Ask the Author: Andr Moș
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Andr Moș
by reading other authors' works, learning about current events and letting my mind wander.
Andr Moș
Figuring out how to market the book that I just finished (Envoy), and brainstorming plot devices and settings for its follow-up…
Andr Moș
I like to try to apply common themes or mundane characters to future situations. It's always a mental exercise to imagine what types of challenges they may face that are similar or different than we do. Technology, setting and social structure may change, but human nature doesn't.
When world building for a space based story, it's important to me to not borrow too much from any other "world", or if I do, I try to come at it from a different angle so as to make it unique. It tends to be groan-worthy to read a book that uses common technologies throughout the genre: "warp" or other faster-than-light travel technology, alien invasion, clear cut protagonists/antagonists, etc.
When world building for a space based story, it's important to me to not borrow too much from any other "world", or if I do, I try to come at it from a different angle so as to make it unique. It tends to be groan-worthy to read a book that uses common technologies throughout the genre: "warp" or other faster-than-light travel technology, alien invasion, clear cut protagonists/antagonists, etc.
Andr Moș
I go for a hike alone so that I can hear myself think. Working at home with two small children, who are currently homeschooled, is distracting at the best of times.
If that's not an option, I often chat with my father, who is also a writer. We have similar thought processes when coming up with ideas, so it's productive to have a good brainstorming session with him.
If that's not an option, I often chat with my father, who is also a writer. We have similar thought processes when coming up with ideas, so it's productive to have a good brainstorming session with him.
Andr Moș
Now that it's fall, these were the books I read over the summer months:
Gunslinger Trilogy by Joe Vasicek
Murderbot series by Martha Wells
The Shadow Quintet by Orson Scott Card
The Peripheral by William Gibson
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
The Emperor Series by William Altmann
Mary Jane Gang Series by William Altmann
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
No Honor in Death by Eric Thomson
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Payday by Joe Vasicek
Admiral Wolf by C. Gockel
Gunslinger Trilogy by Joe Vasicek
Murderbot series by Martha Wells
The Shadow Quintet by Orson Scott Card
The Peripheral by William Gibson
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
The Emperor Series by William Altmann
Mary Jane Gang Series by William Altmann
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
No Honor in Death by Eric Thomson
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Payday by Joe Vasicek
Admiral Wolf by C. Gockel
Andr Moș
Housesit for Bilbo and go hiking every weekend with Tom Bombadil.
Andr Moș
Google promoted ads for tombstones. My grandfather died the next day.
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