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Joseph Picard
My daughter's hamster. His life is so monotonous. He goes through little tunnels, we let him into things with supervision, then herd him back. Feed him, take care of his needs. He has no real choices, but it's normal. It's his world.
Lenth in Rubberman's Cage is a lot like that until his brother dies, (he had no idea what death was,) and saw a stranger peek in through the ceiling. (He had no idea that there were more than five people in the world, or that there were places outside his world.)
Lenth in Rubberman's Cage is a lot like that until his brother dies, (he had no idea what death was,) and saw a stranger peek in through the ceiling. (He had no idea that there were more than five people in the world, or that there were places outside his world.)
Joseph Picard
Generally I say that my stories start with "wouldn't it be cool if:", building a world to make it make sense, then throwing characters in that fit. From there, the story builds itself... it's just my job to guide the characters through.
It's therapeutic to write, I think. I get unwind, and get wound up at the same time.
It's therapeutic to write, I think. I get unwind, and get wound up at the same time.
Joseph Picard
Rubberman's Exodus is in editing, and will cap off the Rubberman series. I have some pretty big reveals that will surprise a lot of people..... some of which could have been guessed, and have been hinted at strongly... others.. not so many hints.
The series I'm planning after Rubberman is wrapped up will be a spinoff from the last book in my LIfehack series, Echoes of Erebus. The new series will follow what Sarah Hartford does after Echoes, and will be called Daughter of Erebus.
I've laid down some bare groundwork on that, and a scene or two that bugged me to be drafted. Unlike my previous series', this will follow Sarah from book to book.
The LIfehack series is all in the same world, following continuity, but has different protagonists and very different feels between them... with cameos to keep tabs on people. The Rubberman series follows people a LITTLE more closely from book to book, but Daughter of Erebus will be focused on Sarah, a little more serial-like... a little. Each will still be readable separately, but will build one overreach narrative still.
The series I'm planning after Rubberman is wrapped up will be a spinoff from the last book in my LIfehack series, Echoes of Erebus. The new series will follow what Sarah Hartford does after Echoes, and will be called Daughter of Erebus.
I've laid down some bare groundwork on that, and a scene or two that bugged me to be drafted. Unlike my previous series', this will follow Sarah from book to book.
The LIfehack series is all in the same world, following continuity, but has different protagonists and very different feels between them... with cameos to keep tabs on people. The Rubberman series follows people a LITTLE more closely from book to book, but Daughter of Erebus will be focused on Sarah, a little more serial-like... a little. Each will still be readable separately, but will build one overreach narrative still.
Joseph Picard
Oh... hard to pick. Creating a world, cultivating characters, seeing them start to write themselves, and then getting to wrap the whole thing up to offer into the world.
Joseph Picard
Not really an issue. The rest of life keeps me busy enough that by the time I get to do some writing, I have enough ideas backlogged to keep me going for as long as the world will let me.
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