Ask the Author: Nate Jones
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Nate Jones
The best inspiration comes from encountering the sort of story I can't put down until the end, and even then I feel an empty sensation knowing it's done. After that sinking into my own stories is a welcome distraction, and I can throw myself into writing them with even more enthusiasm.
Nate Jones
I'm currently working on "Veiled Trove", Book One of the Legacy of the Deep Gnomes series. An adventure series featuring Drew, a high school freshman bullied due to a supernatural incident that happened years before, whose unique talents embroil him in a dungeon raid that could have ramifications for the whole world.
Nate Jones
I know this is the same advice everyone gives, but: Ask yourself if you want money. Ask yourself if you want fame. If the answer to both of those is "No" and you still want to write, you might just find the life of an author fulfilling.
Nate Jones
The story. I was reading Tolkien when I was 8, and I fell in love with new worlds and compelling stories then. Every book I've read since has fueled my love of fiction, particularly sci-fi and fantasy, and at the age of 15 I determined I was going to try to emulate the authors I respected most by creating my own stories to tell.
It's been a lifelong pursuit since then, and sinking into a world of my own creation and exploring it in a story remains one of my greatest joys in life to this day.
It's been a lifelong pursuit since then, and sinking into a world of my own creation and exploring it in a story remains one of my greatest joys in life to this day.
Nate Jones
Start writing. It may seem like a trite answer, but for me starting IS my writer's block. Once I get going the story tends to come to me.
Although on those rare occasions where I can't seem to get going no matter how hard I try, I usually find it's best to either skip to a different part of the story to work on, read my previous work to try to get in the flow, step away and think of the story as I do other things, or just drop it entirely until I'm ready to get going again.
Although on those rare occasions where I can't seem to get going no matter how hard I try, I usually find it's best to either skip to a different part of the story to work on, read my previous work to try to get in the flow, step away and think of the story as I do other things, or just drop it entirely until I'm ready to get going again.
Nate Jones
I can answer that in one word: airship. I've been a huge fan of airships from the first moment I heard about them. From games, to shows, to stories, every mention of lighter than air craft has drawn my interest. And the most exciting thing about them, to me, is that they're low tech enough to feature in a more traditional fantasy setting.
So this story began with the idea of an orphan on the ground finding a refuge in the sky on an airship. One of the first things I did was design an airship, although the current model is much changed from the original concept.
So this story began with the idea of an orphan on the ground finding a refuge in the sky on an airship. One of the first things I did was design an airship, although the current model is much changed from the original concept.
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