Ask the Author: Nakia Cook
Answered Questions (10)
Nakia Cook
Who stole my jeans in eighth grade gym class?
Nakia Cook
Yikes. All of the stories I love have some pretty messed up worlds, to be honest. Maybe the Bladerunner world inspired by Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Then again...
Nakia Cook
I wanted to write a noir-style detective story because I loved the movie Angel Heart. So far, the attempt keeps morphing into other books.
Nakia Cook
I watch authors talk about their writing processes...
Nakia Cook
Lots of things. Kleptomaniacs, witches, vampires, jinn, one possible werewolf...
Nakia Cook
You're either writing or you're not. Only one of those guarantees a finished product.
Nakia Cook
The best thing is diving in to a new story or when you're going about your day and a solution to a plotting problem pops into your head.
Nakia Cook
Write something else instead.
Nakia Cook
We buried the child when he was three months old and have hardly spoken two words to one another since then. It's unfortunate, because my husband deserves to be as delighted as I am now that the babe has found his way home.
Nakia Cook
Dune, The City of Brass and The Way of Kings.
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