Ask the Author: David Nabhan
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David Nabhan
My sequel to my first science fiction book "Pilots of Borealis" (in the hands of the commissioning editor as I write this) is the brainchild of a science book I happened to read that treated the subject of time travel. There was a section concerning Tippler Machines, and since I don't want to be the agent to spoil my own work, I'll leave it right there!
David Nabhan
Easy. I lived in Los Angeles and experienced four great earthquakes between 1987 and 1994; I'm a science writer--four books, all having hit the #1 Best Seller spot in "Seismology" at Amazon in dozens of months over the last ten years.
David Nabhan
I write a weekly science column for Newsmax, "Shaking Up Science" (http://www.newsmax.com/Blogs/DavidNab...) and am currently putting the final draft touches on my latest science fiction work--being read by THE sci fi publishing house in New York (as well as the screenplay version in the hands of four major studios in Hollywood.
David Nabhan
Make sure you treat whatever you write in such a way that when you're finished it's "media friendly." That is to say, look four or five steps ahead. When your done, and published and the work is headed for bookstore shelves, what facets about it touch upon topics that would interest newspapers, talk radio, magazines and the rest? If you're not going to be talking to the media about your book, you wrote it in a way that is going to reach far less readers, didn't you?
David Nabhan
I get to weigh in on important matters in public. For example, I write a weekly column for Newsmax, "Shaking Up Science" (http://www.newsmax.com/Blogs/DavidNab...). So, it's very gratifying to be able to reach a wide audience concerning a pressing topic.
David Nabhan
I'm constantly reading something; probably a couple of books per month. I'm almost embarrassed to say that I'm a creature of habit who simply goes to the "science & math" and/or "history & biography" sections of B&N and just browses until something strikes my interest. I just finished a couple of good ones: "The Grapes of Math" (Alex Bellos) and "The Last Duel" (fascinating story about two knights in 17th century France who REALLY wound up disliking each other).
David Nabhan
No such thing for me. There is too much going on in the early 21st century. All one need do is even glance at news and current events and there is a story screaming to be told in one way or the other.
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