On Writing, and Hell

Posted by Aaron Springer on November 3, 2009 under General, Videos | Read the First Comment

So, the book is plugging along at a good pace. I have, however, noticed something.

Unlike my previous writing, I find killing much easier. I think I blame/credit Scott Sigler with making death so much less objectionable to me than it once was. So far, there have been more than two hundred deaths in my book, two in detail, and I do not feel that bothered by it. I mean, the two detailed deaths (not gruesome – I haven’t gotten to that point yet) were characters, true, but they were created just to be destroyed. I do not feel guilty about it.

So, Scott, in homage to the effects you have had on my writing style, a taste of hell: