But if they’ve gotten this far, they already know that. I think readers should expect the unexpected. It was very satisfying to end the series.
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What should readers expect, and was it hard to end a series that is so immensely popular? Dust is out, the conclusion to the Silo Saga. THE BLANK SLATE by Steven Pinker, THE EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION by Axelrod, and WHAT TECHNOLOGY WANTS by Kevin Kelly. You have the power to choose three books that everyone on earth has to read.
None of us can write swiftly enough for that to be true.Ĩ. I truly believe that we are all in this together, as artists. When I asked them what I could ever do in return, the most common response was to help the next person. I’ve had a lot of help from more established authors along the way. If they can use their great writing to draw my readership over to their other works, I think that’s the best outcome possible.
If other writers want to explore my stories, I’m humbled and honored. I was already allowing fan fiction to be sold before the Kindle World’s program was announced. Was that an easy decision to make?Ībsolutely. You have opened the Silo Saga series up to Amazon’s Kindle World’s fan fiction program. There’s no better way to limber up in the morning than by reading a few sonnets. GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, TREASURE ISLAND, THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. As for favorite classics, I like the old adventure stories. Do you have any favorite “classics”? Do you think Dickens and Austen are still relevant in this age of Kindle singles and self-publishing?Ībsolutely! Dickens would be publishing in the Kindle Serials program if he was around today. And nobody can control word of mouth, which is why publishing is becoming more and more egalitarian. Word of mouth is everything, however you publish. More and more, those are becoming a mix of self and traditionally published books. I read whatever my friends tell me I “must” read. Do you consciously choose to read self-published books over traditionally published ones? As for what got me into writing, ENDER’S GAME and were early reads that made me aspire to create stories of my own.ĥ. It grew into a story about the need to spend fewer resources blowing each other up and more resources exploring other worlds. WOOL started off as an investigation of what 24-hour news does to our hope for humanity and our view of the world beyond our immediate horizon. I think this series came more from current events and from watching the world around me than they came from other books.
What books inspired the Silo Saga series? Was there any single book that made you want to become a writer?
I think it serves writers well to study the story and the telling and try to improve at both. On the other hand, you can have the finest prose in existence and no story, and no one will read it. This leads to what Simmons might call “trash” that sells very, very well. You can tell a great story poorly, and people will gobble it up. Of the two, the story is far more important. Writing is about two things: plot and prose. I’m able to do this because I think I would classify a lot of what Simmons would deem “trash” to be classics. King says “Read everything, from classics to trash” (paraphrasing) while Simmons says that writers should read only the very best writing Tolstoy, Dickens and le Guin. Authors Dan Simmons and Stephen King have different philosophies when it comes to reading choices. By signing up you agree to our terms of use 3. Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox.
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