Friday, May 15, 2020

David E. Adkins’s HOTEL NOWHERE is #158 in the never-ending series called I


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****David E. Adkins’s HOTEL NOWHERE is #158 in the never-ending series called INSIDE THE EMOTION OF FICTION where the Chris Rice Cooper Blog (CRC) focuses on one specific excerpt from a fiction genre and how that fiction writer wrote that specific excerpt.  All INSIDE THE EMOTION OF FICTION links are at the end of this piece

What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction?
The first in the series took me 30 days to write and another month to edit. Many believe it is not possible, but once you put the ideas to paper in order, it is much easier and quicker to focus on the story. Editing is also much easier once you read it out loud.


Where did you do most of your writing for this fiction work? Many would not understand this, but I actually wrote my books at the back booth inside a McDonalds! I get my character traits from many people I see and talk to, have plenty of drink for me to get, and it is quite simple to get recognized once I was done doing much of it. It is an interesting way to write, as Jim Butcher wrote many of his while at NERO weekends.


 What were your writing habits while writing this work- did you drink something as you wrote, listen to music, write in pen and paper, directly on laptop; specific time of day? I always write or draw! Reading is only secondary to those two! Reading feeds the mind with imagination into stories that could be instead of what are. 
         
         My whole house is full of notes! (Left) I have about 12 notebooks full of notes of stories that are just waiting to be written, because you never know when one of those stories could possibly be one to change another for life. I do not ever write a full book on only a computer of any type because one mistake, and it is gone forever! Lost two books that way, and will never do that again! I do write on a computer as I finish, but I always make sure to email myself a copy as a backup so I can retrieve it on my phone or tablet in case my computer were to be fried again. As for where or what I do, I love being in public to write! I build many characters and their language off the people I notice around. One reason I love writing in a restaurant. I at least try to write a few thousand a day.

What is the summary of this specific fiction work? Hotel Nowhere is a look into the mind of a man slowly going insane. Whether it was from the death of the little girl in his car and his arrest, or the loss of his wife, then the loss of his job, and finally the paranormal occurrences that seem to be happening around him.
He starts to believe that he is reliving Dante’s Inferno as every threshold has the chance of taking him out of reality and into a place of monsters, mysteries, and that little girl he supposedly killed.
As he struggles, he begins to imagine he is losing his mind until the wounds in that place also show up in reality, so he is forced to fight through every door to get answers about why he is there.

Please include just one excerpt and include page numbers as reference.  This one excerpt can be as short or as long as you prefer.

“You were the only thing on my mind at first. I wanted to protect you, because of what they were doing to me. I thought that you were going to be in the same situation if not worse than me all because of them trying to get to me. That was wrong on my part. If you do not want to talk to me again, I understand, but I really did not mean for any of this to happen.” And though he was not crying, he really wanted to.
Violet placed her hand on Naughty who was not growling anymore, but only turned to him, with eyes that were cold fire. The type that a man knows can end him at any moment. Alistar had never seen her this mad.
“You dare make this about you!” Her voice was not loud, but it sounded like screams from the Abyss. “You did not do anything to me or for me. I chose to go with you and at any moment I could have left, but that is the one thing that you seem to have forgotten, and that is why I have been so upset at you for these weeks, and now I have the courage, and anger, to tell you exactly what it has been like for me, since you seem to not know!” Tears started to fall down her cheeks as her head shook violently at him.
“I learned about being a trainer, but got no appreciation for that. I learned to train my own beast and one who I did not raise, and got no appreciation for that. I helped defend this town on multiple occasions and had to kill in the name of preservation and got no appreciation for that. And now you want to apologize for putting me into these situations when I have done more than was ever required or apparently thought myself capable of, and am still not getting any appreciation for that.” Her voice was becoming scratchy at best.
“No! You do not get to apologize. No. You do not get my sympathy, and NO! You do not ever get to tell me how it is your fault you self-gratifying, egomaniac!” And with that, the town could hear the yelling, and knew what had happened without anyone overhearing.
She turned and said, “I still care about you, but I do not think I will ever like you again.” Then she turned back around, and disappeared behind the slamming of the door.
Chapter 18, page 84


Why is this excerpt so emotional for you as a writer to write?  And can you describe your own emotional experience of writing this specific excerpt? This whole scene is the turning point of this book! It gives you the firm idea that everything up to this point was somehow decided, until you see a glimpse inside the workings of the characters in the book, and how they are like most humans, and say what is expected about 95% of the time, but at some point, they break. And when they break, it comes to a shattering point that will make someone really hurt!
This is the human nature that I put in most of my books! I am fascinated at how often people refuse to say the most simple of truths until it is too late and the pain that the truth will cause is so much greater than if they had just said it from the first. Honesty is a lost art to society.

Were there any deletions from this excerpt that you can share with us? And can you please include a photo of your marked up rough drafts of this excerpt. You could easily say that I never delete. Especially in some sort of scene like this! If I were to delete anything, it is chapters. Whole chapters.
I have done that before because I saw where the decisions I had made in some of the characters and situations were going to lead it to a place I would not be satisfied with, so I deleted 4 chapters, and rewrote 3 of them.
When I make mistakes in writing plots, apparently they are large ones. Haha. At least I can say I do not do anything halfway!

Other works you have published? And We Were Gods is my dystopian book, and largest, as it is a book about the birth of the myths that many are so fond of. Kronas rules a corporation and takes down the other corporations and companies, almost destroys the world, clones himself as Adam and Eve to rebuild the world, and restarts the cycle over millennia. Can the companies finally get together and stop the cycle? Will the traitors and Chaos be stopped from continuing the past?
Then there is the entire series of Sons of Solistar that is mentioned through this whole interview!

Anything you would like to add? From being a author, I am a coach, public speaker, actor, voice actor, and artist. I have done quite a bit in my life!


My name is David Adkins and I have written 6 books, been a writer of articles from newspapers to e-zines. In my life, I have been a public speaker at colleges, conventions, online, and more. Whether it is podcasting or theater, I have done acting, reading, writing, and have been to college for art.
I worked for the newspaper for 13 years, and have written since I was in high school, but never believed that there was money to be made in writing… Could I have ever been more wrong! Anyway, I started using all my experiences in the careers that I had in my life to express myself once my kidneys gave out.
In those days, I was one of the first 100 double transplant patients, and was stuck inside the hospital for 6 months believing I could go back to work once I was out of the hospital. That would not happen.
Between the complications and more, I was a unique case.
So, for the longest time, I tried to do anything and everything to find a career or anything I could do. Went to college multiple times. Studied anything and everything I could grab: Animation, Art, Acting, Management, Computer repair, Computer Programing, 3D modeling, and so much more.
It was not until I discovered conventions that I found what I was to do. There I became a guest speaker and panelist, then a book author with 2 award nominations, and finally a game designer.
I find that I can do that much while I still coach those who are looking to reach for a goal similar to my own! The only limits are the ones we press on ourselves.

https://www.facebook.com/david.adkins.526


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