Experiments and challenges keep things fresh and exciting, keep me from getting caught in a rut. I also work on many different projects at once. I’ll mess around with the novel and then break from it to write a short story. In the evenings, I might mess around with screenplays or nonfiction. For this reason, I’ve never been blocked. If I’m lost or bored with something, I jump into another project and then circle back with renewed energy and a fresh perspective.
Rumpus author Benjamin Percy has been talking to Alicia Oltuski about his new novel Red Moon, his writing discipline and his reading habits.
You can read all his answers in an interview on at Guernica.
