Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi, my name is Danny Tuttle, and the only book I’ve written is ‘The Prophet Paradox.’ I’m a retired chemical engineer and college physics teacher, an enthusiastic amateur researcher of ancient manuscripts, and an Air Force and Coast Guard veteran.
I live with my wife and daughter in Los Angeles, California, work from his home, occasionally wear pants, and travel daily, via the internet machine, to such places as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas in Mogao, the Antarctic Icecube Neutrino Observatory, Hobbiton village in New Zealand, and the distant galaxies of the Hubble Deep Field.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Prophet Paradox was inspired by supernova 1987A, the first naked-eye supernova in 400 years. A burst of neutrinos (a type of subatomic particle) from the supernova was detected hours before the supernova was observed visually. I realized I could write a story about a scientist who detects neutrinos from a supernova, and then predicts that, hours later, a new star (a supernova appears to most people as a new star) will appear in the heavens.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I waited 33 years to finish the book. Is this unusual for a writer? Probably.
I wrote the outline and half the story of ‘The Prophet Paradox’ in 1987 shortly after the appearance of supernova 1987A. Then I looked for interested agents or publishers, found none, then left the project on the shelf for 33 years.
In 2020, I learned that I could publish an eBook for free, finished the book, and self-published.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Tolkien, Frank Herbert, Roger Zelazny, George R.R. Martin, Neil Gaiman
What are you working on now?
Promoting ‘The Prophet Paradox,’ a lot more work than writing it.
Motional emf and Faraday’s law.
An analysis of the Thracian Golden Orphism Book, National Historical Museum, Sofia.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Websites like this one, since I’m not on Facebook, Twitter, have no website of my own, etc.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t wait 33 years to publish
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never judge anyone till you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.
Because then you’re a mile away, and they have no shoes.
What are you reading now?
Locke Lamora series, Scott Lynch
What’s next for you as a writer?
I have no idea. Probably write another book.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Lord of the Rings
Dune
Lord of Light (Zelazny)
Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis
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