Ask the Author: Kaylin R. Boyd
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Kaylin R. Boyd
I was leaving Baton Rouge for the last time with my life packed up in the bed of my truck and my dog asleep in the seat next to me when I saw a man walking up Interstate 55 at around 3 am. There wasn't an exit for miles. He didn't have a back pack. He wasn't hitchhiking, and I wondered, "What the hell is he doing?"
I crashed at my grandmother's house in Herrin, IL at 7am. I woke up around noon and started writing about him.
I crammed into that book everything I was ever told I needed to write about someday. It took me four years to write it. One year to edit it, and I published it in 2018
I crashed at my grandmother's house in Herrin, IL at 7am. I woke up around noon and started writing about him.
I crammed into that book everything I was ever told I needed to write about someday. It took me four years to write it. One year to edit it, and I published it in 2018
Kaylin R. Boyd
I was always making up stories in my head. I used these stories to entertain me during algebra class and study hall, but I also used them to explore and deal with life and its many complexities. I had no idea one could be an author thought until I discovered Neil Gaiman's book American Gods. When I read that novel something in my brain clicked, and I realized I could write my stories. I could be an author... and then suddenly my life made sense.
Kaylin R. Boyd
Currently, I am working on The Netherworlds. It is the story I began crafting in my mind at a very young age. It is the story that made me want to be a writer. It is the story of a group of gods trying to fight against their own Fate.
Kaylin R. Boyd
Just write.
Start writing and don't stop.
Start writing and don't stop.
Kaylin R. Boyd
The best thing about being a writer?
I get to use it as an excuse for all my weird behavior...
But in all seriousness... it is a wonderful excuse.
I get to use it as an excuse for all my weird behavior...
But in all seriousness... it is a wonderful excuse.
Kaylin R. Boyd
The only cure for not being able to write is to write... it's really the only way out.
Kaylin R. Boyd
Revival by Stephen King
Anything by Gabino Iglesias
Some Alan Moore, for sure.
Anything by Gabino Iglesias
Some Alan Moore, for sure.
Kaylin R. Boyd
Can I go to my own? Is that cheating? Because I would so go to the Netherworlds and hang with my imaginary peeps.
And if that's cheating then I would go to the second star to the right and straight on 'til morning or... Middle Earth.
And if that's cheating then I would go to the second star to the right and straight on 'til morning or... Middle Earth.
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