Ask the Author: Sean Arthur Cox
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Sean Arthur Cox
By coincidence, in a short span of time I saw a number of movies and shows with different takes on immortals, either because they couldn't die or they just hadn't, or they could die but they wouldn't stay dead, and I thought, for all of these ageless and eternal beings, none are bored, none are depressed or lonely. None are overwhelmed by the technological boom of the 20th century after a thousand years of slow technological advancement. They're all highly functional, highly knowledgeable individuals who are happy and well adjusted. I forgot stuff I learned in college and that wasn't even ten years ago, and I'm supposed to believe these guys perfectly remember what Caesar liked to eat for breakfast and how to build a ship by hand? I've seen a couple of wars in my lifetime and it's depressing. They've seen centuries upon centuries of bloodshed and they're idealistic?
So I made this immortal adrift after thousands of years, and this immortal needed something to do, so I gave them a business of standing in for people who might die. But I really liked the assassin I sent after the immortal, so it sort of became the tale of both of them, especially since the immortal can't die, so the sense of danger isn't nearly as present in the book as I'd like it to be.
So I made this immortal adrift after thousands of years, and this immortal needed something to do, so I gave them a business of standing in for people who might die. But I really liked the assassin I sent after the immortal, so it sort of became the tale of both of them, especially since the immortal can't die, so the sense of danger isn't nearly as present in the book as I'd like it to be.
Sean Arthur Cox
When a "What if...?" or "How would...?" question pops in my head, I chase that sucker all the way down the rabbit hole. There's almost always a story hiding in the bottom.
Sean Arthur Cox
I am currently putting on the finishing touches for my novel The Professional Corpse, about an up-and-coming assassin hired to kill the head of a major department store chain, not realizing that the head of the department store chain, fearing for his life, has hired an immortal to masquerade as him.
I'm also wrapping up the first draft of The Gamer Corpse (the third book in the series), outlining a new fantasy novel called Fire Follows Him, and preparing to move into the revision and editing stages of another fantasy novel called The Mask and the Iris.
I'm also wrapping up the first draft of The Gamer Corpse (the third book in the series), outlining a new fantasy novel called Fire Follows Him, and preparing to move into the revision and editing stages of another fantasy novel called The Mask and the Iris.
Sean Arthur Cox
I self-published my first book. To date, I've maybe made ten or twenty bucks profit on it after getting the cover artist and registering the copyrights. In my head, I'm still an aspiring writer myself, but I guess my advice is to find the time and keep writing. You'll only get better by doing.
Sean Arthur Cox
Wow... there are so many things. Inventing new worlds and getting to explore them, inventing new people and getting to meet them, and coming up with impossible problems and trying to find plausible solutions. Knowing that my success and failure (in terms of quality, not commerce) is up to me, rather than having 70% of what I'm evaluated on be based on things beyond my control.
Sean Arthur Cox
I usually deal with writer's block by going for a long walk, especially with my wife, whom I can use as a sounding board to bounce ideas off of. Almost every big corner I've written myself into, I've been able to solve with a couple laps around the neighborhood with her.
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