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08-23-07: MilSciFi.com
interviews David Sherman, author of the DemonTech series and co-author with Dan
Cragg of the Starfist and Starfist: Force Recon series.
MilSciFi: “Welcome. What was your inspiration
for your novels?”
Sherman: “I draw on a fair breadth of knowledge
in a wide variety of topics, as well as a wide variety of experiences to create
characters and the situations they find themselves in.”
MilSciFi: “Do you have any future
plans for stories set in the same universe?
Sherman: “Starfist is an on-going, open-ended
series with no end in sight.”
MilSciFi: “What other upcoming works
are on the horizon for you?”
Sherman: “Dan Cragg and I are currently working
on the 13th Starfist novel, and I have a proposal for something else in my
publisher's hands”
MilSciFi: “If you had a chance to
write one story just because you wanted to, and didn't have to worry about if
it would sell or not, what would it be about?”
Sherman: “I make my living by writing, so I can't
write something just because I want to without consideration of whether or not
it will sell.”
MilSciFi: “What is your favorite
story you have ever written and why?”
Sherman: “Probably _The Hunt_, a non-traditional,
contemporary vampire novel. It's only available as a download (see my
website for details).”
MilSciFi: “Give us the details on
your upcoming author appearances.”
Sherman: “I plan to attend Philcon in November.”
MilSciFi: “What advice would you
give the aspiring military science fiction writer?”
Sherman: “Military culture is quite removed from
civilian culture, so it's extremely difficult for anyone who hasn't lived in it
to get it right. And war is so far removed from any other human
experience that the only way to get the people doing the fighting right is to
have fought in one yourself. Not a course of action I recommend for
anyone.”
MilSciFi: “What is the one thing you
find the most difficult about writing military science fiction?”
Sherman: “Not repeating myself and getting
bored. Between the books I've written on my own, and those co-authored
with Dan Cragg, I've written twenty-nine novels of men at war. After
awhile it really gets difficult to come up with new ways of treating scenarios.”
MilSciFi: “Do you have a website
where our readers can go to fine more information about your work?”
Sherman: “My website is www.novelier.com."
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