Foster Trecost began writing in Italy and continues today from Philadelphia.
Paying jobs have him occasionally working within various aspects of corporate tax, with Europe filling the gaps in between. His stories have appeared in journals, both on-line and print.
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Foster Trecost interview with Meg Tuite
Anything you would like to share with our readers about the inspiration for this story/these stories?
Most always, parts are fiction and parts aren’t. My inspiration often comes from real life, and then I try to change the past, make things happen in a different way; sometimes better, sometimes worse, but always different - it doesn’t take long for the fiction to take over.
Do you have a writing schedule you adhere to and/or any tricks you might want to share with your readers?
If I want to write, I have to give up something – usually sleep. Other than that, I don’t have much of a schedule, no tricks…nothing. I only write when I feel like writing, and I don’t feel guilty about stepping away for a while.
What book are you reading at this time?
Sometimes I discover someone I like and then make my way through everything they wrote. That’s what I’ve recently done and the author is Alain Robbe-Grillet. Currently, I’m reading Djinn.
Name the top two or three most influential writers of your writing career and maybe a line or two telling us why.
I was living in Italy and discovered an Italian writer named Elio Vittorini, which lead to the discovery of another Italian writer, Giovanni Verga – both from Sicily. Then I found Ivan Turgenev. These three, especially Vittorini and Turgenev, have influenced me the most. It’s not that I want to write like them. I don’t. I want to write like me. But I’m really glad they wrote the way they did.
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