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“"I'll answer questions about WHAT IT WAS LIKE. ” Peter Seth

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Peter Seth I got it in bed.
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How do you get inspired to write?
Peter Seth My mentor in college June Jordan said, "You're a writer."
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What are you currently working on?
Peter Seth The next novel.
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Peter Seth Read the masters. Read, read, read. Then sit there and write. And, as Hemingway said, "Write drunk, edit sober."
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
Peter Seth Not having to go into an office and do work I don't care about. As Theodore Roosevelt said, "The best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Peter Seth Short-term, I walk around the block. The Germans have a word for it: "erkenntnisspaziergang." A cogitation stroll.
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