Interview with D.F. Pieper, Author of Day of the Ancestor

What’s the story behind the story? What impressed you to jot down Day of the Ancestor?

This e-book was impressed by so much of readers who mentioned “I’m looking forward to reading the next one in the series.” To which, I replied, “There’s a series?” But severely, even from the very first critiques that rolled in for Day of the Devourer, readers mentioned they needed one other one. I’m grateful and humbled by it and now right here’s the sequel. Mostly it’s impressed by the identical issues as the first e-book. You’ll discover so much of nods to sci-fi motion pictures from the eighties in these books… however as one of my beta readers mentioned “but in the best way.”

If you needed to decide theme songs for the essential characters of Day of the Ancestor, what would they be?

For Rej, it might be one thing with a driving beat, however that sounds prefer it’s written by some post-punk burnout. Something like Gamma Ray by Beck.

Astra would need you to see her saluting to a march by John Philip Sousa, however in her room with the lights off, she’d be glooming out to Dido.

Thaddeus would placed on a rousing chamber music concerto by Vivaldi and lament how nobody appreciates the counterpoint that the recorder supplies to the bassoon anymore.

What’s your favourite style to learn? Is it the identical as your favourite style to jot down?

No, it’s not essentially the identical. I do love an excellent sci-fi journey, however I learn in so much of totally different unrelated genres. I learn horror and paranormal fantasy. I like historic fiction, thrillers, and even mysteries typically.

The greatest songwriters don’t simply take heed to their very own style and nice cooks don’t simply eat one delicacies. I feel that it’s vital for creativity to be uncovered to so much of totally different sources.

What books are in your TBR pile proper now?

Well, the downside is the pile retains piling up. I’ve so much on my plate, so it takes me without end to complete studying a e-book. I’m switching between two books proper now—Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House, and Stephen King’s Fairy Tale. After that I need to get again to Network Effect by Martha Wells.

What scene in your e-book was your favourite to jot down?

Any of the scenes on Arídu. It’s a planet the place the galaxy throws its junk and the entire economic system revolves round reusing and reselling the junk. From the trashkeepers who guard the junklords’ collections, to the scrapnabbers, and eventually to an fascinating character known as the Junkman, that world was so much of enjoyable to create.

Do you might have any quirky writing habits? (fortunate mugs, cats on laps, and so on.)

I get up at 5:00 AM to jot down. It’s the solely means I get something executed. As quickly as my children get up, they’ll need assist with the homework they forgot to do the night time earlier than. I used to have grand concepts of placing on music that helped me image the scene, however I preserve opening Spotify after which realizing I completed a whole writing dash and by no means clicked play. Also, please don’t, underneath any circumstance, inform my cat that he’s half of the routine or I’ll by no means get something executed.

Do you might have a motto, quote, or philosophy you reside by?

Yes. People who say “write what you know” don’t use their imaginations sufficient.

If you may select one factor for readers to recollect after studying your e-book, what would it not be?

Remember to join my publication and skim the third in the sequence which I hope to launch by the finish of this yr!