AUTHOR’S CORNER
JEFF CRAWFORD Let us know a little more of Jeff Crawford as he dishes out some of the questions we’ve prepared for him.
equally consistent in different genres. Wherever my current interest takes me I can write as enthusiastically about that as I did the first book years ago. Do you hear from your readers much? What kinds of things do they say? I’m always surprised when I hear from readers at what struck them as important, usually it’s about things that I had given little thought to. The endings which I work hard to write surprisingly always get a reaction, but it will be this or that character that I hear about, and it’s never the same characters that I think stand out that readers gravitate toward. What do you think makes a good story? To make a good read for someone it has to be fresh and imaginative. Never re-write the same book. You have to allow the reader to see what you as the writer sees, but not spoon feed them everything, some things are to be discovered and interpreted individually. Advice for those young readers who wanted to be like you someday. Write only when you have something to say that is worth reading, there is a huge difference between quality words and words. Write what appeals to you so your enthusiasm will propel the book. Be patient and somewhat unyielding in your writing, no one can tell me how best to tell my story. Turn off the word count until you are finished, it isn’t a homework assignment, it’s a book that once published belongs to the ages. Write it completely or don’t write it. EC
Tell us a short interesting narrative about yourself. I was born of Scottish decent on both parents sides in western North Carolina, but raised in central Florida. I started my vocational journey full time when I was still a senior in high school as a cowboy, and did that in one form or another for the next 30 years. Am an avid sportsman, with a passion for university of Florida athletics. What would you say is your interesting writing quirk? I prefer to write on small hand held devices rather than larger modern computers. I have written 3 books on an IPhone and 4 on an IPad. I think they lend themselves
to creating an intimacy when writing dialogue that you can’t feel with bigger computers. What do you like to do when you’re not writing? When not writing I still enjoy the outdoors. Hunting and fishing is something I’ve done since I was five years old. I also enjoy playing music, I’m self taught on about 8 different musical instruments. What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books? That I had the requisite patience which is a must when writing. Also that I have an ability to write
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