Ask the Author: Jim Hardison
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Jim Hardison
"Don't," the vampire pleaded as I pressed the point of the stake to the pale skin of her lovely breast. "You're just off your meds, Jonathan."
Jim Hardison
I would probably go to Narnia and just hang out with Aslan. Of all the fantasy worlds, it is one of the least dangerous and least creepy (assuming I don't get there during the reign of the white witch.
Jim Hardison
Hi Kelly. I don't have an answer, so we're even. Thanks though, for your note. It was good meeting you too, and it's always good to hear when someone likes something I've written. Glad you (and your dad) enjoyed The Helm and I hope you both like Fish Wielder!
P.S. If you find you have any free time on your hands, please consider writing a review here on Goodreads of The Helm and/or Fish Wielder. Reviews are very very very very very very helpful. It doesn't even have to be long. It could just be one line. Thanks again! Write any time you don't have a question.
P.S. If you find you have any free time on your hands, please consider writing a review here on Goodreads of The Helm and/or Fish Wielder. Reviews are very very very very very very helpful. It doesn't even have to be long. It could just be one line. Thanks again! Write any time you don't have a question.
Jim Hardison
I try to have multiple projects going at all times so that if I feel blocked on one, I can switch to another. My mind is unruly and I get bored easily, so I try to harness that by always having somewhere productive it can wander. And if that doesn't work, I love deadlines because they help me focus. That's the brute force method of powering through writer's block--you just bulldoze your way past because you have to.
Jim Hardison
Getting to create people, worlds and histories. There's nothing quite like manufacturing a world from scratch.
Jim Hardison
Write all the time. The more you write, the better you get at it. Also, keep a file of every idea that occurs to you. If I don't write things down, they slip away, like dreams that fade after you wake up.
Jim Hardison
I just found a publisher for my epically silly epic fantasy, Fish Wielder, and now I am polishing the final draft of a YA comedic horror/thriller.
Jim Hardison
I tend to write in streaks. An idea will come to me and I'll sit down and write for as long as I possibly can before I have to stop. Usually, I'll write all night long. Unfortunately, eventually something always breaks the streak and I have to stop. From that point on, I tend to be a deadline writer. I set myself deadlines so that I can require myself to get the words down on the page. A deadline provides the fuel I need to get myself started again, and once I get into it, I can generally keep going.
Jim Hardison
I got the idea for Fish Wielder by thinking back over all of the epic fantasy stories I've loved since I first discovered the genre when I was about twelve or thirteen. As I was thinking about them all, it occurred to me that the ones I enjoyed most always had a sense of humor to them and seemed to play around with the conventions of the genre.
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