This is one in a series of profiles of our National Novel Progress Month authors and their works in progress. If you'd like to submit your own interview, please fill out the form, and I'll be in touch!
Today's author is Crackerdog Sam (that's his hobo name), my own dear partner and co-parent and a fabulous writer. I interviewed him over pizza with the kids — any insight and hilarity in wording are his, and any errors in transcription are mine.
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| Sam hopes he finishes his WIP in time to read it to the kids. |
What project are you working on?
I am attempting to flesh out or "write"
[quote marks his!] the second half of my novel that is currently only outlined. Basically, I'm trying to get a draft out of it. It will be spotty with chunks missing or places that are rambling on too long, but
just to get something concrete on the page.
What's the tentative title?
I'm not telling.
What's the genre?
I guess it's a mashup of old-time high adventure with modern conveniences. It follows the same rules as
The Princess Bride, but it's set in modern day, which is to say it's
romantic and adventurous and has a lot of fantastical creatures, but it doesn't have magic or the paranormal. I don't know what genre that is. There is also no villain, so it's kind of a mix of
The Princess Bride and
Spirited Away.
What's the target audience?
It's for
8- to 14-year-olds.
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