Interview with Kevin Hincker, Author of A Debt to the Stars

What’s the story behind the story? What impressed you to write A Debt to the Stars?

When I set out to write A Debt to the Stars I had two questions I needed to reply: 1 – Why aren’t there extra badass older feminine protagonists in science fiction at present? And, 2 – How many f* bombs are too many f* bombs for a personality who’s a purple, broccoli-shaped alien CPA?

And Writing the e book helped me reply each questions: 1 – People are afraid of older feminine badasses as a result of they’re so highly effective. Not me although. I really like them. And 2 – There seems to be no restrict to the quantity of f* bombs a lion-hearted broccoli can drop in 290 pages of rip-roaring sci-fi. Though extra analysis could also be wanted.

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

Speculative fiction of every kind.

What books are in your TBR pile proper now?

Babel, Dead Country, and Lords of Uncreation.

What scene in your e book was your favourite to write?

There’s a scene towards the center of the e book the place Diana, the MC, meets her alien companion’s yet-to-be-born seedlings. Those seedlings at all times make me joyful as a result of they’re so joyful.

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

I put on padded biking gloves after I sort to defend my palms from the edge of my laptop computer. It additionally helps me faux I’m doing one thing bodily difficult and barely heroic.

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

The one motto I imagine all writers ought to heed: Don’t Be Boring.

If you may select one factor for readers to keep in mind after studying your e book, what wouldn’t it be?

However deep in monetary debt you fall, you could at all times, as a final resort, declare chapter. But the emotional debt we tackle persists till it’s repaid, typically turning into a lifelong burden. However, there may be hope. All you want is an alien CPA broccoli.