Category Archives: Indieview author

It started off as a challenge to myself to create a character I could reuse in other stories …  I wanted to create a character who is less intertwined with a single, definitive plot arc, who I could continue to write about and develop across titles.

Steve Thomas – 4 April 2013 Continue reading →

As stylists, practitioners of the art and beauty of the English language, there is nobody better by my reckoning than Ernest Hemingway and Cormac McCarthy. I’m hesitant to say they’ve influenced me – that’d be like a first-year piano student claiming influence from Mozart – but if forced to choose a governing stylistic influence, they’d be it.

Kevin McCormick – 18 April 2013 Continue reading →

When I read something and an image in my mind forms, crystal clear, I understand setting, mood, emotions, and actions of the thing I’m reading, unaware at that point it is a book and I am there in my mind – then, I get inspired. 

Simon Royle – 15 April 2013

Note: I’d be remiss not to acknowledge Simon as the founder of The IndieView, yet during the time he was running the site he never interviewed himself. After months and months of begging, he finally agreed to do one. 🙂

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A great cover draws the reader in. A great blurb makes them want to read more. A well written book sells. It’s as simple as that.

Joe Hart – 11 April 2013 Continue reading →

I have a terrible habit of writing my characters into hopeless situations without having any clear idea how I’m going to get them back out. For me, this was the hardest part and the closest I came to what you might call writer’s block. Looking back though, I think it actually improved the book. I’ve heard several readers say how they couldn’t imagine how character so-and-so was going to get out of this certain situation. I always just smile and think neither could I.

John Ashley – 8 April 2013 Continue reading →

I would hope that the type of reader that will enjoy my book would be people that are aware of the world around them rather than just what’s at the end of their noses, and will take that same world with a pinch of salt. But to be honest, I would hope that anybody that loves a good book could enjoy it. 

Ryan Bracha – 5 April 2013 Continue reading →

I have worked with many publishers, mostly trade, and I saw the writing on the crumbling walls of traditional houses some time ago.  This seems to be the same for fiction publishers.  When you think about it, the traditional authors’ club is pretty small, because it’s about profits, not necessarily quality work.

Jim Wills – 4 April 2013 Continue reading →

Editing often takes more effort for me that the writing. My instinct is to ask, “Is this bad?” and leave anything to which the answer is “No.” But more productive editing requires me to take a more active view and ask “Could this be better?” and change it if the answer is “Yes.” 

Elizabeth Corrigan – 1 April 2013 Continue reading →

I remember studying the adults around me from a very young age, trying to understand why they did the things that they did. I was acutely aware of everything and everyone around me, like relatives and neighbors who were closet alcoholics, or had a mental disorder that was kept a secret. As a child, it struck me how very much our lives depend on things over which we have no control-the situation into which we are born, and to a great extent, our physical health.

S. Rose – 28 March 2013 Continue reading →

My writing process starts with an idea that excites me. During the first draft, I have no idea what I’m doing until I get words on the page. I’m incapable of knowing any details about my idea until it’s written down, at which point it usually surprises me.

David Anderson – 25 March 2013 Continue reading →