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I’m really excited to have interviewed Gareth Stevens,
author, blogger, and awesome guy.
Hello Gareth,
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer a few
questions.
1. You’re publishing In The End, a dystopian
thriller. Would you tell us what is the story about?
In The End is an apocalyptic thriller which centres around
Logan and a group of his friends who look to him to lead them to safety when
they miss the call for a mass evacuation of the south east of England. It
follows their fast-paced journey marked with tragedy and new heart-warning
relationships forged in the depths of their struggle to keep each other alive.
2. Would you tell us what you’re working on at
the moment?
Whilst In The End is with the copy editor I’m preparing for
publication and editing the draft of the follow up which I wrote over six
months ago. I’m writing the occasional short story set in the same world, well
they’re more teaser pieces than stories themselves.
3. You have a very successful blog (https://gjstevens.com/2018/10/19/my-publishing-journey/)
full of interesting articles, interviews, and great writing. Any tips on how to
be so successful?
Thank you very much for the complement. I’m not sure I would
call it successful but I’ll take it anyway! My first tip would be honest and
not to put up a front. I have a clear goal of what I want my blog to be and I
try and stick to that content. I make it very clear that I’m posting
information as I find it out and I welcome people telling me I got it wrong, as
long as they tell me what they think. My second would be to engage with your
audience and with others on their platforms about subjects that interest you.
If you peak their interest then they may pop along to your site and see what
you have to say.
4. An invisible question for you:
And your answer is? Invisible
Answer
5. Ask yourself a question, give yourself an
answer:
How did In The End come about? One of my very close friends
suggested I should write it. We have a shared fascination of what would happen
if the constructs of civilisation were to fall down and we were left to fend
for ourselves. A few weeks later I decided to give it a go and after sending
the first chapter to her over WhatsApp and enjoying her reaction, that’s what I
did for the nearly four months it took to write. Whilst I was writing she’d
told one of her work colleagues about it and so I started a website and began
posting the chapters there on a daily basis too.
6. What can you tell us about the villain of your
story without giving us too many spoilers?
The villain of the book will be up to you to decide and your
opinion may evolve as you head through the chapters. I have my opinion but I
can’t post it here or it will spoil the surprise!
7. Can you tell us what you’re planning to
write afterwards?
I plan to write the third in the series. I have ideas but no
time!
8. Which is the biggest challenge of writing a
book?
Time is definitely the biggest challenge without a doubt.
Then it’s grammar, but there are solutions to that too!
9. So, you’re in a locked room with a starving,
brain-craving zombie, a confused Sleepy Beauty who believes she’s still in her
fairy tale story, and an angry alien whose ship has just crashed on Earth. Your
weapons are: a squirrel, a cup of hot coffee, a box of Band-Aids, a bottle of
Diet coke, two Mentos, and a tiny (two inches), invisible dragon. How do you
escape?
Protect the Sleepy Beauty and leave the alien and the Zombie
battle it out. Put the Mentos in the Diet coke and spray the surge around the
room so I can find the invisible dragon. Once found, capture it and direct it’s
acid breath towards the lock, hoping it’s enough!
10.
Complete
the sentence: the thing I like the most when I’m writing is…Peace and
quiet.
11.
If you
could have dinner with a movie star, whom will you choose?
Ryan Reynolds. Probably the funniest person
alive.
12.
Dragons
or unicorn? Superman or Batman? Dragons and Deadpool. J
13.
Who would
play the role of Logan if when In The End is turned into a movie? Ryan Reynolds J
or maybe Mark Warhlberg
14.
Last
question, if you were an X-man, which power will you have? The ability to
stop time.
Thanks for joining me!!
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