Ask the Author: Robin Craig

“Feel free to ask questions! I'll get back to you as soon as I can! :-)” Robin Craig

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Robin Craig Unless you count my "time-travelling daughter" (novel upcoming!), I don't have any mysteries suitable for a plot; however like most authors I inject scenes and experiences from my life into events in my novels.
Robin Craig Making up new worlds, new civilisations, and boldly going where no one has gone before :-)
Robin Craig If you want to write because you love it, do it.
If you want to write to get rich - don't. You probably won't :-)
Robin Craig I am currently working on another Miriam Hunter book, set some time after Time Enough for Killing and returning to the genetically engineered humans theme of The Geneh War.
Robin Craig I love writing - once I think of a plot that grabs me. My main problem is coming up with a plot that grabs me and gives me the opportunity to explore interesting technological and philosophical themes.
Robin Craig Years ago I had an idea about a short story in which a person's mind was enslaved in a war robot and released by its next victim's appeal to justice. I used this as the basic plot of Time Enough for Killing - but the nature of the mind and the whole plot development went way beyond a short story into a full novel.
Robin Craig I go away and do something else.
This might take an hour or a month!

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