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Tot Taylor

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Music, Biography, Spirituality

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What is the origin story of your novel - what compelled you to write it?

Tot Taylor simply, the writing is a combination of so many thoughts and ideas I've had over a long period of time about 'creativity' in general and about individ…moresimply, the writing is a combination of so many thoughts and ideas I've had over a long period of time about 'creativity' in general and about individuals being 'creative'. Sometimes of course that may mean 'destructive'. By applying that thinking to a fictional character set within a group of disparate characters, 'misfits', the characters seemed to live for me in a particular world and I was able to look at and discuss various situations and circumstances via the central figure of JOHN NIGHTLY. I hope the story will resonate with people who have both 'tried to succeed' and have 'succeeded in trying', and also with those who have failed of which there will be many. Though you do achieve a certain amount by 'failing' of course. In the novel John Nightly experiences both. Thank you for asking, Tot Taylor (less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Tot Taylor I don't usually have a problem with WRITERS BLOCK as I view writing, or putting words together, even in very long-form as more of a 'flow' event. I re…moreI don't usually have a problem with WRITERS BLOCK as I view writing, or putting words together, even in very long-form as more of a 'flow' event. I really only write when I have flow and feel it coming. So, I can't start at 6am and finish at 3pm like most writers seem to. It's the same process I have applied to creating music - i. e. re: sitting down at the piano. I don't even sit down unless I have something. The first 60-70 pages of 'THE STORY OF JOHN NIGHTLY' were written in one sitting like that (then 'worked'). The writing - the actual words as they appear on the page - are usually in my head while I'm walking the streets or doing something else, hoovering or something. It's always been like that. I'm lucky in that words - and music - have so often come to me fully formed. I realised as a teenager early on that what we are trying to do when we try anything creative is to 'make something happen'. If the song, or the painting, or the garden, or the cake isn't 'happening' then forget it. It's that magikal energy thing, that 'comet hit' etc, which we need to be happening when the 'fabric' comes down, that 'golden ribbon' referred to in the novel. Thank you for asking... Tot Taylor(less)

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Average rating: 3.79 · 33 ratings · 11 reviews · 8 distinct works

	The Story of John Nightly 3.63 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2017 — 6 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
	Riflemaker Becomes Indica it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002	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
	ME as HIM really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	The Story of John Nightly - Part 1 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	FRISBEE 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Analog: Trends In Sound And Picture 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Me as Him (Paperback) - Common 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Photoworks by Farhad Ahrania, Doug Ashford, Taiyo Onorato 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Tot Taylor's publication day.

'Publication Day' for my novel
'THE STORY OF JOHN NIGHTLY'
the 'music-based' one thousand page tome which I began to write almost fifteen years ago.

You'll maybe sense that Publication Day is a relief/release. I'm happy the book, and this particular story, is out there. It has a wondrous cover - a painting made specially for for the novel by the artists BOB & ROBERTA SMITH. Happy to see it on the b Read more of this blog post »

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