Interview With Author E.F. Nordmed
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Two; this book is my first foray into science fiction. The first book I wrote was a technical when I was working for IBM on the Domino e-mail servers. My manager rejected the submitted draft as being “too informal and entertaining” for what was supposed to be a reference manual. I made it far more stodgy, and that version was accepted.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Market of the Never Setting Sun is heavily influenced by a trip I took to Marrakesh, Morocco. The town’s infrastructure within the Medina (walled city) was deliberately kept as a traditional open-air souk for a tourist attraction, and while visiting I learned that the citizens of that country require government approval to travel. I used that as the seed for the story of my book.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Unusual to me? No, but my wife tends to be a bit irritated at the fact that I find my most productive writing hours to be between 10 PM and 1 AM.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Wow – that’s like trying to pick my favorite child. I’d best not start or else Bujold is going to tell all the other authors, “See, I TOLD you I was his favorite!”
What are you working on now?
The second book in the Never Setting Sun series. The working title is the “Glaciers of Sunset.” Stout gets kidnapped by the criminal underground and Yasmeen has to rescue him and prevent the crime from happening without getting her boyfriend arrested as an accessory. It’s about 80% done.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Your website, of course! This is the best, most amazing, most popular… eh, sorry, I can’t read your hand written script for the next words? Let’s skip them… and that’s why I wouldn’t go anywhere else.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Given that I’m a new author myself, that would be a bit presumptuous.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It takes a long time to get a good reputation, and twice as long to get rid of a bad one.
What are you reading now?
Malka Ann Older’s “The Mimicking of Known Successes” novellas.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep working the day job, and my plan is to turn full-time writer within 5 to 7 years. Wish me luck!
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?
I plead the fifth for the titles, but would smuggle my kindle and a solar charger so I could bring my entire library.
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