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Sean Taylor

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

March 03, 1986

Website

http://www.seantaylorwrites.com/index.html

Genre

Fiction, Creative, Whimsical

Influences

Milan Kundera, John K. Samson, Raymond Carver, Bob Nanna, Alice Munro, ...more

Member Since

October 2011

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Sean Taylor has published fiction in Pantheon, Instant City, The Evergreen Review, The Coe Review, Full of Crow Fiction. He was nominated for The 2012 Pushcart by Sparkle and Blink as well as the 2014 Pushcart by Pantheon Magazine. His first collection Everything to do with You was published by Seventh Tangent in 2010. His second collection titled Your Smallest Bones will be released February 2015 on Seventh Tangent Press.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Sean Taylor Go for a long hike with a new lyrical album or new book.

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How did your characters from 'Your Smallest Bones' come to you?

Sean Taylor I want my characters built from collections of traits I find highly telling of their human nature as well as traits that make them incredibly unique. …moreI want my characters built from collections of traits I find highly telling of their human nature as well as traits that make them incredibly unique. It's important that readers can relate to them as well as aspire to know or become as multidimensional as they are.
I also believe they must reflect their justifications from more than one perspective.
Never rush to know a character, they must ascend commonality because of your close relationship, the longer you study them in your mind the more valuable they become to the reader. I once wrote write about your characters as if you love them. If you don't love them you'll never see them from angles worth writing.

Or at the end of it all, my characters are who I want to be walking my city streets. We are capable of such variety in personality and so few seem to seek it out. I just want a world with more personality.

I'm not sure if that answered your question, but thanks for asking, and thanks for reading! If you have any other questions feel free to ask!(less)

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Average rating: 3.21 · 141 ratings · 36 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Your Smallest Bones: Stories 3.09 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet Wolverine: A Collection by Sean Taylor (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Introduction), Robert Zenz, Caits Meissner (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything to do with You 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sean Taylor's Blog

Can we please, pretty please, get into a meaningless argument in a museum? The laughter must be so loud it both gets us kicked out and keeps us from truly cementing our extremely valid points.

On account of never updating this blog.
I apologize.
Here is news:
I will be reading a new piece titled ‘Fireworks’ at the Laundry in San Francisco (3359 26th street) on July 1st sometime between 7-9 but probably at 8ish because I’m the first piece in the second set.

I just finished reading the debut novel of Lydia Kiesling titled ‘The Golden State’.
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