Christopher Carter Sanderson is the author of 1000, A Novel
In Tweets, tweeting now on Twitter (@1000thenovel).. . . . . . . .
Author Quiz interviews Christopher Carter Sanderson…
Is there anything
about you or your writing that makes you unique from other authors?
Yes, my novel 1000, A Novel In Tweets is just that: 1000
tweets of exactly 140 characters each. It is being published on Twitter
@1000thenovel and, as of November 4, 2012 it will pass the halfway mark.
Other unique things about it include that it is the second
in a series of five works that all follow the same narrative. The first was 79 short
fictions of 79 words each set in 1979, thus its title 79/79/’79. The third is a
traditional novel, the fourth a garland of Fibonacci sonnets, and the fifth is
a mega-novel.
As for me, I’m just your average guy, and have a couple of
titles published — a non-fiction book from Routledge and a dramatic adaptation.
Two of my musicals have been produced successfully in New York City.
Where did the
inspiration for your latest novel, 1000, A Novel In Tweets come from?
It is a fairly straight-forward fictionalization of events
in my life that even I have trouble believing happened. They’ve been compressed
and embroidered appropriately, and nothing is completely lifted in tact from
life. The fact that so many of the people I first met in High School went on to
be so wonderful and famous after such completely screwed up teenage years was
an inspiration. I think Truman Capote said, “all fiction is gossip.”
