Banter about Mars Colony Agatha

[Jack]

For those who have read or are interested in reading my new sci-fi novel, this is the place to ask any questions you may have about the book or my process of writing it. I think it was my favorite book to write so far because of the interesting research involved, including basically cyber-stalking Elon Musk for the past year to pick his brain and predict his strategy for colonizing Mars ahead of real time. It also was a thrill sending Nikki Janicek, a character I've been writing since 2013 when she was 17, into space and putting her in the position of making history by landing on Mars and establishing Colony A.

[El • Your Average Bibliovert]

Reading Mars Colony Agatha was so much fun! I had a huge space phase when I was younger so it brought me me back to those times

[Jack]

Ellie wrote: "Reading Mars Colony Agatha was so much fun! I had a huge space phase when I was younger so it brought me me back to those times"

I'm so happy to hear that! I really did try to make the story as human and fun as possible despite the challenges the crew faced ... cartwheels and backflips along the way. I enjoyed The Martian, but I think it got bogged down with too much technical mumbo jumbo, so I made sure to limit that while still writing a legit Mars book. One of my favorite parts was writing Nikki reacting to the talking space truck with Elon's voice, and then Jo and Pluto discovering Carl Sagan (one of the space gurus of my youth) as the AI voice in their truck. That's something I didn't plan at the start of the book and it just kind of came to me along the way. It helps that Elon also runs Tesla, so the idea made complete sense and could actually happen.

[Terry]

You did great with the books Jack. Now we just need to get Elon to read them. 😁

[Jack]

Terry wrote: "You did great with the books Jack. Now we just need to get Elon to read them. 😁"

Thanks Terry. He might get a kick out of it ... or he might send me a cease-and-desist letter and I'll have to change his name to Nole Ksum, CEO of the company XSpace!