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Jack Soren

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in Toronto, Canada

September 07

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Thriller, Mystery, Suspense

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Michael Crichton, Rod Serling, John D. MacDonald, Robert McCammon, Rob ...more

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October 2014

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Jack Soren was born and raised in Toronto, Canada.

Before becoming a thriller novelist, Jack wrote software manuals, drove a cab and spent six months as a really terrible private investigator.

His debut novel THE MONARCH was short-listed for the Kobo Emerging Writer award.

He lives in the Toronto area.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Jack Soren I don’t really get writer’s block, if that exists (my Dad would say “Carpenters don’t get carpenter’s block”. Sometimes you just have to do the work.)…moreI don’t really get writer’s block, if that exists (my Dad would say “Carpenters don’t get carpenter’s block”. Sometimes you just have to do the work.) There are times when it’s more difficult than others, but I think that’s more about figuring out the right path into and through a story. If I’m trying to write and it’s not coming, then there’s something wrong with what I’m doing. I may not know it consciously, but on some level I know something’s broken.
The “block” part would be stopping to figure out what it is. But I don’t believe writing is just putting words on the page. Sometimes it’s drinking a beer and staring at your navel.(less)

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Jack Soren Don’t give up. Tenacity is as important as ability. And never stop learning the craft. Read voraciously and widely and rip what you read apart and fig…moreDon’t give up. Tenacity is as important as ability. And never stop learning the craft. Read voraciously and widely and rip what you read apart and figure out what they’re doing. Yes, it’s okay to bend and even break some rules, but you need to know what they are first.

But above all, write. There’s only one way to learn to write in the end, and that’s to write.(less)

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	The Monarch (Monarch, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2014 — 11 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
	Ghost Stories: An Anthology of Spooky Tales by Anthony Addis (Goodreads Author), Beth Green (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jack Soren (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.10 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2019	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 Tomorrow Heist 3.93 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2015 — 11 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
	Slaybells 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 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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“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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