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Not a question, just wanted to tell you that Colony Mars is one of my fav series of all time. Thank you for writing such great books, looking forward to Power Vacuum. I appreciate you?

Gerald M. Kilby Thanks Noah, I too appreciate the feedback, it's what keeps me writing.
All the best,
Gerald M. KIlby

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When will we see The Belt #5?

Gerald M. Kilby Writing it at the moment, Exodus. Hoping to have it out early June!
There will also be a book 6 after that.

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This question contains spoilers... (view spoiler)

Gerald M. Kilby Yikes, never spotted that, and neither did any of my editors. Hmmm.... time to investigate. Thanks for pointing it out.

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What are you doing now, specifically, what are you writing? Thanks, Ben

Gerald M. Kilby I'm deep in the woods with Colony Six Mars. It came about when I was writing a series document for the guys in Hollywood, (yes, that's still in play). I got an idea for the next book in the series, and it just wouldn't go away. So, I had to start writing it.
All going well, it should be out early August.
All the best,
Gerald

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Hi Gerald. Aspects of your Belt trilogy are reminding me of Iain M Banks. The dry humour in how the QIs interact being a case in point. We know from the brief bio that appears on book sites that you enjoy reading Iain's work. How much has this influenced your own writing style?

Gerald M. Kilby Hi Trevor, interesting question. I do like his style but I'm not sure it suits a fast-paced thriller. That said, when I was thinking about how to present these intelligent machines, my first thoughts were to use a clipped, terse style, but this, by it's very nature, lacked the empathy I wanted to imbue in them. So I went to the other extreme and had them conversing in a much more flowery style, not unlike Iain M. Banks.

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Will there be a Colony Four? I read all three Colony books over the last four days. Fantastic stories! Jonesing for a fourth.

Gerald M. Kilby Yes! It's written, the maps are done and now it's just going through the editing. Should be out in a week or two!!!

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Gerald M. Kilby I don't really get writer's block. I work out my plot and character arcs before I start so I always know what I'm going to write. If I'm stuck for inspiration I will tend to start a conversation with my characters. They love any opportunity to start talking.

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