Ask the Author: Fabian Nicieza
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Fabian Nicieza
Sorry I missed this question a year ago, but glad I can answer it now, since the answer -- now -- is yes, I am working on a new novel for St. Martin's Press called THE SIN PUPPET.
Less a mystery and more of a psychological thriller. No specific release date, but it should be on sale in 2027!
Thanks for your interest!
Less a mystery and more of a psychological thriller. No specific release date, but it should be on sale in 2027!
Thanks for your interest!
Fabian Nicieza
Thanks for the support.
No plans right now, but hopefully that changes in the future.
No plans right now, but hopefully that changes in the future.
Fabian Nicieza
Casting would be out of my purview, but yes, originally I did have Alia in mind visually (though Andrea is really physically based on a longtime friend).
Fabian Nicieza
I don't think I would have! I would have preferred writing that book for many more years to come.
Fabian Nicieza
I would love to write more, but the deal was a 2 book contract. Putnam is considering if they would like to continue now. There are always lots of factors, sales usually being foremost, but reader interest an important element as well.
Telling Putnam on social media that you'd like to see more "Suburban Dicks Mysteries" couldn't hurt!
Thanks for the support.
Telling Putnam on social media that you'd like to see more "Suburban Dicks Mysteries" couldn't hurt!
Thanks for the support.
Fabian Nicieza
Good question and the answer is worthy of a book (or a monthly comic series) all on its own.
Most comics I've written for are sequential monthly releases in a shared universe of titles (and company owned properties). There is a grueling schedule that offers no mercy, so you rarely have time for patiently working dialogue, plot, etc. through, and less time for reflection.
I found prose writing (even the second one which had a deadline) to be far more "leisurely" in that I had time to consider, contemplate, pick it apart, etc. More solving a Rubik's cube than running a sprint race.
But comics did help me I think in terms of my pacing and chapter structure, trying to be economical and brisk with the prose (my first manuscript for Suburban Dicks had over 150 pages cut out of it -- and that was about 140 pages of crap!). I think it also helped me immensely with my dialogue, since I'd spent 35 years trying to hone the tones of individual voices, cadence, etc.
(that answer was probably just the introduction to the book about the differences [and similarities] of writing between the two medium) :-)
Most comics I've written for are sequential monthly releases in a shared universe of titles (and company owned properties). There is a grueling schedule that offers no mercy, so you rarely have time for patiently working dialogue, plot, etc. through, and less time for reflection.
I found prose writing (even the second one which had a deadline) to be far more "leisurely" in that I had time to consider, contemplate, pick it apart, etc. More solving a Rubik's cube than running a sprint race.
But comics did help me I think in terms of my pacing and chapter structure, trying to be economical and brisk with the prose (my first manuscript for Suburban Dicks had over 150 pages cut out of it -- and that was about 140 pages of crap!). I think it also helped me immensely with my dialogue, since I'd spent 35 years trying to hone the tones of individual voices, cadence, etc.
(that answer was probably just the introduction to the book about the differences [and similarities] of writing between the two medium) :-)
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