Ask the Author: Pochassic
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Pochassic
I'm not sure how to answer this question. I just write because that's what I do.
Pochassic
Several projects at once, which is my style. I have four or five ideas for a novel all revolving around a different genre. I keep writing all of them, until one story springs to life. At the moment I have several different stories competing for my attention. Usually the one where the ending suddenly flashes in front of me wins.
Pochassic
There is no timeline for success, so take your time. Remember commercial success is not in your control, it's literally in the hands of your readers. The analogy I like to use is that it's like farming lightning. You put out as many lightning rods as you can(your books), then wait for the storm(the readers). So just write the stories you want to read, with 8 billion people in this world your audience will find you. To paraphrase a famous film "If you write it , the audience will come." Good luck and enjoy writing
Pochassic
It's magic. What else would you call the art of transferring the dreams and nightmares from one mind into many?
Pochassic
From an aquarium accident.
I have kept tropical fish for most of my life. One day to my astonishment two different breeds of fish in my tank, who are not supposed to be able to breed , bred.
I was quite delighted and posted a YouTube video of one of the offspring. Then the comments started pouring in. Lets just say they were unkind.
And that sparked something in my imagination. I had a short story that I wanted to rework into a longer piece, a zombie story. I wanted to tell the story from the release of the plague right through to the end , have there be a final winner zombies or humanity.
Problem was I couldn't find a way for my villain to concoct something that was plausible. Then the impossible fish comments came in and I felt freed.
After all if my fish did the impossible in my tank, why couldn't my villain do the impossible, as long as it sounded plausible.
Combining a fungus and a virus is supposedly impossible. Yet my villain was able to manipulate and combine them at the molecular level. A PhD in Bio-Engineering and a religious zealot bent on world domination could surely solve that small problem :-) ...and then I was off to the races
I have kept tropical fish for most of my life. One day to my astonishment two different breeds of fish in my tank, who are not supposed to be able to breed , bred.
I was quite delighted and posted a YouTube video of one of the offspring. Then the comments started pouring in. Lets just say they were unkind.
And that sparked something in my imagination. I had a short story that I wanted to rework into a longer piece, a zombie story. I wanted to tell the story from the release of the plague right through to the end , have there be a final winner zombies or humanity.
Problem was I couldn't find a way for my villain to concoct something that was plausible. Then the impossible fish comments came in and I felt freed.
After all if my fish did the impossible in my tank, why couldn't my villain do the impossible, as long as it sounded plausible.
Combining a fungus and a virus is supposedly impossible. Yet my villain was able to manipulate and combine them at the molecular level. A PhD in Bio-Engineering and a religious zealot bent on world domination could surely solve that small problem :-) ...and then I was off to the races
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