Back in 2017, when I was promoting The Mermaid’s Tale, I did an interview with Jesse Teller for his web site. I was looking around, and it’s still a pretty good interview. Since The Luck is on the way, I thought I’d post a link.
The Friday 13 with D.G. Valdron
Why storytelling? What made you yearn to tell a good story, and how long was this story within you before it came out?
My earliest memory—that’s earliest memory of ANYTHING—was dragging my little brother in his high chair towards the blackboard, so that I could draw Batman adventures for him. I was telling stories before I could read or write.
My first published stories were when I was 13 in the local newspaper. Off and on, I’ve been writing my entire life. It’s a compulsion. I can’t not write. I quit. But sooner or later, it sneaks back.
I think that humans have a creative impulse. We can’t help ourselves. Prisoners in jail cells draw on their walls, housewives create elaborate gardens or they paint pottery. We have to do these things.
Without giving any spoilers, what is your favorite thing about this book?
It’s a chance to draw really different characters, races, people with viewpoints that might be alien, but whose world makes total sense to them. I love the idea of a city where Giants and Goblins are both struggling to think of each other as human beings.
The rest of the interview is on his site. Check it out….
In fact, stick around, check out his whole site. Take a look at his books. In fact, buy his books.