What’s your
name, and where are you from?
I'm Adam Jared
Meyers, from Sioux City, IA. Currently living in Provo, Utah while my wife goes
for her Masters and I write and take care of kids.
How long
have you been writing?
It's something I
always wanted to do, but only did bits and pieces before college. I guess you
could say I was the perpetual amateur until I took Brandon Sanderon's
class a few years ago and got serious. I've been writing ever since.
What
genre(s) do you write?
Mostly Sword and
Sorcery and Epic Fantasy. I'm sure I could do others, but I'm sticking to what
I know best until I've got a few books worked out.
What’s your
current WIP? Can you tell us about it?
When I was first
getting serious about writing, I realized that all my ideas seem to take place
in the same four worlds. Currently I'm working on one of them, Seraphuul, and a
Sword and Sorcery tale of the prophet Karn and the thieves Aevan and Torr.
Seraphuul is a
campaign setting using the Pathfinder RPG rules. I dabble in game design, and
the idea is to create integrated stories: to turn Seraphuul into both a series
of novels and a working campaign setting to publish (I'm a Felicia Day fan, and
following her example I'm making integrated worlds that work in multiple mediums.
One of the side effects of being a writer, an actor, and a GM.)
Karn is an old
war vet who, almost against his will, has become the prophet of a minor god
looking to expand his influence in the world. Now he's got a mission: unite the
land, expulse the spirits and prevent a civil war, which is a tall order when
any of his priests could be a double agent possessed by the enemy. His
solution? Put his trust in two people he knows aren't possessed: two thieves
who tried and failed to rob him the night before.
What’s your
current day job? How does it help or hinder your writing?
Stay-at-home dad
and film actor. Acting doesn't really interfere with writing, but wrestling two
boys under the age of three definitely does. It's wonderful and I'm getting
experiences that will make some great books in the future, but it definitely
takes up a lot of writing time. For me the secret is just to not stop: think
about the books during the day, then find time at the end of the day to write them
down.
Who is your
favorite author?
That's hard to say
since I'm a classic book guy. For modern books, anything by Robert Jordan and
Brandon Sanderson. Go back a bit and I'd say the Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, and
C.S. Lewis. George Bernard Shaw and Shakespeare, with Virgil and Homer bringing
up the end of the Western timeline as we know it, so I'll stop there.
Favorite
book?
Oh gosh... the
Aeneid's great if you really understand it. Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing
(if you count plays, which I do,) and for recent books... The Wheel of Time,
particularly book 2, but since Brandon hasn't finished the series yet, the
position of best book in the series is still up for grabs.
What other
hobbies or activities do you do outside of writing?
I'm a SAFD
certified actor combatant, so I do a lot of stage combat (rapier/dagger,
broadsword, hand-to-hand.) I'm also an old Tae Kwon Do guy who's recently done
a bit of Wing Tsun. I also Ballroom Dance and have been known to give private
lessons occasionally, and of course video games and tabletop RPGs.
What is
something unique about yourself?
A lot of what I
listed above I guess, plus there's my business plan. I'm not just writing
books. My end goal is to take the company I'm starting, Drop Dead Studios, and
use it to publish books, Pathfinder supplements, video games, Web series, and
everything else I choose to do with my properties.
It's not about
fear of publishing or wanting to go “indie” (I'd take a publishing deal in a
heartbeat), but I've found I really admire those who hold onto all their IPs
and turn them into amazing cross-platform stories. So, unless something changes,
that's what I'm going to do with Seraphuul: make something great from it across
all platforms.
Do you have
a blog, twitter, and/or Web site we can link to?
My blog is www.adam-meyers.com, where I talk not
just about life and writing, but try to step into the space between mediums
where we're dealing with story itself instead of one form of storytelling. My
work in progress will be at www.seraphuul.com, and my company will
be at www.dropdeadstudios.com when
they're both finished.