Ask the Author: Omar Fink
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Omar Fink
"Writer's block" is simple an indicator that my homework of building foundational elements has not been sufficiently completed. I use the "snowflake" method of filling in layers of plot and character. Every time I've found myself stalling, the way to fix that has been to go back to the foundations and complete the work. When that is done, the writing flows easily.
Omar Fink
A great feeling of fulfillment and satisfaction when a book is finished after a long period of hard work.
Omar Fink
As soon as this book was available, I started working on a sequel where Keel O'Donnell and the rest of the crew in the RATS (rescue service) need to confront piracy in the asteroid belt. Many of the characters from the first book are being continued. The theme of life in the asteroid belt will continue. The theme of "ethics as an imperative" will be developed more strongly, Some hidden history and suspicion of an alien influence will be introduced.
Omar Fink
Space elevators had always seemed like a fantasy component of science fiction rather than hard science. I read an article about how the engineering was sound, but no known material was strong enough to actually build a space elevator... until carbon nanotubes were discovered. I started reading everything I could find about space elevators and the more I read, the more excited I got. Eventually, an idea crystallized about a threat from a giant comet that would force an evacuation of the planet using space elevators as the only serious method. Three years later, I had my first book.
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