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Steven Lochran

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Brisbane, Australia

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult, Children's Books

Influences

Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer, Garth Nix, Jack Heath, John Marsden, [a:Gran ...more

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June 2012

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Steven Lochran spent his childhood writing stories and now he does it for a living. He graduated from Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing, and has worked as a film critic, projectionist and DJ. He's spent the last decade in the publishing industry surrounded by books, as well as writing the VANGUARD PRIME and PALADERO series. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and two spoilt cats. ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Steven Lochran By banging my head against something hard.

And when that doesn't work, I try switching to another project with the hope that whatever snag I've hit wil…moreBy banging my head against something hard.

And when that doesn't work, I try switching to another project with the hope that whatever snag I've hit will mentally resolve itself when I return to what I was originally working on.

And when THAT doesn't work, I try writing fast and loose, putting down dot points of action and dialogue. I then start moving those dot points around the page and forming the connective tissue between them, building the page up like I'm filling in a sketch.

And when THAT doesn't work, I jump to another point in the story that I have a clearer idea of, whether it be the next chapter or somewhere even further afield.

And when THAT doesn't work, I go back to banging my head.(less)

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Hi, i was looking to get Wild Card on Amazon and I couldent find it. Is it only in stores?

Steven Lochran Thanks for getting in touch, Isabel. Amazon has the Kindle editions, but you can find 'Wild Card' in print via a number of websites. These include eBa…moreThanks for getting in touch, Isabel. Amazon has the Kindle editions, but you can find 'Wild Card' in print via a number of websites. These include eBay and fishpond.com.au, though I always encourage asking your local bookstore if they can order it in for you first. Hopefully you can get a hands on a copy. Let me know what you think of it when you do!(less)

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Average rating: 4.05 · 309 ratings · 70 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Riders of Thunder Realm (Paladero, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The City of Night Neverending (Paladero, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 61 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goldrush (Vanguard Prime, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Edge of the World 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Card (Vanguard Prime, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Champions of the Blade (Paladero, #4) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War Zone (Vanguard Prime #3) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Alert (Vanguard Prime #2.5) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die PALADERO-Reihe by Steven Lochran (Goodreads Author), Andreas Decker (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Champions of the Blade, In All Good Bookshops Now

In what could only be described as a Christmas miracle, PALADERO: THE CHAMPIONS OF THE BLADE has arrived early around the country and is available to buy now.

I’ve been working on this series since 2014. I’ve worked on it longer than the time I was at uni, longer than I was at high school. Longer still if you count the fact that it all stems from an idea I first had all the way back in 2007.

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Vanguard Prime (3 books)
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Steven’s Quotes

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

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“I believe that mankind's destiny lies in the stars. I believe that candy really did taste better when I was a kid, that it's aerodynamically impossible for a bumble bee to fly, that light is a wave and a particle, that there's a cat in a box somewhere who's alive and dead at the same time (although if they don't ever open the box to feed it it'll eventually just be two different kinds of dead), and that there are stars in the universe billions of years older than the universe itself.”
― Neil Gaiman

tags: belief

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“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
― George Orwell, Why I Write

tags: writing

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“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
― George Orwell

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