More Questions
Since I am waiting for my esteemed editor and wife to confirm that their are no weird formatting errors for the Kadath manuscript, and since I think I have figure out how to ice my shoulder and type at the same time, I thought I would answer a couple more reoccurring questions regarding The Central Series.
Why are you writing two series at once, rather than just finishing The Central Series first?
Part of this is just weird timing. I started writing Paranoid Magical Thinking as an e book 'experiment' back when The Academy was still sitting around on various editors, agents, and publishers desks. By the time I finished PMT, I'd already decided to self-publish the Academy. Thus...
Secondarily, I need some time away from the world of The Central Series in order to write about them successfully. Alternating books helps keep them fresh for me. Also, since the average book in the series is about 180,000 words, the five book series will probably come close to a million words before I'm done. That's a lot of time to spend with one group of characters.
What inspired you to write The Central Series?
Depends on how you mean it. Mainly, it happened because I finished Eureka Seven, and was pissed off by the wussy ending, the lack of adult relationships, the lack of consequence to the violence, etc... and thought I could do better.
If you mean what media inspired me, then I would credit a mixture of X-men, the film version of Nightwatch, a bunch of comics by Warren Ellis, and repeated listening to Fever Ray.
Is all the nanite and Ether stuff just another way of saying 'magic'?
Not in my opinion. Talk to me at the end of the series. If I haven't presented a logical argument for a sensible, if fantastic, technological solution for whats going on, then I guess it's magic after all. But I do have an argument...
Do you like Harry Potter?
Not really. I mean, I'm glad it made everyone read again. But I'm a little old for it to have impacted me much. I actually only read the first book, then tuned out during the second, somewhere around the flying car.
I was kind of bothered by the resemblance to Timothy Hunter from Books of Magic at the time. Now I don't really feel that way, but it seemed like cheating back then.
Do you like Twilight?
Nope. I read the first one, got bored, didn't like the message. My idea of a good modern take on the vampire would be the Nightwatch series, or 30 Days of Night.
What about Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
I'm glad to know this is still popular enough to come up. I liked Buffy alot during the early years, less in the middle, and quite a bit near the end. Particularly when they sang. Particularly when Willow made out with girls.
But given the choice, I'd rather watch Firefly.
What anime do you watch?
Not a lot. I mostly read manga. Most recently, I have watched and enjoyed Bakemonogatari, Katanagatari, Black Lagoon, Kimi Ni Tadoke, and Sayonara Sensei. And anytime someone wants to watch My Neighbor Totoro, I am available.
As always, you can reach me at spook_nine@yahoo.com with questions. Thanks for reading!
Why are you writing two series at once, rather than just finishing The Central Series first?
Part of this is just weird timing. I started writing Paranoid Magical Thinking as an e book 'experiment' back when The Academy was still sitting around on various editors, agents, and publishers desks. By the time I finished PMT, I'd already decided to self-publish the Academy. Thus...
Secondarily, I need some time away from the world of The Central Series in order to write about them successfully. Alternating books helps keep them fresh for me. Also, since the average book in the series is about 180,000 words, the five book series will probably come close to a million words before I'm done. That's a lot of time to spend with one group of characters.
What inspired you to write The Central Series?
Depends on how you mean it. Mainly, it happened because I finished Eureka Seven, and was pissed off by the wussy ending, the lack of adult relationships, the lack of consequence to the violence, etc... and thought I could do better.
If you mean what media inspired me, then I would credit a mixture of X-men, the film version of Nightwatch, a bunch of comics by Warren Ellis, and repeated listening to Fever Ray.
Is all the nanite and Ether stuff just another way of saying 'magic'?
Not in my opinion. Talk to me at the end of the series. If I haven't presented a logical argument for a sensible, if fantastic, technological solution for whats going on, then I guess it's magic after all. But I do have an argument...
Do you like Harry Potter?
Not really. I mean, I'm glad it made everyone read again. But I'm a little old for it to have impacted me much. I actually only read the first book, then tuned out during the second, somewhere around the flying car.
I was kind of bothered by the resemblance to Timothy Hunter from Books of Magic at the time. Now I don't really feel that way, but it seemed like cheating back then.
Do you like Twilight?
Nope. I read the first one, got bored, didn't like the message. My idea of a good modern take on the vampire would be the Nightwatch series, or 30 Days of Night.
What about Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
I'm glad to know this is still popular enough to come up. I liked Buffy alot during the early years, less in the middle, and quite a bit near the end. Particularly when they sang. Particularly when Willow made out with girls.
But given the choice, I'd rather watch Firefly.
What anime do you watch?
Not a lot. I mostly read manga. Most recently, I have watched and enjoyed Bakemonogatari, Katanagatari, Black Lagoon, Kimi Ni Tadoke, and Sayonara Sensei. And anytime someone wants to watch My Neighbor Totoro, I am available.
As always, you can reach me at spook_nine@yahoo.com with questions. Thanks for reading!
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