Joab Stieglitz was born and raised in
the Warren, New Jersey. He is an Application Consultant for a software
company. He has also worked as a
software trainer, a network engineer, a project manager, and a technical writer
over his 30 year career. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
Joab is an avid tabletop RPG player
and game master of horror, espionage, fantasy, and science fiction genres,
including Savage Worlds (Mars, Deadlands, Agents of Oblivion, Apocalypse
Prevention Inc, Herald: Tesla and Lovecraft, Thrilling Tales, and others), Call
of Cthulhu, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, and Pathfinder.
Joab channeled his role-playing
experiences in the Utgarda Series, which are pulp adventure novels with
Lovecraftian influences set in the 1920’s.
Website Address: http://joabstieglitz.com
Twitter Address: @joabstieglitz
Facebook Address: https://www.facebook.com/rantingsofawanderingmind
Title: THE OLD MAN’S REQUEST
Author: Joab Stieglitz
Publisher: Rantings of a Wandering Mind
Pages: 117
Genre: Historical Suspense
Author: Joab Stieglitz
Publisher: Rantings of a Wandering Mind
Pages: 117
Genre: Historical Suspense
BOOK BLURB:
An Innocent Favor for a Dying Old
Friend…
Fifty years ago, a group of college
friends dabbled in the occult and released a malign presence on the world. Now,
on his deathbed, the last of the students, now a trustee of Reister University
enlists the aid of three newcomers to banish the thing they summoned.
Russian anthropologist Anna Rykov,
doctor Harry Lamb, and Father Sean O’Malley are all indebted the ailing trustee
for their positions. Together, they pursue the knowledge and resources needed
to perform the ritual.
Hampered by the old man’s greedy son,
the wizened director of the university library, and a private investigator with
a troubled past, can they perform the ritual and banish the entity?
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Thank you for this interview! I’d like to know more about you as a person
first. What do you do when you’re not
writing?
I am an Application Consultant for
a large software publisher. I write requirements for software implementations,
test cases, and other documentation.
When did you start writing?
I have
been writing all my life. I wrote stories for myself as a child. In college, I excelled at classes that had papers (as
opposed to tests). In my various jobs in the computer networking world, I have
gravitated toward writing tasks, such as requirements, training, and policies
and procedures.
As a published author, what would you say was the most
pivotal point of your writing life?
My writing career really started
when I decided to hunker down a write a chapter a week. I was reasonably
successful, writing and publishing my first three books in roughly six months
each. The constraints of my day job reduced my time over the last year or two,
so book four took about nine months, and book five is still in progress.
If you could go anywhere in the world to start writing your
next book, where would that be and why?
I would probably go somewhere remote and quiet (with
Internet) were I could write without distractions. Perhaps a cabin in the
mountains.
If you had 4 hours of extra time today, what would you do?
Probably sleep. Barring that, I
would dedicate the time to creativity, whether it be writing or something else.
Where would you like to set a story that you haven’t done
yet?
I am currently considering a story
that takes place in a fantasy world where dragons are the dominant species.
Back to your book, The Old Man’s Request, how did
you publish it?
I have published all my books
through Createspace, now Kindle Direct Publishing.
In writing your book, did you travel anywhere for research?
I based my books in places I have
been.
Why was writing The Old Man’s Request so important to you?
Writing and publishing a novel was a life goal. I had
started writing a Tolkeinesque journey tale in the 90’s in dribs and drabs
“when the muse hit me.” Twenty-five years and 300 pages later, that story had
changed in terms of plot, tone, and style. I considered revising or even
restarting it, but instead I decided to start fresh with another idea that had
been on the shelf all that time. So I sat down and wrote one chapter a week.
Using that method, I’m now on book 5.
Where do you get your best ideas and why do you think that
is?
I am a
big role-player and have written numerous adventures, character backgrounds,
and other material for a variety of genres. I took notes of the games I ran
over the years, and ideas from some of those became the inspiration for my
books. I am also a history buff, especially with respect to the 19th
and 20th centuries, which provide source material as well.
Any final words?
My first three books, The
Old Man’s Request, The Missing Medium,
and The Other Realm comprise the
Utgarda Trilogy, which are the first three books in the Utgarda Series. I am
currently writing a second, as yet unnamed, trilogy featuring some of the same
characters. My books are all available in Kindle, paperback, and audiobook
formats on Amazon.
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