Ask the Author: Joshua C. Geiger
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Joshua C. Geiger
This is such a great question! In the literal sense, no - my poetry is usually deliberately very un-prose like. I do sometimes but poetry or lyrics in my writing. Mostly I think it comes out in my metaphors (especially if I'm writing in first person) and occasionally in possibly too-flowery sections of description. To some extent the two are very separate, but I think ultimately a lot of both comes from the same place in my mind, and so they influence each other back and forth. I've written quite a few poems ABOUT stuff that happens in my fiction.
Joshua C. Geiger
Thank you for the question! It differs a little from medium to medium, but most prevalent is definitely music (Spaceman was written following infinite imaginary escapades listening to "Spaceman" by the Killers, and my most recent fantasy novel owes a whole lot to Bastille's album Bad Blood.)
With poetry it's more about little things like a particular feeling I want to express, or a line that starts in my head that I just need to fill out with some other thoughts. That has a lot to do with real life, but my glitch stuff are mostly meditations on science concepts, from AI to quantum mechanics (which I think is rife with poetic implications).
More generally, my desire to write comes from how energized I feel and how deeply I connect with media in general, from movies to music to novels and television. Those deep feelings of greater implications and that heartache for stories that make me want to keep living in that world are why I write. Creating that rush is almost as fun as feeling it!
With poetry it's more about little things like a particular feeling I want to express, or a line that starts in my head that I just need to fill out with some other thoughts. That has a lot to do with real life, but my glitch stuff are mostly meditations on science concepts, from AI to quantum mechanics (which I think is rife with poetic implications).
More generally, my desire to write comes from how energized I feel and how deeply I connect with media in general, from movies to music to novels and television. Those deep feelings of greater implications and that heartache for stories that make me want to keep living in that world are why I write. Creating that rush is almost as fun as feeling it!
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