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Adam Stemple sent me a wonderful and complex Japanese fantasy, "The Ghost of Lady Rei," for "Lace and Blade 3" but because of a change in publisher (and name) I wasn't able to include it. When I began work on this present volume, #5, I wrote to him inquiring whether the story was still available. It was, and I'm thrilled to be able to present it to our readers.
Adam Stemple sent me a wonderful and complex Japanese fantasy, "The Ghost of Lady Rei," for "Lace and Blade 3" but because of a change in publisher (and name) I wasn't able to include it. When I began work on this present volume, #5, I wrote to him inquiring whether the story was still available. It was, and I'm thrilled to be able to present it to our readers.
Deborah J. Ross: Tell
us a little about yourself. How did you come to be a writer?
Adam Stemple: Writing
is the family business. My mother and my siblings are all writers, and most of
my friends, as well.
DJR: What inspired
your story in Lace and Blade 5?
AS: The
characters in The Ghost of Lady Rei were existing characters
from two stories I had written for the now defunct speculative and historical
fiction magazine, Paradox. I had always wanted them to take a
trip to Edo, and was just waiting for a reason for them to go.
DJR: What authors
have most influenced your writing?
AS: I have
co-written eight novels with my mother, Jane Yolen, so I have certainly been
influenced a great deal by her. I also like to steal...er...borrow techniques
from crime writers like Elmore Leonard and Lawrence Block. I try to learn
something from everything I read.
DJR: What’s the
most memorable fan mail you’ve ever received?
AS: My first solo
novel, Singer of Souls, featured a main character who was a
heroin junkie. I received a call from a young man who had read my novel while
on a jobs program for recovering addicts and he said that my novel helped him
beat his heroin addiction.
DJR: How does
your writing process work?
AS: Haphazardly.
DJR: What have
you written recently? What lies ahead?
AS: My latest
project was Fly with Me, A Celebration of Birds through Pictures,
Poems, and Stories for National Geographic that came out in October. It's
a big, beautiful book written by myself, my mother, and both of my siblings. The
Last Tsar's Dragons, a novella I wrote with my mother, Jane Yolen,
comes out from Tachyon 6/19/19. And I have just sold a poem to Reckoning
3, a combo digital/print collection of creative writing on
environmental justice.
DJR: What advice
would you give an aspiring writer?
AS: Join a
writers group. Have a thick skin. Write, even when you don't want to. Have at
least five pieces on submission at all times. Don't take rejections personally.
Write some more. Get a copy of Elements of Style. Read it.
Read it again. One more time. Yeah, now you've got it. Write a lot more. Don't
be afraid to give up on a story, but never give up on yourself.
Adam Stemple (adamstemple.com) is a Minneapolis writer, musician, web
designer, and poker player. He has written eight novels and one poker book.
Ken'ichi and Master Shichiro appeared in two stories previous to this one in
the now sadly defunct Paradox Magazine.
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