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Graeme Rodaughan

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Born
in Australia
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Fantasy,Science Fiction,Thriller

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Tom Clancy
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I have one rule: Deliver an immersive reading experience that will transport you from the everyday world into a realm of fantastic imagination - and leave you there until you're forced to come up for air...

I'm in love with character driven high-octane, action packed, thrilling stories with epic heroes and mighty villains. I want suspense, I want characters with depth who I really care what happens to them, and who I will both love and hate. I love fantasy and science fiction and I want both in the same story. I want pace, and more pace, and yet time for emotional intimacy and heart-rending scenes.

This is what I dedicate myself to writing - and why - because I love it.

P.s. I love villains that matter and I loathe poorly drawn villains. I als ...more

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Hi Graeme! I read in one of your interviews that your series is set to be 15 books in total. How will you maintain interest in your characters and the world you're building over such a long time horizon? Or is it not a concern?
Graeme Rodaughan Hi Eldon, those are excellent questions.

[1] I'm going to interpret your first question in two ways. (a) My own interest, and (b) my readers interest.

(…moreHi Eldon, those are excellent questions.

[1] I'm going to interpret your first question in two ways. (a) My own interest, and (b) my readers interest.

(a) I'm obsessed with the Metaframe War story. I can read lines from my first book (which I've read many times), or my notes on later books and I get tingles. That has been present for a few years and I can't see it going away. My own interest is not a concern for me.

(b) There are a list of factors that will help to maintain reader interest in the series and bring them along on the journey.

(i) There are multiple main characters with strong story arcs, hence more opportunity for a reader to find a character to engage with.

(ii) Release tempo. Book two will come out at the end of April, or early May 2017 at the latest. That took a year, but that year included a major upgrade to my writing craft and effort to underestand "marketing" which took a lot of time away from writing. Book three will be out 9 months after book two. I plan to maintain a fast release tempo to help readers stay engaged.

(iii) Story time. The actual story occurs over a period of about 18 months. It's basically a major, "suddenly everything happens" scenario that has all the characters, good and bad, scrambling to survive and achieve their ambitions. This results in stories that are full of pace. For example, book three takes forty hours of story time and is full of action and pace as it brings to a conclusion some of the story arcs developed in books one and two.

(iv) Multi-polar conflicts. Having three main organisations battling against each other allows for variation in villains and threats. It also allows for multi-layered conflict as there can be open conflicts and secret alliances. The priorities, strategies and tactics can shift, resulting in greater opportunity for novelty in the story and keeps it fresh for the readers.

(v) Individual book variation. I.e. the basic nature of each book in the series differs from the others. For example.

Book two: A Traitor's war has lots of machinations and schemes, and various maneuvers between the main players.

Book three: Guns, guts and glory.

Book four: Political maneuvers with some very corrupt players within one of the organisations. Intro of two new classes of villains

Book five: Stealth infiltration of a fortified secret fortress, capture a flag, and escape - if you can?

And so on.

(vi) Ovearching story arc is highly progressive. The stakes for all major characters ramp up as the story progresses. There are twists and turns to come that will have readers going "OMG!"

To sum up. Story interest will be maintained by the use of strong characters, fast paced multi-layered stories with plenty of variation of threat, risk, and scenario. An overall story arc that just increases the pressure right up to the very end and a quick release tempo.

[2] No. Not a concern.

For further detail - the long answer is here:https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

Also impacted here:https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

[EDIT 22Feb2018] My basic premise is to deliver the best books I can, as my confidence has grown I can see myself consolidating some books as they will read better together rather than apart. Just means I have to write faster to maintain a good publishing tempo.(less)
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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?
Graeme Rodaughan Hey, it's romance week. My fav fictional couple would be Logan and Max from the "Dark Angel" tv series. Why? I just like bad-ass female warrior types…moreHey, it's romance week. My fav fictional couple would be Logan and Max from the "Dark Angel" tv series. Why? I just like bad-ass female warrior types hooking up with geeks. It's just a shame that the underlying attraction between them never got fulfilled,(less)
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Thanks to an innovative program between Apple and Draft2Digital, I'm making the full Metaframe War series available on Apple's audiobook format.

The first three books are availble athttps://books.apple.com/us/audiobook-...

With the rest to follow over the next couple of months.

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