MORE Magazine Spring 2017 Issue 3 | Page 40

Do you ever get writer ’ s Block?Do you ever get writer ’ s Block? IIn a sense, it’s more like a stall. I either feeling lazy, apprehensive or not ready to commit a certain amount of time to a project. Sometimes I know what I want to write but I am not inspired. I am a mood driven author. Any tips on how to get through the dreaded writer ’ s block? I read but not in the subject or genre I am writing or I write while listening to music or watching something you’ve seen hundreds of times. If that doesn’t work, I change locations and see how that pans out. What book / s are you reading at present? • I am still reading Joseph Campbell’s “the Hero with a Thousand Faces” a colleague gave to me. • A book by Shaarazad Ali and “the Mis- Education of the Negro” by Carter Godwin Moses in my workbag. • The DC “Injustice series” and “Kingdom Come.” • I just finished “Interview with a Vampire, Claudia’s Story” by Ashley Marie Witter I buy more books than I can read and again just like my writing, my reading is mood driven. What is your favorite book and why? Tel rea rea are aut l us about your ding habits. Do you d much and if so who your favorite hors. I read a few books at a time. And my tastes change. But once I like something by an author I like them forever, even if it’s just that one book. You mean favorite books: “On a Pale Horse” by Piers Anthony, “Black Kiss” by Howard Chaykin, “Interview with a Vampire” by Anne Rice, “The Dark Knight” by Frank Miller, “The Thomas Covenant Series” by Stephen R. Donaldson, “The Iliad and the Odyssey” by Homer, “Enders Game” by Orson Scott Card, “The Raven and the Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe & “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss to name a few…