Ask the Author: Tony Simmons
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Tony Simmons
Read. Look at how your favorite authors build sentences, craft paragraphs, introduce characters, describe action.
Write. There's no other way. Sit your ass in the chair and write. Keep writing.
Finish what you start. Don't get distracted. Don't get discouraged. Tell your story all the way to end.
Find a writing/critique group that is positive in its approach, realistic in its appraisals, and talented in their writing and editing.
Write. There's no other way. Sit your ass in the chair and write. Keep writing.
Finish what you start. Don't get distracted. Don't get discouraged. Tell your story all the way to end.
Find a writing/critique group that is positive in its approach, realistic in its appraisals, and talented in their writing and editing.
Tony Simmons
My most recent book, "This Mortal Flesh," arose out of a fragment of a nightmare. I dreamed I was a zombie, aware of my condition, and had to make a choice to kill in order to survive. I awoke wondering what sort of person would do that, and began exploring the mind of a psychopath through fiction.
Tony Simmons
I am currently working on the second book in a series that I have yet to launch. The Caliban Cycle will be a series of horror novels about a young magician's adventures. The first book, "Giants in the Earth," which has Lovecraftian themes, should be out in the summer of 2015. Book 2 in the spring of 2016. In between will be a project I've also been writing notes on, which is a steampunk adventure in the American Wild West; in this alternate history, the Confederacy and Union have an uneasy truce, Texas is a sovereign nation, and the Indian Territories are patrolled by Souix warriors in airships.
Tony Simmons
There's no such thing. If the current story isn't flowing, work on another one for a bit. Plumbers don't get plumber's block. Writers write.
However, I do have tips for keeping the mind engaged or warming up the brain juice. One is to write a 26-word story in which each word starts with the next letter of the alphabet. Or write a microfiction inspired by a favorite song title.
However, I do have tips for keeping the mind engaged or warming up the brain juice. One is to write a 26-word story in which each word starts with the next letter of the alphabet. Or write a microfiction inspired by a favorite song title.
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