Jason Brannon is the author of The Cage and Winds of Change. He is also the co-author of The Church of Dead Languages, which he co-wrote with James Newman and is now currently being reprinted in Germany by publisher Basilisk Verlag.


1.What drives you to write?

More than anything else, I write because it’s a form of release and relaxation for me. It’s a great feeling to spend a few hours typing away and find yourself with a story that people will enjoy reading. However, there’s always some new pinnacle I’m pushing myself to reach. At first it was simply to get my fiction published.Then it was to get a short story collection published. Then, a novel. I doubt I’ll ever lose the drive to write. If nothing else, I’ll always have some goal in mind that will force me to try and improve my writing.


2. What do you consider to be your most significant accomplishment?

Well, getting into print was a significant accomplishment on its own, but I’m pretty proud of the fact that my writing has been recently translated into German by publisher Basilisk Verlag. Basilisk just did a translation of The Church of Dead Languages which I co-wrote with James Newman. They’ve also signed on to translate my novella collection, Winds of Change, which was published in 2006 by the now-defunct Nocturne Press.


3. Outside of writing, what are your other passions/interests?

Music is a big interest for me. I even play guitar on occasion. Movies and reading, however, take up a lot of my free time.


4. What is your advice to young writers/first time authors?

Don’t let rejection stop you. What one editor may hate another may praise. If you’ve got talent and spend time developing that talent, you’ll eventually get results. Also,practice a suitable response to this sort of conversation that will inevitably come up where you work: ‘You’re a published writer. You probably make a ton of money doing that. Why are you still working here?’


5. What do you want the world to remember you for the most?

Being a good writer is fine. I’d like people to remember me for having some talent and being able to tell a good story. But more importantly than that, I’d like to be remembered for being a good father to my son. To me, that’s more important than writing any day.


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