Interview with:Bruce de Mink [brucedemink]
WRITING
 | What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote? First thing I read was David Eddings Series The balgariad. I was house sitingat a friends place and watchingg the early morning light dance and play on the pool water while sitting in the lounge, I sat at the computer and started to punch our what I was seeing. Couple of friends were the first to read my writings... |
| What is your favorite genre? Can you provide a link to a site where we can read some of your work or learn something about it? I wrote on worth1000.com and on my site www.mutationstation.co.za, you can view both on my site. |
| What is your creative process like? What happens before sitting down to write? I first sit down and create a feeling in my body and mind, then see it in my minds eye and write down what I see. Nothing more |
| What type of reading inspires you to write? As of late I am enjoying german engineering and physics during the second world war, Vedic writing and prehistory of the human race. I love fantastic reality. |
| What do you think are the basic ingredients of a story? Characters, circumstances, and the small things in between |
| What voice do you find most to your liking: first person or third person? First person, the viewer or the reader become personally involved, |
| What well known writers do you admire most? David Eddings, Raymond E Feist, Henry Sevens, Joseph McMoneagle, Ingo Swan, J R R Tolken, Leo Tolstoy, Terry Pratchet |
| What is required for a character to be believable? How do you create yours? I beleive the characters flaws are far more interesting and far more reveling than his good attributes. |
| Are you equally good at telling stories orally? Not really, I really get flustered |
| Deep down inside, who do you write for? I write for me, I write to get that sorry that is yearing to get out, and breath the light of day |
| Is writing a form of personal therapy? Are internal conflicts a creative force? No, its an enjoyment not a release for me |
| Does reader feed-back help you? Sometimes it does. I'm like most writers negative critasizem in not what I enjoy hearing especially when its about Syntax. |
| Do you participate in competitions? Have you received any awards? TO me worth1000.com is competition I enjoy it. |
| Do you share rough drafts of your writings with someone whose opinion you trust? Yes only those really close to me, I dont like my ideas spreading |
| Do you believe you have already found "your voice" or is that something one is always searching for? I am not looking for a platform to voice oppinions but rather to take the reader on a journey I steer away from non-fiction |
| What discipline do you impose on yourself regarding schedules, goals, etc.? I do not of the above , I write till its completed. |
| What do you surround yourself with in your work area in order to help your concentrate? Noise, I turn the TV on and play a movie or put any type of music on so I can concentrate on the task at hand |
| Do you write on a computer? Do you print frequently? Do you correct on paper? What is your process? I write on a laptop and correct on a laptop |
| What has been your experience with publishers? I havent started looking for a publisher, I need and editor first! |
| What are you working on now? 3 novels, 1 fantasy 2 science fiction |
| What do you recommend I do with all those things I wrote years ago but have never been able to bring myself to show anyone? keep them safe, and dont publish it on the web. |
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Bruce de Mink
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