#WriterWednesday Interview with S. A. Schneider
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I’d like to welcome S. A. Schneider to the blog today for #Writer
Wednesday!
Hardest thing about being a writer: Writing.
Easiest thing about being a writer: Writing.
Things you need for your writing sessions: My computer and Scrivener. Want to get into dictation, but I keep dragging my feet.
Things that hamper your writing: Life. Too often I have to get to the real world work and my writing ends up taking a backseat.
Something you’re really good at: Ideas, especially involving tech.
Something you’re really bad at: I love games, but it’s a running joke at how much I lose.
Favorite music or song: I have many, many, but lately it’s been “Can’t stop the Feeling” from Timberlake, totally not what I normally listen to.
Music that drives you crazy: Actually not much other than Opera, which is mentioned later.
Things you always put in your books: Easter eggs for parents, like all the adult jokes in Looney Tunes cartoons.
Things you never put in your books: swearing and other teen/adult situations. Did have Samaul’s dad be a drunk, but never explicitly showed him drinking.
Favorite places you’ve been: Top of a mountain in New Mexico
Places you never want to go to again: The freeway around Washington, DC. No matter day of week or time of day, it’s slow, bumper to bumper traffic.
Favorite books (or genre): I love the Dragonlance series and Stephen King books, I have almost every Star Wars book printed, both old Canon and new.
Books you wouldn’t buy: I’m not big on thrillers. My mother gives me all her David Baldacci books after she’s read them. I say thanks and quietly give them away.
The coolest person you’ve ever met: I’ve met several cool celebrities, but the best interaction was with Dean Haglund who played Langely in the X-Files. It’s a story.
The celebrity who didn’t look like he/she did in pictures/video: Don’t have one that I’ve met.
The first 8-track, record, cassette, or CD you ever bought: I don’t remember the cassette, but my first 4 CDs were: Van Halen 1, Lost Boys soundtrack, Led Zeppelin 4, and Look What the Cat Dragged in by Poison
A type of music that’s not your cup of tea: Opera. I had to listen to it for music history and mostly fell asleep.
My favorite book as a child: Dragonlance series, particularly Dragons of Autum Twilight.
A book I’ve read more than once: the above Dragonlance series and Stephen King’s The Shining
Your favorite movie as a child: Star Wars and still some of my favorites, including all the new shows
A TV show or movie that kept you awake at night as a kid (or as an adult): Wasn’t a show or movie – but the book Amityville Horror. Realized I was home alone and reading it on the couch with the lamp shining on me. I was basically in a pool of light and everything else was pitch black.
About Stephen:
S.A. Schneider has a wolf, so of course he writes middle grade fantasy, wouldn’t you? Since his Lego and action figure days, he’s crafted worlds and stories within those worlds. This pursuit continues into his middle grade fantasies.
He doesn’t stop with inspiring kids to write linear stories. Oh no, no. S.A. shows kids how storytelling in video games work and how they can learn to write those. He wants others to join him and delve into creating fantastical worlds.
Enjoy the Adventure!
Let’s Be Social:
Website: https://sa-schneider.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SASchneiderAuth
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/S.A.-Schneider/author/B07CG6FKG4
