3.2 Debut Author Interview: Dan Stout with Titanshade

It is with great pleasure I am bringing you today's interview with the extremely interesting Dan Stout!

Titanshade releases from publishers DAW in stores and Amazon on the 12th of March, so get your sneak-peek for the author and the novel right here!!

 I knew the second I saw the cover this was going to be top of my pre-order list. It hits so many of my favourite flavours all in one go.

Dan is the first of the Debuting novellists in 2019 that I will be featuring from Facebook group for your pleasure. I am sure you'll see some of these answers on other blogs as well as several of us were provided this information to share.

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What’s the story behind the title?
Titanshade is an oil boomtown, where a mix of greed and hard labor has allowed the residents to claw out a living in the midst of an arctic perma-freeze. So much of the story ties into the character of the streets and the citizens that there was never any doubt the book needed to be named after the city.


No spoiler, but tell us something we won’t find out just by reading the book jacket.
One particularly fun aspect of the world was figuring how different species in a post-industrial fantasy world would learn to adapt to each other, from clothing and language to eating utensils tweaked for different anatomy.


Titanshade is an oil boomtown, where a mix of greed and hard labor has allowed the residents to claw out a living in the midst of an arctic perma-freeze. So much of the story ties into the character of the streets and the citizens that there was never any doubt the book needed to be named after the city.


Can you share your writing routine? (e.g. How do you carve out your writing time? Where do you normally write?)
I work in chunks of time, usually two blocks of 2 – 3 hours. I start early, so I’m usually done with writing by noon, and move to admin and marketing after that.


What are you working on right now?
The sequel! It’s been tough but rewarding, as building a follow-up that can also stand on its own has meant learning a whole new set of skills. But it’s paying off, and I’m very excited to share the next chapter in the story.


 What’s your favourite writing advice?

The struggle belongs to you, the finished product belongs to the reader. 


Are you a plotter or a pantser?
I’m a plotter, but I value the characters more than the plot structure. If the characters wouldn’t logically proceed from point A to point B, then it’s on me to either provide a framework where they would, or change the plot to reflect their honest reactions.
  

Dan Stout lives in Columbus, Ohio, where he writes about fever dreams and half-glimpsed shapes in
the shadows. His prize-winning fiction draws on travels throughout Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Rim as well as an employment history spanning everything from subpoena server to assistant well driller. Dan's stories have appeared in publications such as The Saturday Evening Post, Nature, and Mad Scientist Journal. His debut novel Titanshade is a noir fantasy thriller, available from DAW Books. To say hello, visit him at www.DanStout.com.



Website: www.DanStout.com
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/DanStoutWriter/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanStout
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danstoutwriter/
Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7938095.Dan_Stout

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