WHO INSPIRES YOU?

BEN Books author Bobby Nash was asked in a thread on social media who in comics inspires him. We wanted to share his answer here as well.

George Perez inspired me as a creator, not only with his work ethic and professionalism, but with how he responds and interacts with fans and peers alike. When I became a pro, I first looked to George as an example of how to be a consummate professional. George's conduct and professionalism was something I aspired to early in my career and still do to this day. 

Thanks, George.

Bobby

I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN SORTA KINDA COMES TOGETHER...

>>DING!<<

One of the great joys of writing is when things fall into place organically. I wrote some dialogue in Snow Drive last night, character stuff mostly, but also moves the plot along. This morning, as I played the scene again in my mind while I was out running errands and that dialogue sparked a plot for a future Snow story. I love it when the characters make that happen.

I even hit upon a title for that story-- SNOW JACKED! Now, like any good plan, this may or may not survive intact after contact with the enemy (that's usually me sitting down to write), but I now have 2 Snow stories in print (SNOW FALLS, SNOW STORM), 1 being written now (SNOW DRIVE), and 4 others pretty loosely plotted 

Now where did I put
all those ideas?

(SNOWED IN, SNOW BIZ, SNOW JACKED, an as yet untitled entry, and the finale to Snow Vol. 1 SNOW'S BOUNTY).  That gives Vol. 1 a full 8 stories in individual ebooks and paperback digests. There is a plan to collect them in groups of 4 for trades (Vol. 1 part 1 and Vol. 1 part 2) and as an omnibus (Vol. 1) in paperback and maybe... maybe in hardcover if I can swing it.

Of course, before all that happens, I have to finish SNOW DRIVE so it cam come out June 1 as planned. Guess I'd better get back to work.

Stay Snowy!

Bobby

WHAT’S MY MOTIVATION?

On his blog this week, Sean Taylor pulled together an impressive collection of writers, including Ashton Adams, Bill Craig, Erwin Roberts, H. David Blalock, John Neal, John White, Lee Houston Jr., Motivation, Ralph Angelo, and BEN Books own Bobby Nash.

The topic is on writer’s motivations.

You can read the full round table discussion here.

From the site:
What's My Motivation?
For this week's roundtable, let's talk motivation. Writers write, as the cliche goes, but why do they write? For money, for the sheer joy of it, to be famous? Anyone who lives the live of an author will tell you that sometimes it can be hard to pinpoint exactly why someone would choose to do this crazy, solitary line of work. But don't just take my word for it.

You can read the full roundtable discussion here.