Next I email it to my Mom and my “story consultant” (one of my friends who reads it right away). Then I print and run to my wife for instant feedback J. If I had to rewrite significantly during that pass I’ll do a third sweep to cleanup. If drafting new prose I try to do about 2000 words a day. Unless something distracting is going on I try to have my butt in the chair by around 10am (after working out) and more or less keep it there until around 6pm. I write in Scrivener which is a totally awesome writer’s word processor. Yeah, I’m a computer geek, and an Apple weenie to boot. I write on a 12 core Mac Pro with two Apple 30” monitors. My work space is extremely messy but with a great view of Santa Monica and the Pacific Ocean. But trust me, they have a plan, and the sheer audacity of it will literally shake the foundations of the heavens. What kind of ancient evil creatures might still be around? What do they want? And what legitimate human reason would they have to destroy the world (Buffy-style)? I don’t exactly answer the question in TDD, because the motives of 5,000 year old baddies should be mysterious. I’m always thinking, “that could have been so much better if they didn’t make up the historical backstory” so I started with the villains. But also as a history buff I wanted to write a supernatural story that was more grounded in real history and legend. And on the cerebral side, I’ve always been a huge vampire fan and I’ve read and watched a large percentage of the oeuvre. Bats circle the sky and wolves bay in the distance. The blood glistens black in the sunset light. The sound of a colossal horn or gong blares. With The Darkening Dream, the visceral part was this image I had – and some might consider me disturbed – of a dead tree silhouetted against an orange sky, a naked body bound to it, disemboweled, and bleeding out. There are two answers to that, the visceral and the cerebral. *What inspired you to write The Darkening Dream? He was kind enough to answer a few questions for me, But stick around for a few seconds first. I reviewed his book The Darkening Dream a few days ago. Today I’m happy to welcome Andy Gavin to the blog.
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