Ask the Author: Paul Sande
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Paul Sande
Read and watch videos of things that interest you and might add to a future book. The best way to deal with a block on a current project is to spend time dreaming about the next one.
Paul Sande
The ability to create character and their backstory, then put them in motion and watch them develop as you write story after story.
Paul Sande
Hire an editor for a substantive edit, hire a different editor to proofread. Hire a third editor to help you with your submission package.
Editors are worth every penny you spend.
Editors are worth every penny you spend.
Paul Sande
I am working on the sequel to In the Name of Peace, which will extend Lavinia Walsh's adventures. The sequel is titled China Rising. It is also a political techno thriller, but it has an element of assassination thrown in there.
Paul Sande
I love to read technology blogs and watch videos by leading physicists. I try to combine my love of science and technology with my equally strong affinity for politics.
Paul Sande
The early concept behind this book came from a news report over a decade and a half ago. There was a story that the Canadian Coast Guard didn't have enough budget for gas, so their boats sat in harbour. The narrator talked about Canada's maritime border not being well guarded. Post 9/11 the idea started to take shape as there was discussion about securing the US homeland. So I imagined a Peter Mansbridge type of character but one that had flamed out and wanted one last hurrah.
When Edward Snowden made his disclosures in 2013, the idea of coupling the concept of mass surveillance with securing the border started to come into focus.
When Edward Snowden made his disclosures in 2013, the idea of coupling the concept of mass surveillance with securing the border started to come into focus.
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