Hey everyone since The Sullivan Scripter interviewed me, I decided to interview him back! It went really well. I think we may have a future author on our hands! Check out his blog here and tell him that I sent you!
http://thesullivanscripter.weebly.com/blog
How long have you been writing for?
I have been writing for 9 years. I love writing, and am thinking of making it my career. It's been a long time since I wrote my first story in June, 2006, and my writing (Not to mention grammar) has improved significantly.
What inspired you to start writing?
In first grade, I read the story of The Three Billy Goats and the troll that lived under the bridge, and I immediately wanted to recreate that same idea with a different set of characters (Three ninjas and one samurai) and a different place (China, because at the time, that's where I thought all ninjas came from.) I stopped writing for a year until I found the Harry Potter series, which I was immediately hooked on. I read that entire series in three years. Loved it! Anyway, I loved the Harry Potter Universe, and wanted to be in that universe oh so bad. As we know, that's not possible, but in writing, you can go anywhere you want to. If you can dream it, you can go there. So, being the self-centered person that I was at the time, I replaced Harry with me, then wrote about MY adventures. That's where I started to become more creative and original. I spent a year writing that stuff. One day, I found an Alex Rider book in a library; Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz. Alex Rider was a spy, and the gadgets he had and the new possibilities that came with them made me cry because I couldn't have them. (I was 8, what do you want me to do?) I began to write ORIGINAL spy stories, completely independent of any other stories I had ever written. It was a big step in my writing, and while it was difficult, it opened up a lot of doors for me.
What is your favorite genre to write?
I like to write futuristic/comedy sci-fi. It gives you the freedom to make the universe as big or small as you want, and you have the freedom to fly with the characters anywhere. For me, I let my characters go where they want to go, because after 1 or two chapters, they really start to take on a life of their own. If I'm writing a short story, I like to write horror. A lot can happen in horror in less than 10 pages. ;)
Favorite Author?
Hm. My favorite author varies depending on why they are my favorite. I look up to J.K. Rowling as a good writer because her stories have the capability to go anywhere. That universe has endless possibilities, numerous endings, and there's no such thing as "Can't happen" in the Harry Potter Universe. Unfortunately, I have not read her other books, so I can't make a complete judgement call there. I look up to Stephen King, as well, as he writes with suspense, something that I've never been able to do without sounding cheesy. I loved Salem's Lot. That was good. But my favorite author of all time to sit down and read would have to be Herman Melville. I loved Moby-Dick, surprisingly, and couldn't put it down. Many high scholars will hate me for saying that, but I do.
What are your goals with writing?
Let me think about that. Well, I just like to write, and I want to share my good ideas with the world so that at least one more person logs off the computer thinking about, knowing, or having anxiety about what's going to happen next than before they logged on. Also, while writing for some is to write down their reality, I write down my other reality.
What made you want to start blogging?
My dad wanted to set me up with a blog for my writing, so I did. That one was not too active, and I never really wrote to it again. I used Wordpress for at least 2 years, before I found Weebly after seeing a friends' weebly page. I wanted to get famous, but now I blog just to keep track of all my writing.
