Ask the Author: Adam Nicholls
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Adam Nicholls
Keep going. Don't look back. Don't stop to ask people what they think. Just write a book to yourself and then put it in a drawer and start the next one. Your writing will only get worse if you stop doing it.
Adam Nicholls
I sit down in front of my computer each morning and say to myself, 'Right, you're not going anywhere until you've met your target.' Sometimes it struggles to come out, but that just means it takes longer. On some days - the better days - it is one easy, beautiful flow that takes almost no effort.
Adam Nicholls
That's easy. Being able to sit down and take thoughts from your head, and then put them down on paper to create a whole universe. It's like they're living, breathing people, and having other people see what I see is just an incredible feeling.
Adam Nicholls
Hi Nikki. Where I do enjoy a ghost story, I would personally steer clear of writing a story based on that sore subject. I think that, even if it were a masterpiece, people would find it controversial. Stephen king, for example, had a book called 'Rage' which was of the same subject. But after the recent attacks, he found that it was in poor taste and removed it from publication. For that reason, I agree. However, there are similar situations which may not offend or upset a reader so easily. Regardless of what you do, I hope it works out great. Best of luck.
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