Samaire Provost on writing and
inspiration
I find ideas for stories everywhere. I
will see something happen when I’m out and about in the village and
it will make me think and then I’ll see something else and I’ll
put the two together and bang! There’s an idea for a story. Or
sometimes I will be surfing the ‘net and I’ll come across an
article about something weird scientists are actually doing and it’ll
give me the idea for a story. That’s what happened with Mad
Word: EPIDEMIC.
I find inspiration to write when I am
reading. I’m sure many of you have had that moment when you’re
reading a book and it’s good but you are sure you could do better.
I was experiencing that feeling at an early age. The books I read
were mostly science fiction but I also read the entire Black
Stallion series by Walter Farley and loved them. With those books
I didn’t get the ‘I know I can write this better’ feeling.
I got the ‘boy these stories are awesome, I want to write
adventures like these too!’
Books can really inspire you. We are
seeing a huge surge in fan fic, writers so inspired by a story that
they want to add to it, and write more adventures set in those
worlds.
One of the biggest things I found I had
to overcome to write was confidence. OR the lack thereof. It is said
that ‘the greatest cause of failure is the fear of failure’
and I have found this to be so true. The story Mad World: EPIDEMIC
was so wonderful in my head, that I was afraid to try and get it down
on paper imperfectly.
But no first draft is ever how you want
it. You have to go back and forth, and hopefully the manuscript will
be read by several people. Fresh heads to tell you where it is good
and where it needs work. Every writer goes through this, you have to
understand this. So, it is a process. But that process cannot begin
unless and until you first put pen to paper and write the first
draft. Remember: anything can be fixed. But you must get it out of
your head and down onto the computer or nothing will happen.
My advice to aspiring writers is:
Write. Pay no attention to your fears
of any shortcomings. Write. Write some more. Finish.
Mad
World: EPIDEMIC
By Samaire Provost
By Samaire Provost
Mad World Book One
Genre: YA Paranormal
Dystopian
ISBN: 978-1478317371
ASIN: B008PO969O
Number of pages: 160
Word Count: 44,700
Book Description:
The Black Plague is
ancient history. It killed 100 million people nearly seven centuries
ago, halfway around the world from the technologically advanced
research center at Stanford University. Scientists there have
recently begun examining samples of bone marrow from plague-infected
corpses unearthed in Europe. All the necessary safeguards are in
place. What could go wrong?
Alyssa and Jake are away
with their class on a highly anticipated year-end trip to Broadway
with their senior acting class when all hell breaks loose at home.
Traveling back, and trying to find their families, they encounter
deadly results. Riots are breaking out. People are being evacuated.
And they have no idea what's happening to their families.
Horrific ordeals,
heart-pounding tragedy, and chance encounters harden them for what
lies ahead. Faced with tormenting decisions, they're forced to follow
their instinct for survival at any cost - even when the cost is a
heart-wrenching decision of life or death.
A harrowing adventure of
frightening discoveries, horrifying confrontations and narrow escapes
in Epidemic, the first installment of the Mad World series.
Find out what's got
everyone so terrified.
About
the Author:
Samaire
Provost lives in California with her husband and son.
Her
love of paranormal stories, odd plots, and unique tales as well as
the works of Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Susan Cooper, Madeleine
L'Engle and Stephen King has deeply influenced her writing.
Mad
World : EPIDEMIC her first novel. The second in the series is
entitled "Mad
World: SANCTUARY"
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