Cody Williams
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Owen King:
Hi Owen, I am wondering if you have any idea when we can expect SLEEPING BEAUTIES to be released and what the writing process was like with Stephen King. I know you collaborated with Mark Poirier on INTRO TO ALIEN INVASION (a fantastic graphic novel, I might add) and I was wondering if the process was different between collaborators. Also, do you have any more solo projects coming down the pipeline? Thanks!
Owen King
Hi Cody,
I don't have a release date for Sleeping Beauties yet, but we're just about to do copy-edits, so you'll be seeing it sooner than later. Sometime in the second half of the year, certainly.
I'm sure I'm going to be talking about the collaborative process with my dad when the book gets closer to publication, but to speak to the way that Mark and I work: the key thing, I think, is that we are very free about rewriting each other. We have a story we want to tell, and a shared understanding of the characters, and based on that, we have complete faith in the other person to "raise" what we've written as they see fit. I'm almost never disappointed in the way that Mark edits and adds to what I've put down, and I'm pretty sure he feels the same way. Collaboration is hard if you get attached to too much.
It also helps that we have similar senses of humor and somewhat similar writing voices. If I explain an idea, and Mark likes it, he can create a version that contains everything I wanted - along with an extra flavor of his own that's totally unexpected and wonderful.
Thanks for the questions, and thanks for the kind words about Intro -
Best,
Owen
I don't have a release date for Sleeping Beauties yet, but we're just about to do copy-edits, so you'll be seeing it sooner than later. Sometime in the second half of the year, certainly.
I'm sure I'm going to be talking about the collaborative process with my dad when the book gets closer to publication, but to speak to the way that Mark and I work: the key thing, I think, is that we are very free about rewriting each other. We have a story we want to tell, and a shared understanding of the characters, and based on that, we have complete faith in the other person to "raise" what we've written as they see fit. I'm almost never disappointed in the way that Mark edits and adds to what I've put down, and I'm pretty sure he feels the same way. Collaboration is hard if you get attached to too much.
It also helps that we have similar senses of humor and somewhat similar writing voices. If I explain an idea, and Mark likes it, he can create a version that contains everything I wanted - along with an extra flavor of his own that's totally unexpected and wonderful.
Thanks for the questions, and thanks for the kind words about Intro -
Best,
Owen
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Gabriel
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Owen King:
It says I should as A question but I will lay down two: 1. Do you pick your ideas from everyday encounters and flashes, or do you build up to them a lot of time and thinking until that final shape of a brilliant writing? 2. How would you balance the American Writers over the European? Thanks, and God Bless!
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