Interview With James J. Barnes

The following is an interview with James J. Barnes, author of Ghost Text.

1. For anyone who doesn’t know who you are, could you tell us a little bit about yourself?
A little bit about me is that I like to draw and enjoy running track and cross country.

2. What initially got you into writing in general?
What had gotten me into writing in general was that I liked reading graphic novels and chapter books. I was inspired by the good stories I had seen in other books, so I decided to try to make my own.

3. What inspired you to write Ghost Text?
What inspired me to make Ghost Text specifically was that Jeremiah (my twin brother) had also made a book, and I wanted to try to make one, too. Also, I liked fiction a lot, so that too.

4. Can you tell us about your writing process? What was the most difficult part of writing a book?
My writing process was writing the whole story in a little book, and then my mom got an editor to help me revise everything. The hardest part was definitely the editing process since it took the most time and was difficult.

5. What advice would you give to an aspiring author?
Advice I would give an aspiring author is to get the story out onto paper first or type it out fully before you think about actually going through the publishing process.