Ask the Author: Su J. Sokol
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Su J. Sokol
When someone who reads my work understands what I am saying and connects very strongly with it. And then they tell me about it.
Su J. Sokol
My current manuscript is a psychological drama with erotic elements about mental illness, passion, non-traditional family, and the conventions of friendship.
Su J. Sokol
The idea for Cycling to Asylum came to me while biking home from work. I imagined a family biking across the border from the U.S. into Canada and making a claim for refugee status. If I wrote a book about that, I wasn't sure everyone would believe it was realistic, so I decided it should be a near-future dystopian/utopian tale. I also thought it would be important to tell the story from the perspectives of all the family members, and to include how the world looks from the seat of a bike instead of from behind the wheel of a car. In this way, Cycling to Asylum was born.
Su J. Sokol
Write. Take a workshop. Join a writing group. Write. Did I mention writing?
Su J. Sokol
I rarely get writers' block, but sometimes I have a problem in my story that I can't easily solve. What I do then is either walk or bike -- some kind of exercise -- and let my mind loose. Usually the answer comes to me that way.
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