David Darling
Edge of Time
DOSSIER: What were you doing when you heard Killer Nashville had announced that SIGNS OF ANUBIS was a finalist for Best Action Adventure?
DARLING: I was on holiday with my family in New Brunswick, Canada. What a great announcement!
DOSSIER: What thing about your protagonist Noah Hunter surprised you most after you created him?
DARLING: I was mostly surprised that when you create a character, give them a personality and emotions, they grow on you. At times, they seem to be speaking to you from the digital world, and at times, I was shocked to discover the main characters reacting differently than I planned.
DOSSIER: When and where do you write, and what kind of environment do you prefer? (Music/silence/closet?)
DARLING: I like to keep the same schedule, seven days a week. I get up at 5am daily (yes, even on weekends) and after my first cup of coffee, I reread the previous days work. Then I jump right in! I manage to squeak in two hours of writing before work. Late afternoon, or evening, I try and get in another two hours. I do have a playlist of music that I like to have on in the background, or headphones if others are about, but I tune it out and focus on writing.
DOSSIER: Your writing is broad, are you going back to crime stories or sci-fi?
DARLING: I have twelve-pounds of ideas in a ten-pound bag. Overflowing, to say the least. I have (yet another) unpublished manuscript that is book one in a fantasy trilogy, completed. Book two in that series is 50% done… I also have another standalone fantasy novel 40% completed. I love that genre, and it is what I grew up reading. BUT with that being said, I have two novels sketched out for a new series, more of a Private Investigator/Mystery series, and I’m working on Operation: Force Recon (a military thriller novel). I may have accidently begun book two in that series, while working on book one. I like variety, and the ability to bounce around with the different genres. Just to make things more complicated, I wrote Edge of Time and for 18 months, I thought it was going to be a standalone science fiction novel, but I may have accidently started the sequel. Aiming to have that published for spring 2024. Long as the ideas are there, no matter the genre, I will keep writing!
DOSSIER: What’s in store for Noah Hunter?
DARLING: The Noah Hunter series is on hold for the moment. I hope to finish book four this year, with an early 2024 release.
Website: daviddarlingbooks.com
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