Tristan came to me after watching Dark Fury (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407658/) the animated Riddick short. Simply, I asked myself what would my version of Riddick be? And Tristan was born. If you can find the original version of the story, Riddick has a cameo.
Hardest moment. Removing Marty’s PoV from Book 4(the PoV remains in the version posted to the internet, so you’ll have to buy the book to find out how removing it altered some events). This is one of those “killing your darlings” thing. I had this series of event about Marty, how he tried to manipulate the people around him and ultimately met a deserved end. He was in the story for 1 joke, and a point about what wanting something too badly can get you. My editor strongly suggested I remove his PoV, when I explained about the joke his reaction was: “yeah, that’s got to go”. Reluctantly I removed the PoV, and as always when my editor has me make changes, the story was stronger for it. (and the jokes wasn’t that good anyway)
Favorite moment. That one’s easy. The chapter after Tristan finished the wall in book 6. As soon as version 0 of Shattered Savation (the old mans Gambit) was done and I knew Tristan needed to go back home, I had that scene in mind. Writing it was a delight. I love moment of realizations.
On the Life front, this month marks the first one living only on the rental income. I moved the extra to a savings account, and the prediction is that I’ll have 50 or so dollars left at the end of the month… I certainly hope so.
As usual, if you have questions, please, ask them, they give me something to talk about. If you don’t feel comfortable asking them here, you can email the mto me at: S.Stpierre@thetigerwrites.com
