Ask the Author: Mark Vivian
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Mark Vivian
I don't. That is the nice thing about self-publishing: I don't have deadlines.
I figure writing is like flatulence. If you have to force it...
I figure writing is like flatulence. If you have to force it...
Mark Vivian
Write as soon as it hits you. Save your book as a Google doc and when something pops into your head type it out on your phone, no matter where you are.
Worry about making sure it's all coherent after it is all written.
Worry about making sure it's all coherent after it is all written.
Mark Vivian
Currently working on a book set in the same universe as Paladins tentatively titled The Pent: Stirring. Very similar to Paladins in that a young man is being recruited to a secret organization that deals with the paranormal. The big difference being that the organization is magic in nature rather than divine.
Also his mentor is a total dick. It's kind of like Harry Potter if Dumbledore was more like Rick Sanchez.
The goal is to establish a few different franchises/protagonists as short novellas and then do some really fun Avengers-style crossover stories. I have scenes in my brain for 4-5 books down the line. I just have to write the path to that scene.
Also his mentor is a total dick. It's kind of like Harry Potter if Dumbledore was more like Rick Sanchez.
The goal is to establish a few different franchises/protagonists as short novellas and then do some really fun Avengers-style crossover stories. I have scenes in my brain for 4-5 books down the line. I just have to write the path to that scene.
Mark Vivian
My inspirations for Paladins are many and varied but the biggest literary-wise would be Larry Correia's MHI, Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid Chronicles, and AUD by Chris Philbrook.
After reading these awesome stories for the past decade, I finally decided that if they could put awesome action on paper I could too.
After reading these awesome stories for the past decade, I finally decided that if they could put awesome action on paper I could too.
Mark Vivian
I commute 10 hours per week so my brain is imagining all kinds of weird monsters and cool action scenes constantly. From there it's just the small struggle of trying to get all of that junk out of my brain and into the keyboard.
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