Writers as Readers

"What genres interest you? What specifically about this genre interests you?

Why are you drawn to them?"

I really enjoy fantasy and horror stories. There's just something about them that always entertains me. For horror, I'd have to say that it's the feeling of helplessness that the characters feel throughout the story. As for fantasy, it has to be the fact that the world is more fantastic than anything this world we live in now can hope to offer. I'm drawn to them mainly because they're just fun to read.

"Have you ever picked up a book and been excited to turn the next page, then the next, then the next? What book? Why couldn't you stop reading? Is there a book you had to just trudge through to finish?"

Actually, yes. On both accounts. I've enjoyed reading certain books, and I've hated others. For instance, a good example of a book I just couldn't not finish reading was Bram Stoker's Dracula. Absolutely fascinating. On the other hand, a book I dreaded having to read each day was a class assigned book: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Good grief, I couldn't even read it all the way through! At one point, I just proclaimed "F the police!" and threw the book at a wall.

"What was the first book you remember reading?

Why doe this book stand out in your memory?"

The first book I can remember wasn't one I read, it was read to me. This book was a collection of works by Edgar Allen Poe. It was read to me as bed time stories when I was a wee babe barely old enough ta toddle. It stands out in my memory because it just seems to fit well with who I am.

"Many people refuse to read popular novel, such as the Harry Potter series due to themes they deem as glorifying the occult. Do you think books have the power to move people to action in something they have no interest in before they begin the first page?"

Oh absolutely. Just look at world history from less than a century ago. In Nazi Germany, they burned books all the time. Books they haven't even read. So, yes; I do believe that books can move people to action without them even having to read.

"Do you think you'd ever write a book someday? Do you know what it would be about? How would you want to be described on the "About the Author" at the front of the book?"

Yes I would write a book. I think that it is one of many ultimate forms of creation. I can fully create any world that I want when i write. I suppose I'd write a book about someone being misjudged for his actions and trying to bring an end to this kind of injustice. There are other ideas that I have, but I'd start off with that one. As for how I'd be described... I'd have to submit one of my own; letting other people describe me is... terrifying to think about.