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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?
Stanley Moss I'd definitely go to Dinotopia, just to observe their inventive, benevolent culture and strange landscapes.
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What books are on your summer reading list this year?
Stanley Moss The Anarchy, William Dalrymple's new book about The East India Company
Blue Moon, Lee Child's upcoming Jack Reacher title
Game of Snipers, Stephen Hunter's latest Swagger family installment
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Stanley Moss I don't get it. I love to write, and I only write when I want to. Which is most of the time.
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
Stanley Moss Writing the words "The End" and moving on to the next project. And also holding a real analog book I wrote in my hands. Being able to hand a book to a reader and say the words, "I wrote this."
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Stanley Moss Read a lot. Don't expect to write War & Peace. Get comfortable with revision. Try to write for your own happiness and not to please the market. Writing is exhilarating, so learn to enjoy it.
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What are you currently working on?
Stanley Moss I'm working on two novels concurrently. The first is a roman a clef about the NY art world in the 1980s. The second is the last volume of The Captain Blackpool Trilogy, describing Blackpool's quest for The Jade Lion. I also continue to file regular travel stories in the 'Volante' section at www.lucire.com.
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How do you get inspired to write?
Stanley Moss You must understand that all writers are different. In my case, when I'm writing fiction I tell myself the story over and over again, until I feel I know in detail what happens next. I imagine settings, voices, gestures, costumes. I always want to write. My obstacle is time, and when I see an open space, of almost any length -could be from 5 minutes to a whole week, I make the time. At the moment I sit down I am inspired.
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Stanley Moss It's a sequel to "The Hacker: Client, Coder, Chaos." Since the original book's release people have asked what happened to Vikram and the people from Talsera. Took me a while, but here are the answers.
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