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Rick Boling

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in Indianapolis, Indiana, The United States

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http://www.thenagainthenovel.com/

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Science Fiction, Fiction, Music

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February 2014

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Rick Boling began his professional career as a guitarist, keyboard player, and vocalist, working with several rock bands around the southeastern US and serving as a studio musician. In his early thirties he became a luthier, building acoustic guitars and doing stringed instrument repairs and restorations at his shop in central Florida. He later took up writing, and for 30 years was a prolific journalist, publishing some 2,000 articles in dozens of magazines. He has since served as Editor in Chief of a leisure sports magazine, published three novels (under a pen name), and written several short stories. Then Again is the first novel he has published under his real name

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Rick Boling It may sound clichéd, but the way I get over writer’s block is simply to write. If I’m stuck on some point in a novel, wondering what should happen ne…moreIt may sound clichéd, but the way I get over writer’s block is simply to write. If I’m stuck on some point in a novel, wondering what should happen next, I stew over it for a while, and if nothing comes of that, I sit down at the computer and start writing anything I can think of. This could be nonsensical gibberish, a silly poem, or a letter to a friend—anything so long as it has nothing whatsoever to do with the novel I am writing. The simple process of writing without the pressure of having to create some clever part of a story can jump start things, and it almost always seems to work. I also practice transcendental meditation, during which ideas often pop into my mind. It’s kind of like when you are trying hard to remember something and can’t until you stop trying. Then, when you’re doing something else and not thinking about what you were trying to remember, suddenly it comes to you seemingly out of nowhere.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Rick Boling I don’t know that there is a “best thing” for me as a writer. Like many other writers, I don’t have much choice in the matter. I’ve always been a drea…moreI don’t know that there is a “best thing” for me as a writer. Like many other writers, I don’t have much choice in the matter. I’ve always been a dreamer and a story teller, and once I learned to write it seemed only natural to put these things down on paper. I’ve also always been a keen observer of people and how they interact with the world, constantly making up stories in my head about them. And eventually these stories have to come out or I feel like my head will explode. I do enjoy the independence of being a writer, and I’m fascinated by those little sparks of creativity that sometimes invade my mind without requiring any conscious effort on my part. But for the most part, the writing process is difficult, lonely, and simply a lot of work. It’s work that I love, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t hard or sometimes gruelingly frustrating. Creating first drafts is probably the most “fun” part of my work, but that only accounts for about 10% of the time it takes to complete a novel. The other 90% consists of editing, rewriting, dealing with criticisms from others, then starting the process all over again. Of course, there’s the thrill of hearing someone say how much they enjoyed the finished product, or that they recognized part of themselves in one of my characters, or how what I wrote made them face some problem they had been struggling with. So I guess, in the end, I could say the “best thing” is the satisfaction of having written something that touched others in a positive way.(less)

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