So I got nominated for a blogger award by the talented short story writer Gifted and Chilling – Thank you G and C! And I’m going to use this as an opportunity to ask you, dear reader, lots of questions. I’ll answer Gifted and Chillings questions below mine.
My questions are all writer based, but that can be for a blog as well as something bigger. So if anyone is inspired the following, then please write in the comments below or your own blog 🙂 :
- Do your dreams ever give you inspiration for stories? If so can you describe one that has?
- Do you feel comfortable writing characters of other races/ genders or with extreme experiences you’ve never had? What are your no go areas for characters?
- Have you ever written anything that you wouldn’t write now? What was it and what’s changed?
- Do you ever work on a style? Or do you simply write and a style happens?
- How about a genre? Do you always stick to the same one? Is there a genre you’d like to work in, but don’t know how?
- If you’ve written a novel, what was your method? did you plan it all out beforehand with flow charts and lists? Or did you have a vague idea of what would happen and just start writing?
And the questions for me
Gifted and Chilling writes stories, often heartbreaking and poetic, so go and check out her blog if you haven’t before. Here are her questions:
What inspired you to creating your blog and choosing your niche?
I just wanted somewhere to write. Writing was always important to me, but I did too much of it in isolation. I wanted to write stories that people read, to have it as a form of communication instead of just capturing images out of my head and trapping them on the page because I like it.
Which blogs inspire and entertain you?
This story from Getting On is just great, (and he has many other fine posts too)
I love the nature pictures from Fish-Eye Perspective
Samantha Henthorn just published a book here. But check out any chapter of Curmudgeon Avenue for a a very funny read.
What is the greatest lesson you’ve learnt so far?
From the blog? That I can write many different stories at once. And that’s good, because if I get sick of one, I can move straight onto another.
How would you like your life to be different (or the same) in a year?
At the moment my biggest fear is losing all the good things in my life. So mostly, I want my life to stay the same. At least for a little bit longer. Oh and I want some kittens.
What piece of work are you proud of the most and which are you itching to finish?
I’m weird about pride. When I’m still writing something, it is the most important writing I’ve ever done. and then when it’s finished I cease to care. So the truth is, I’m not proud of anything I’ve written – not in a bad way, I simply don’t think about it. I’m itching to finish The Catford Catastrophe Project, which is set in a dystopian future filled with killer plants and mutant insects. The characters are sociopathic twins, a spy and a super hero with PTSD. It’s fun to write in a complicated and mind-twisty way.
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