SPOILERS – SPOILERS – SPOILERS (OBVIOUSLY) - - - Only read this post if you’ve already read the Strung Trilogy and Rose’s Story. - - – – ——————– 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬. 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞? […]
It’s time for Per Jacobsen to answer another question :-). QUESTION: What inspired you to become an author? ANSWER: Unlike many of my colleagues, I haven’t carried around a dream of being a writer for all my life. In fact, I started writing quite late in life – and by coincidence, really. I have a […]
It’s time for Per Jacobsen to answer another question :-). QUESTION: Is it true that the ending of a story is the hardest to write? Also do you have a special place you go to, when you have writer’s block? ANSWER: Well, I guess it really depends on the individual writer whether the ending is […]
It’s time for Per Jacobsen to answer another question :-). QUESTION: If Per could go off to an all-expenses paid writing retreat for one month (and NOT come back to a world full of hung bodies), where would he go and why? What would that month look like? ANSWER: Truth be told, I wouldn’t need […]
It’s time for Per Jacobsen to answer another question :-). QUESTION: How did the adults in Strung become blank? ANSWER: Well, to be honest that is a tricky question to answer as I always try to limit myself to only knowing what my main characters know at any given point in the story. I feel […]
It’s time for Per Jacobsen to answer another question :-). QUESTION: Do you dress up in a costume for Halloween or not dress up? ANSWER: Didn’t see that question coming, but I like it 😉 Halloween is a funny thing in our family, because we grew up in Denmark where Halloween wasn’t really a big […]
It’s time for Per Jacobsen to answer another question. This time a great one from Betty Chilton Holeman :-). SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t read DRY yet, please don’t read this Q&A, as it contains spoilers. – – – – – – QUESTION: In the book Dry, was the sea turtle real or a hallucination? […]
Thank you to everyone who asked a question earlier this week. As mentioned, I’ll be posting his answers here on a regular basis and today I’ll post the first one. QUESTION: Per has a very different and unique style. I would like to know who his favorite authors are and what are his favorite all […]
Over the next couple of months, Per Jacobsen will be answering your questions! Whether you’re curious about specific details in one of his books, like Dry or Strung, or you want to know more about his writing career and creative process, now is your chance to get answers directly from Per himself. Drop your questions […]