Ask the Author: Jake Yaniak
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Jake Yaniak
You've made a mistake. It cannot be undone.
Jake Yaniak
There are so many to choose from it is hard to say. I think in the end Tolkien's Middle Earth will always win out, though.
Jake Yaniak
Shepherd of Hermas; I've learned a great deal since I last read it, and am excited to revisit that peculiar document.
Jake Yaniak
Off the top of my head I have to say Faramir and Eowyn in JRR Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings." I liked it because it seemed a bit more realistic than some fantasy romances, which always pair folks who seem to be fated for one another - the best with the best. Their affection for one another seemed to grow more out of friendship than position, ancestry and arrangement.
Jake Yaniak
Getting ideas OUT of your head!
Jake Yaniak
My most recent book, Morality IS The Problem, came about after I decided to give up on dogmatic "certainties" and really investigate my beliefs rationally. I originally meant to prove almost the very opposite of what now forms the title of the book, but my own research and study led me elsewhere...
Jake Yaniak
I have always wanted to craft fantasy worlds of my own, ever since I was a small child playing the old Role Playing video games on the Super Nintendo. As an adult, I found myself facing difficult philosophical, religious and theological questions and I just started writing about them, allowing them to shape the characters of my stories.
Jake Yaniak
I am currently editing the prequel of my fantasy novel The Punishment of the Gods, as well as beginning the outline for a supplement to my philosophy book Morality IS The Problem. I also am just at the beginning of writing the third book in an unreleased fantasy trilogy.
Jake Yaniak
Decide what you are after: Fame, Fortune, Teaching, Self-Expression?
If you are just trying to express your ideas, don't get down on yourself if you don't become rich or famous.
Remember why you are writing.
If you are just trying to express your ideas, don't get down on yourself if you don't become rich or famous.
Remember why you are writing.
Jake Yaniak
Often writer's block can be skirted by working on something new or unrelated. Sometimes just getting SOMETHING written is the best way to gain for yourself the momentum you need to finish a difficult passage. So rather than agonize over a certain section, I will often write a short blog, start a new story or work on a different chapter.
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