E. G. Stone is one of those authors, who write from their childhood. Since the age of six, she wrote 22 novels, short stories, a screenplay, blog entries and even poetry. E. G. loves not just writing, but creating stories in a wide range of genres. Her favourites are mystery, adventure, science fiction and fantasy. Next to write, E. G. loves reading too, and languages. She enjoys being a full-time writer. On 22 June, this year, E. G. already published a book, 'To Never Hear The Song' and the release date of her newest novel, 'The Forsaking Of The Blind' is today, on 17 September.
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The interview
1. You write since you were a child. What would you call your first work?
My first work was titled Wings of a Dragon and it was…well, terrible is a bit of an understatement. Basically, I took the plots from my favourite fantasy pieces, added a dragon and some wish fulfilment and there you have it. I’ve definitely grown since I was a young child and I’m ever thankful for that first book for getting me into writing. But…it will never see the light of day.
2. As someone, who published a lot of work, can write in more different genre and style, what would you advice to newbie authors, or those, who want to write?
If you want to read something that doesn’t exist, no matter what genre, write it. It doesn’t matter how “good” of a writer you are, just that you are exploring and learning. Some things will work, some won’t. But if you are interested in what you write, then that is a goodly portion of the battle fought.
3. You write in many genre, style. Do you have any favourite and less favourite?
Probably not. I think I do all the different genres and styles simply because I enjoy writing all the different genres and styles. Much as with people in general, I don’t tend to fit solely into one category for personality, likes, dislikes, hobbies, etc. So I enjoy writing and exploring all my different styles and genres. It’s just who I am.
4. There is any genre, or topic, which you have always found difficult?
Apparently, academic style writing and I don’t tend to get along. Oh, I can manage it quite well (if I couldn’t, I wouldn’t have gotten my degrees) but I’ve been told that I don’t write in a standard academic style. That is, I am far more blunt in my logic and I don’t tend to prevaricate with all the excess words that other academics use. Frankly, this doesn’t bother me much. But it did confuse people who were reading my work because I said what I meant. Pah!
5. There are people, who create stories from sudden, spontaneous ideas. What was the strangest way you got inspiration for a book, or character?
Conversations with people always bring about the most interesting ideas. For example, I was just having a discussion about organisations that actually make you vanish. They were created for people who were trying to escape abusive relationships or go off the grid, but imagine that coupled with time travel? Conversations and inspiration like this is fairly common for me.
6. You can write anywhere, anytime, or there is a certain time and place you prefer to be able to perfectly focus?
I can, theoretically, write anywhere or at any time (excepting when sleeping, because I’m just not that capable) but I prefer to do it at home and in the quiet of my mind. I think the only place where I have failed completely to write is while surrounded by many people who just don’t stop talking.
7. Writer's block is maybe the most annoying thing, which can happen to an author. What do you do, if you have it?
I don’t tend to have writer’s block. Sometimes I feel like a story stagnates a bit, but then I just work on something else for a while. I write consistently every day during the work week and when I don’t write, I have ideas on what to write. Granted, this comes from many years of consistently writing, even when not pursuing this as a career, so I’m fairly used to getting words onto paper.
8. From your characters, who was the easiest and most difficult to create? Do you have a personal favourite?
All my characters, near as I can tell, are fully-formed people who just sort of spring into being. If there is any difficulty, it’s simply because I don’t particularly understand them, yet. But I wouldn’t necessarily say that I create them, more that they just appear. If I have a favourite, then it would probably be Ske’toa, the antagonist from Speaker of Words. Though, all my characters are wonderful, so I wouldn’t pick just the one. :)
9. Today, on 17 September, your new book is published. Do you have any ongoing, or new project?
I always have ongoing projects! I can’t seem to stop with projects. I usually have two or three going at one particular time, all in various stages of development. At the moment, I’m working on book four of an upcoming urban fantasy/satirical fantasy series. I also have an epic-style fairytale retelling in the works, and several others in the planning stage. Still, it will be a little sad to see The Forsaking of the Blind go out into the world, because it’s the end of the trilogy. (Fear not, there will be more books in the same world!)
10. If you could be anything in any universe, anywhere, what would you be? Why?
Um…maybe a dragon in a library? I think that would be pretty cool.
