Peter V Brett wrote the majority of his first novel, The Painted Man [link to book review], on his phone during trips between New York home and his job in Times Square. In total, he estimates that he wrote over 100,000 words on the train over a period of two years. The book finally hit shelves last month and is a bestseller in the UK.
He began using the phone to take notes, and his thumbs eventually got quick enough to write large chunks of text – soon he was averaging about 400 words each morning and evening. Brett listened to music on his iPod to block out distractions.
"I trained myself that at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. every day when I got on the train, that was my writing time," Brett told the Daily News. "I had about 45 minutes each way, and everyone who takes the F [subway train] knows that 45 minutes can turn into an hour and a half."
Source: Daily News
Raised on a steady diet of fantasy novels, comic books and Dungeons and Dragons, Peter V. Brett (“Peat” to his friends) has been writing fantasy stories for as long as he can remember. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Danielle and two cats, Jinx and Max Powers.
