Gavin, from Gavin’s Underground, recently sat down with author, Carl Jogler. Jogler is the author of The Perils of Quad, “…a sci-fi adventure about a young man who starts to embody superhuman like qualities from parallel versions of himself, but after displaying his new found abilities the information falls into the wrong hands. Leaving it up to him and his new found allies to stop the impending doom.” Gavin talked to Jogler about his thoughts on the local writing scene and about his career. You can check out an excerpt of the interview below and check out the full interview here!

Gavin: Who are some of your favorite authors that inspired you and your writing?

Carl: Man, there are so many. With screenwriting, I was completely inspired by David Koepp, Jeb Stuart, Shane Black and M. Night Shyamalan just to name a few. With literary fiction, it was Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Robert R. McCammon at first then I discovered other authors like Tom DeHaven, Michael Chabon, Michael Crichton and Steve Alten.

Gavin: What were your experiences like trying to go through college for writing or filmmaking?

Carl: I left Mercy College and tried to enroll in NYU and the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan but they both said that my high school grades were too low… which, as I’ve said before, is kind of like being rejected for an American Express card because you’re overweight. So, I decided to teach myself. I bought all the best books on the subject and sat down to write my first script. I submitted it to a contest and placed as a quarter-finalist on my first try.