Ask the Author: Page Zaplendam
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Page Zaplendam
Thanks, Cassia! This response is only five years late, but I appreciate you enthusiasm. Life got in the way for a good bit, but I'm back to writing. Unfortunately, I won't be pursuing anymore books in the Grissom series in the near future as I'm focusing on a space opera series. Thanks for the inquiry!
Page Zaplendam
I got nothing. I am mystery-less. That's why I write - so much more exciting! :)
Page Zaplendam
The Ogress' Son started out in 2012 as a nanwrimo project. I've always loved dystopian literature and after reading a few steampunk novels (Lindsay Buroker comes to mind) and discovering I really liked the idea of it, and it fit the backstory of the work, so I just went with it. Both the steampunk and dystopian aspects ended up heavily influencing my novel as the entire premise of the world building is based off those two things.
I wrote it because I was disconcerted by the presentation of people in our day and age as being inherently a higher level of human, if you will, by dint of our greater knowledge, technology, etc. than people who lived in the dark ages or middle ages. I'm offended on behalf of everyone who came before us and I think such a mindset not only takes for granted the long road it took to get here, but also assumes that we are so enlightened, we would never fall prey to the ignorance and discrimination which was often prevalent in cultures of the past.
I believe all it would take is some sort of major cataclysmic event for us to toss our pretense of superiority and technologically enhanced sophistication in favor of doing whatever it takes to stay alive. I also question whether our society is as ideal as those who think this tend to believe it is.
I wrote it because I was disconcerted by the presentation of people in our day and age as being inherently a higher level of human, if you will, by dint of our greater knowledge, technology, etc. than people who lived in the dark ages or middle ages. I'm offended on behalf of everyone who came before us and I think such a mindset not only takes for granted the long road it took to get here, but also assumes that we are so enlightened, we would never fall prey to the ignorance and discrimination which was often prevalent in cultures of the past.
I believe all it would take is some sort of major cataclysmic event for us to toss our pretense of superiority and technologically enhanced sophistication in favor of doing whatever it takes to stay alive. I also question whether our society is as ideal as those who think this tend to believe it is.
Page Zaplendam
Hi Cassia, Thank you so much! I warms my heart to know you enjoyed it. I would love to be able to say yes, but unfortunately it won't be coming out until later in 2017. I plan a spacer novella (Bk 1.5) for earlier in 2017 though. I will be posting about it on my author website. Thank you for the question!
Page Zaplendam
I have a novella in the works along with a full length novel in final edits stage and another Grissom novel in rough draft form. Finding the time is proving more difficult, but I hope to get another book out some time in 2017.
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