Ask the Author: Rick Ferguson

“Career help? Love advice? A guide to help you learn how to navigate time, space, and the multiverse? I'm here to serve as your spiritual sherpa. Ask me anything?” Rick Ferguson

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Rick Ferguson I posed a question to myself: How can a fantasy writer make standard fantasy -fiction tropes new again?
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How do you get inspired to write?
Rick Ferguson I wrote my first novel at age ten. It was terrible! Still, I never wanted to do anything else.
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What are you currently working on?
Rick Ferguson Volume II in "The Chronicles of Elberon," called "The Mace of Malice." The shenanigans in this book will make those of the first book look quaint in comparison.
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Rick Ferguson Writing is all about editing. Your first draft will be terrible; let it be. When it's done, go back and edit the crap out of it until your prose is lean, strong, and shines like chrome.
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
Rick Ferguson Getting to do what you love every day.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Rick Ferguson I drink enough jack-and-gingers until the words start flowing again.
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