Will Martin
Will Martin
Will Martinis a New Zealand-born classical crossover singer...
character black-and-white grey
I prefer to work with grey characters rather than black and white.
writing want stories
I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story.
book writing ideas
I have idea files of books that I want to write one of these days, stories I want to write one of these days, but I'll probably never get to them.
two historical skins
I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth.
dark
I have always been a dark writer.
character emotional attachment
I have a huge emotional attachment to characters I've created, especially the viewpoint characters.
couple book kids
I had a couple of friends, but I was mostly the kid with his nose in a book.
hate writing i-hate
Don't write outlines; I hate outlines.
summer sports baseball
Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne, N.J.
historical fiction problem
As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen.
powerful fiction certain
All fiction has to have a certain amount of truth in it to be powerful.
writing subconscious bounds
A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect.
kings mistake fall
An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.
men good-man enough
Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.