Ask the Author: Joe Stephens
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Joe Stephens
I would go to Gregor Samsa's house and see if he was really a bug or if it was all in his head.
Joe Stephens
In all seriousness, the biggest mystery in my life is where all of the years went. I still feel and act like I'm in my thirties and I really do not understand how I could possibly be in my fifties. I feel like I went into a coma one day in my thirties and woke up the next day in my fifties.
Joe Stephens
I deal with it the same way I deal with inspiration. I don't deal with it. I just write. To me the concept of writer's block is the same as saying I have teaching block so I can't teach today. School's in so I teach. I'm a writer so I write.
Joe Stephens
I just wrote a blog post about this. http://joestephens917.blogspot.com/20...
Joe Stephens
Just keep writing. And don't give up if you can't find representation. Represent yourself, but hire an editor.
Joe Stephens
I'm working on the third Shalan Adventure, entitled IN THE SHADOW. This one is a good bit darker than the first two. An awful event happens to Harry and Dee. The second in the series, KISSES AND LIES is coming out in the summer.
Joe Stephens
I don't really worry much about inspiration. I just write.
Joe Stephens
The narrator is a character I created way back in college in the early 80s. I wrote the first 50 or so pages of a book either starring or narrated by him over and over again for about three decades. The book that just got published, HARSH PREY, is what happened when I just kept writing after 50 pages.
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