Ask the Author: Andrew Hastie
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Andrew Hastie
Hi Robert, thanks for bringing that to my attention, I will indeed be fixing that in the next edition. All the best, Andy.
Andrew Hastie
Hi Chris, we're hoping to start recording again later this year, hopefully they should be ready before Christmas.
Andrew Hastie
Hi Monica, so glad you liked them!
The fifth book is going through its second draft at the moment, hopefully it should be ready by the end of April.
Cheers
Andy
The fifth book is going through its second draft at the moment, hopefully it should be ready by the end of April.
Cheers
Andy
Andrew Hastie
Sorry Chris, lockdown has put a bit of a block on my plans for doing the audiobooks - hopefully as things slowly return to normal we can get it back on track
Andrew Hastie
I would travel to Middle-Earth and hang out with Tom Bombadil
Andrew Hastie
Hi Andrew, I'm glad you liked the first three, it's great to hear! There will be more to come for Josh and Caitlin -- just need to get this story about the colonel out of my head and then I'll be cracking on with more of their adventure. Cheers Andy
Andrew Hastie
Hi Gill,
I'm glad you like Chimaera, it was an interesting diversion from the main story... as for book 3, that should be completed in the next month or so and after a few rounds of polishing I would hope to have it out by August.
If you wish to be updated you can join my mailing list over on www.infinityengines.com
Cheers
Andy
I'm glad you like Chimaera, it was an interesting diversion from the main story... as for book 3, that should be completed in the next month or so and after a few rounds of polishing I would hope to have it out by August.
If you wish to be updated you can join my mailing list over on www.infinityengines.com
Cheers
Andy
Andrew Hastie
Hi Deborah
Glad to hear you loved books 1 and 2!
I'm currently finishing a side story about Caitlin which should be ready by the end of March...
If you would like to join my Beta gang - please join the FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Infin...
Cheers
Andy
Glad to hear you loved books 1 and 2!
I'm currently finishing a side story about Caitlin which should be ready by the end of March...
If you would like to join my Beta gang - please join the FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Infin...
Cheers
Andy
Andrew Hastie
Hi Jaiveer
The kindle version will be free between the 27th and 29th May.
So please feel free to download it over the bank holiday.
Cheers
Andy
The kindle version will be free between the 27th and 29th May.
So please feel free to download it over the bank holiday.
Cheers
Andy
Andrew Hastie
Will probably re-read the Foundation books by Asimov, just can't seem to get enough of those. Meanwhile, I need to get on and finish book 2 in the Infinity Engines Series!!!
Andrew Hastie
By the strangest things. Sometimes it's a phrase in a movie, other times it's an article about an ancient civilisation. The key thing is to write every day, doesn't have to be a long session, but get into the habit of putting something down – exercise your brain and push yourself to go outside of the norm.
Andrew Hastie
It's like being inside your own movie. I can visualise everything that I write, it's kind of a fugue state where I go into 'elsewhere' - which is when the ideas really flow. I love that part, although I'm not sure my family would say the same...
Andrew Hastie
Write about things you love. If you don't enjoy the things that you're writing about - how can you expect your readers to like it?
Andrew Hastie
When I get stuck, it's normally because I've lost the thread of the story. When that happens, I go back to the character development and make sure they are on track. Usually, it's the characters that are driving the plot so their motivations are always a good starting point. Otherwise, I mooch around random events from the past or articles on quantum mechanics and Chaos to see if it sparks any new ideas. Whatever you do don't stare at a blank page willing it to show you the way.
Andrew Hastie
I'm working on the second book of the series. This and the next book are planned out by chapter, so I have a really good idea of where it's going but I like to leave some room for ideas as I go. Which means sometimes I find myself in a completely different place to where I should be. The first draft is always a lot of fun because I don't worry about whether it works yet as a end-to-end story, I just let my imagination take me wherever (and whenever) it will.
Andrew Hastie
It all started with the scene where Josh breaks into the Colonel's house. I could see the rooms full of old memorabilia and artefacts. The kind of rooms you see hoarders create on TV. The idea that Josh would steal something and end up back in the past gave me the storyline for the Oblivion Order, that things have a past and there are people that can use them to navigate back in time. I didn't want a time machine or a blue box... I wanted them to be able to do it naturally, like a super power and I wanted Josh to accidentally enter that world.
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