#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Zachary Hagen
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I’d like to welcome author, Zachary Hagen to the blog today for #ThisorThatThursday!
Things you need for your writing sessions: My computer and a good playlist.
Things that hamper your writing: I love her, but my wife. She can be very distracting because she loves to talk while I’m concentrating on my books sometimes.
Things you love about writing: I love the freedoms to create and discover new things or put fresh takes on old ones.
Things you hate about writing: I hate that it’s not faster. I want to find out more about my world and characters as much as my readers do, but I’m only human and have to go at a human pace when I write my books.
Hardest thing about being a writer: Hearing what other people want you to do in your books or hearing fan theories because some really work and others would throw the story off a cliff.
Easiest thing about being a writer: Solitude in the moment of creation. When a stroke of inspiration hits me, it’s like I’m alone in the world.
Things you never want to run out of: After COVID, I never want to face a day without toilet paper.
Things you wish you’d never bought: I had a Kinect for Xbox 360 when I was younger. It was the most frustrating thing to use.
Words that describe you: Brave, kind, tenacious.
Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: Impatient, anxious, arrogant (at times)
Favorite smell: The sea breeze.
Something that makes you hold your nose: The fish section in Asian markets.
Something you’re really good at: I am a really great singer.
Something you’re really bad at: Sports. I have not found one I have any natural talent in.
Something you like to do: I’d love to go on a Mediterranean or Alaskan cruise.
Something you wish you’d never done: I wish I’d never taken jobs just to be employed.
Last best thing you ate: I just got back from a Disney cruise. There was a fantastic red snapper in one of the onboard restaurants, and I would go on another cruise just to eat it again.
Last thing you regret eating: Chicken wings from Dominoes. Blech!
Things you’d walk a mile for: a great experience with friends and/or family.
Things that make you want to run screaming from the room: Bad singing and bad food.
Things you always put in your books: Distinct acts for structure.
Things you never put in your books: Diverse characters that I can’t faithfully and fairly represent. If I include them, they are researched so that I don’t offend or hurt anyone carelessly.
Favorite places you’ve been: Cozumel and Tuscany
Places you never want to go to again: There’s a little resort outside Manila in the Philippines that has no hot water. I’m never going back there.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: I had a reader tell me that they are anxious to read the next book because they loved the characters so much.
The craziest thing a reader said to you: One reviewer said they’d rather read “something more fulfilling, like the Hunger Games.” I don’t even understand how you compare the two genres?
About Zachary:
Zachary Hagen is an Albuquerque based author and teacher. Writing has always been a passion for him since he was little kid when he put together little books from scrap paper. The earliest story he remembers writing was about a dragon who gave flowers to children. He also teaches creative writing to his students and loves to see their talents flourish. When he isn’t working hard at his two passions, he enjoys spending time with his wife and dog and making music any way he can.
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