EP 216: Candice Fox - Death Row, US Presidents, Detachment & Superpowers
- Author
- Gary Bertwistle / Candice Fox
- Published
- Tue 08 Jun 2021
- Episode Link
- https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/themojosessions/Ep_216_final.mp3
Candice Fox is an international best selling crime novelist who began collaborating with the world's greatest writer James Patterson. Their first novel together, Never Never, went straight to #1 on the NY Times bestseller list and topped the UK charts. Candice has spent her life around prisons and has always been fascinated with true crime once interviewing an unrestrained convicted serial killer in Saint Quentin enclosed in a perspex box. This is her story.
- The moment when Candice believed she was a writer and not just writing.
- Why did Candice actually count how many rejection letters she received?
- Candice has always been an intense dreamer, easily distracted, yet can detach easily. Was that her Superpower?
- How does the 'where' inform our identity and our creativity?
- Does Candice have rituals and routines around her writing?
- What has Candice noticed to be her spark for creativity?
- When in Saint Quentin in front of a serial killer how did Candice listen like a writer?
- What did the killer not do that surprised Candice?
- Did her parole officer father ever have to deal with the darkness he saw day after day?
- What is the greatest self doubt Candice has to manage?
- How did that intersection with James Patterson change her identity?
- Patterson is a very efficient writer. What was it like to work with such an efficient person?
- Patterson has his own brand and knows it's a Patterson book. How did Candice fit with the Patterson brand?
- 'Comparisonitis' with other great writers like Lee Child, James Patterson, Michael Connolly.
- Patterson said "If you are blocked you have not done enough research." What is the Candice process for research?
- Does Candice you ever see herself in her writing and does it help her understand her own backstory?
- After writing 30,000 words for the novel Gathering Dark, Candice throws away all 30,000 words to start over. Why?
- Dinner with Bill Clinton and James Patterson. Why did Candice believe she deserved a seat the table?
