Didn't Robert Bloch famously say, "Every crime writer is a
scared murderer"?
Or did I just make that up?
Certainly, every novel I have written contains elements from
my own life; from characters to situations, feelings and
emotions, dialogue and thoughts. That's what makes the novels
even more real, as far as I'm concerned, for both writer and
reader.
Steve http://www.stevegerlach.com
Jason said:
> I'm foolish enough! Yeah, I do get that question a
lot and I usually
> deflect, go, "Well, I'm writing fiction, right?" But
I think the
> deeper answer is that even the very darkest,
depraved parts of my
> books have something to do with me....Obviously,
they're
> exaggerations or I'd be doing thirty to life
somewhere...but it all
> comes out of my own issues/stuff that concerns me,
that I think is
> worth exploring. That's why it usually doesn't work
when a writer
> sets out to write something very dark and
violent--it has to be a
> natural vision/view of the world or it could come
off as gratuitous.
> J
> http://www.jasonstarr.com
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