Ask the Author: Cameron DeCessna
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Cameron DeCessna
As he moved cautiously through the ruins of Shadowhouse, long known to be haunted; Jeff heard a tearing sound overhead, looked up and saw massive oak beams from the rotten floor above falling toward him as he scrambled to escape their crushing weight. There was a moment of pain but it wasn’t so bad he couldn’t stand up, look down and confirm for himself the house was now truly haunted; for there, in the rubble, he saw his own crushed and bloody body.
Cameron DeCessna
Without a doubt, I'd travel to the world I've created in my own fantasy novels -- The Weir. What would I do? I'd write the definitive happy ending for myself and my world.
Cameron DeCessna
Writing lets you play god for a while and write the world as you would like it to be. It's make-believe time for adults and better still, you can share your dreams with others. My characters are like my children and my family, so I treat them with care and love --- even the nasty characters. I get to decide how they are to be punished for their wrongdoings. Writing is so much fun! As one Author once said, "Let there be light --- and there was light." I'm sure He has fun writing our futures, but He gave us the gift of our mind and the chance to join Him in the joy of creation. Wave your hands, part a sea or two. Just remember --- for you, it's just make-believe.
Cameron DeCessna
Get away from the keyboard for a while. Do something fun, take a walk, work on the house, do not dwell on your book for a few days. After a short hiatus (that's a needed break in simple terms, not a mixed drink) daydream about your story. Close your eyes and run the story so far like a little movie in your mind. Then start adding scenes until you find the one that works. Head for the keyboard!
Cameron DeCessna
1. Make sure you read good books taking note of how others tell their stories. 2. Make sure you know how to correctly use your language. Grammer and spelling DO COUNT! Readers will pass you by very quickly if you can't communicate.
3. Start small. Write short character studies, short stories, poems, song lyrics, etc. Don't begin with a novel. You'll soon get discouraged and give up.
3. Start small. Write short character studies, short stories, poems, song lyrics, etc. Don't begin with a novel. You'll soon get discouraged and give up.
Cameron DeCessna
Sometimes I can hardly sit still as ideas begin to form and whirl around in my head. Most stories come to me at bedtime, when I'm relazed. If the idea is very good, I sometimes get up and jot a few notes. Other stories get started in different ways. Clay Parker began as I looked at some old family photos of my grandfather and the trains he worked around in Cumberland, Maryland where the B&O, Pennsylvania and Western Maryland Railroads met and interacted.
Cameron DeCessna
In the third Jordan Dare novel, Jordan Dare and the Captive Spirit, readers learn of an alternate world to our own called the Weir. My next novel (80% completed) tells the tale of two boys from West Virginia who are selected to become Spirit Twins and who travel to the Weir via an enchanted gateway. Their story was written before I completed the Dare series, but I found a way to combine the plots. This will be the story of Tim and Mark as boys, long before they meet and interact with Jordan Dare as adults when he too visits the Weir.
Cameron DeCessna
Clay Parker: Growing Up Gay in 1953, stems from my own experiences growing up in the moun tains of Western Maryland. My maternal grandfather, Howard, worked for the B&O Railroad and would often take me along to isit the massive trainyards in and around Cumberland. It was still the era of steam power, so I, like Clay, loved to watch those iron monsters at work. The rest of the story came from my immagination as I spoeculated what it might have been like for a boy like Clay to cope with his different sexual nature during the early part of the 1950's. My gay coming-of-age took place during the sixties and was somewhat different.
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