Ask the Author: Jerry Kaczmarowski
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Jerry Kaczmarowski
There was a video game company called Origin that was acquired by Electronic Arts in the 1990s. There motto was "We create worlds." I think it is a great corporate tagline for a video game company.
I find that notion of creating worlds is what I enjoy most about writing. You are literally creating something from nothing. If you don't like the world you've created, you erase it and try try again.
I find that notion of creating worlds is what I enjoy most about writing. You are literally creating something from nothing. If you don't like the world you've created, you erase it and try try again.
Jerry Kaczmarowski
(Knock on wood, I never get it.)
A more honest answer would be that I find I have around four to five hours of creative thinking in me each day. I try to organize my day around these bursts of insight so that I never write when my brain is fighting me. I find there is ample work to do in the remaining hours of the day doing the "drudgery" that comes with writing. There are ISBN numbers to purchase, SEO results to optimize, hand-written edits that must be typed, etc. I find that the key is separating out the creative from the mechanical.
So far it is working!
A more honest answer would be that I find I have around four to five hours of creative thinking in me each day. I try to organize my day around these bursts of insight so that I never write when my brain is fighting me. I find there is ample work to do in the remaining hours of the day doing the "drudgery" that comes with writing. There are ISBN numbers to purchase, SEO results to optimize, hand-written edits that must be typed, etc. I find that the key is separating out the creative from the mechanical.
So far it is working!
Jerry Kaczmarowski
I'll try not to make this too much of a spoiler. I'll keep it to "book jacket level detail." My next book will be called Sapient and it will be out later this fall.
The heroine in the story is the mother of an autistic son. After being abandoned by her husband during her post-doctoral years at the discovery of their son's condition, she has thrown her heart and soul into discovering a cure. Her specialty is gene therapy, but it is decades away from being ready for human trials. Her research subjects are the rats and dogs so common in today's laboratory environments.
One day, unexpectedly, she finds that one of her rats has shown a significant jump in intelligence. However, there is a problem. The virus used to transfer the genes to the research animals proves to be especially virulent. The Centers for Disease Control steps in to lock down her program, effectively halting her research on autism. Simultaneously, the Department of Defense wants to understand how their top secret military programs can benefit from animal intelligence.
She must ensure that her research doesn't end up in a classified warehouse, unable to benefit the community that she's devoted her entire adult life to serving. Even more important, she must figure out how it can benefit her son.
The heroine in the story is the mother of an autistic son. After being abandoned by her husband during her post-doctoral years at the discovery of their son's condition, she has thrown her heart and soul into discovering a cure. Her specialty is gene therapy, but it is decades away from being ready for human trials. Her research subjects are the rats and dogs so common in today's laboratory environments.
One day, unexpectedly, she finds that one of her rats has shown a significant jump in intelligence. However, there is a problem. The virus used to transfer the genes to the research animals proves to be especially virulent. The Centers for Disease Control steps in to lock down her program, effectively halting her research on autism. Simultaneously, the Department of Defense wants to understand how their top secret military programs can benefit from animal intelligence.
She must ensure that her research doesn't end up in a classified warehouse, unable to benefit the community that she's devoted her entire adult life to serving. Even more important, she must figure out how it can benefit her son.
Jerry Kaczmarowski
I've been an executive in the consulting industry for many years. My twenty years in consulting were absolutely thrilling. I had the opportunity to work with so many amazing clients and brilliant colleagues. However, one thing you often miss as an executive is the creative spark that comes from fashioning something with your hands and brain. I felt that writing could fill that void, and it has.
Jerry Kaczmarowski
I've been following China's desire to harvest Helium 3 from the moon to produce clean burning fusion for a couple of years now. I've been following space elevator technology for around 5 years now. If you aren't familiar with Helium 3 fusion or space elevators, Google it (or buy Moon Rising!).
The intersection of these two technologies seemed like a great source of conflict for a techno-thriller with a deep undercurrent of geopolitical tension.
It was an absolute thrill to write the book. I hope readers enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed creating it.
The intersection of these two technologies seemed like a great source of conflict for a techno-thriller with a deep undercurrent of geopolitical tension.
It was an absolute thrill to write the book. I hope readers enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed creating it.
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