fantasy novel that's complete but needs some love. Both works are part of a series, so I'm attempting to decide the order in which to proceed that won't have me drowning!
D.T. Pierce
I go experience the world! I've rarely defeated writer's block by sitting and pounding angerly at a keyboard. Instead, I go live my life because my best ideas have come from personal experiences and melding together of other' stories.
D.T. Pierce
The air smells of something rotten as I spelunk further and further into the earth, slithering through openings barely wider than my frame. I strain to look upward as a breath catches upon my neck, and I discover florescent green eyes as sharpened teeth lurch for flesh.
D.T. Pierce
So many different worlds immediately flash through my mind with this question. Many of them fall off as I consider the realistic implications (no indoor plumbing, having to hunt for my food, meandering through haunted forests only to be eaten alive by something I had no idea existed, etc..). So, that said, I'm going with Red Rising (only if I'm a Gold, of course). As far as what I would do when I'm there, I would train with Lorn au Arcos, mastering the Willow Way, on beautiful Europa. I would then take my mastery of the razor on a galaxy hopping adventure, battling space pirates along the way.
D.T. Pierce
Beautiful Torments actually fits as an answer here. Jacoby's recounting of an eerie story around a dog is my own experience. That weird, out-of-nowhere experience provided the seed that would eventually become a supernatural mystery.
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