{"id":1649,"date":"2024-05-29T12:34:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T11:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2024-05-29T12:33:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T11:33:51","slug":"author-qa-with-joltierre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/?p=1649","title":{"rendered":"Author Q&A with Jolt\u00eferre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author Q&A with Jolt\u00eferre<\/h2>\n

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I\u2019m also an artist, and son of an entrepreneur<\/p>\n

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Tell us about your writing\/ published book(s)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The G.O.A.L.: Peace<\/p>\n

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Where\u2019s your favourite place to write?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At home<\/p>\n

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How do you approach starting a new book?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Skeleton, Meat, Flesh<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s your favourite genre to read?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Historical<\/p>\n

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Have you always wanted to write?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

No, not until college<\/p>\n

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What do you do when you have writer\u2019s block?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Play video games, talk to friends<\/p>\n

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Tell us about a scene that you loved but had to edit out of your book<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I needed to get rid of infodumping so I erased my entire first chapter.<\/p>\n

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Do you like reading the same books you write?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

No<\/p>\n

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Do write under a pen name? If so, tell us about how you chose it<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Jolt\u00eferre, it was given to me<\/p>\n

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How do you choose your book\u2019s title(s)?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research<\/p>\n

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What advice would you give to someone wanting to write their first book?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Just keep writing<\/p>\n

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Do you do research for your books? If so, what kind of research?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Yes, to make sure I\u2019m not copying anyone else<\/p>\n

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How do you fit writing into your everyday life?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I do a lot of listening\/ reading history<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

How do you approach \u2018world building\u2019?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I dream about the world.<\/p>\n

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How do you handle criticism?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It takes a lot of patience.<\/p>\n

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Describe your perfect character to me<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The perfect character has my personal flaws but pursues goals that I have not obtained due to real world obstacles<\/p>\n

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Tell me about your current work<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The GOAL is destined to be a three series novel and a video game.<\/p>\n

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Tell me about your main character<\/strong><\/h3>\n

My main character is also not always the protagonists. I have multiple main characters and the perspective changes.<\/p>\n

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Would you want your book made into a film?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Yes of course, probably a Netflix experience though<\/p>\n

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How many books do you own?<\/strong>
\n1<\/h3>\n

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Find\u00a0Jolt\u00eferre on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author Q&A with Jolt\u00eferre I\u2019m also an artist, and son of an entrepreneur   Tell us about your writing\/ published book(s) The G.O.A.L.: Peace   Where\u2019s your favourite place to write? At home   How do you approach starting a new book? Skeleton, Meat, Flesh   What\u2019s your favourite genre to read? Historical   Have you always wanted to write? No, not until college   What do you do when you have writer\u2019s block? Play video games, talk to friends   Tell us about a scene that you loved but had to edit out of your book I needed to get rid of infodumping so I erased my entire first chapter.   Do you like reading the same books you write? No   Do write under a pen name? If so, tell us about how you chose it Jolt\u00eferre, it was given to me   How do you choose your book\u2019s title(s)? Research   What advice would you give to someone wanting to write their first book? Just keep writing   Do you do research for your books? If so, what kind of research? Yes, to make sure I\u2019m not copying anyone else   How do you fit writing into your everyday life? I do a lot of listening\/ reading history   How do you approach \u2018world building\u2019? I dream about the world.   How do you handle criticism? It takes a lot of patience.   Describe your perfect character to me The perfect character has my personal flaws but pursues goals that I have not obtained due to real world obstacles   Tell me about your current work The GOAL is destined to be a three series novel and a video game.   Tell me about your main character My main character is also not always the protagonists. I have multiple main characters and the perspective changes.   Would you want your book made into a film? Yes of course, probably a Netflix experience though   How many books do you own? 1   Find\u00a0Jolt\u00eferre on Twitter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-interviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1663,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions\/1663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}