Welcome to the interview with our spotlight author - PeerGlen, who brought to life the Strawberry mollusk with the help of AI. He's definitely one of the few writers not daunted by artificial intelligence, to the contrary. So we guess this is the perfect spot for his interview.
What's your Wattpad username?
Quick! What's the first sci-fi thing that pops into your head!?
augmented human
Original trilogy, prequel trilogy, or sequel trilogy?
Lord of the Rings
So, how has Tevun-Krus changed your life today?
N/A (although the Tevun-Krus kids are my new writer friends :)
With your lifeline to your spacecraft broken, you hypothetically drift away into the depths of space. What's your last message to Earth?
You are so beautiful.
Do you remember the first author to really grab you as a reader? Are they still someone you read?
1. I must have been fifteen or sixteen when I found Raymond E. Feist's 'Magician'.
2. No, his work had left my radar until I heard about the Firemane Saga which is now on my to-read list.
Explain your writing process for your fellow mothertroopers. Do you find real life adds "flavours" to your writing, or is it all imaginary?
Occasionally, a real world event will trigger an idea that will be the foundation of a story. However, for me, the idea that sparks a new writing project could come from anywhere. I'm a chronic pantser, so do not map out a story beforehand...if I can back up an idea with a series of (what I consider to be) cool what-ifs, then that is enough for me to jump in. It'll sometimes take a while for the next scene (or idea) in a story to materialise, but there is a lot of mind-energy spent getting there, even if there is not a lot of actual writing. I do need someone to write all of my first paragraphs for me--or maybe that will be a good job for AI, hehe :)
We all have advice for our fellow writers. But what's your advice to novice sci-fi writers on what not to do?
Don't feel disparaged if you think that nobody is reading your work. Write for yourself with the aim of entertaining your readers (whoever or whenever they may be). I would love to encourage the new writer with words like, 'the readers will eventually come' ... fact is, I'm still waiting (and still writing).
What's a story of yours every mothertrooper should read? Give us an exciting excerpt!
Gardens of Agony' is a dark and dirty, alternative Earth story where specialist detectives travel as teams of two into the 'sin place' of criminals who have committed the worst crimes, but have been unable to be brought to justice by conventional means. Here's an extract:
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"What do you want me to do?" Helen asked.
"We have to navigate the garden to his sins; we'll know how to tame them when the time comes. We're great team, Helen. You and me. We can do it."
Helen shuddered, they had been there before, multiple times; but entering someone's garden of agony was not a walk in the park, "and when we find his sins and absolve them, that's not punishment. If it was punishment you were after, we would have to send him to hell and I'd be lost in purgatory--there's no coming back from that and I won't do that to Sue. Please, tell me you won't lose it and go executioner on his ass."
"No, our passing judgment on his sins is out of the question. Like _I_ said to Sue, no one deserves to go to hell, not even monsters like Halloway."
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If your lifeless corpse were to be blasted out of the Mothership and into the nearest stellar body, which 3 pieces of music would be played alongside such an occasion?
Gee-whiz, you guys are dark. My answer: I don't care, even if by some strange miracle, I was still alive inside the coffin-capsule, the sound of the music wouldn't reach me through the vacuum of space.
What's the deal with the singularity? Would you ever become one with the machine if things were to go loco?
Hell, yes! The ability to suspend your processing until something fun or interesting happens would be the beez kneez.
Would you ever get a pet robot, assuming such a thing becomes affordable, available, and socially acceptable?
No, I would hope for a meeting of peers with the machine and their manifestations (and I would pray like fuck that the machine would not take me for their pet human).
What would you do if you woke up one day and suddenly realized you were a synthetic human raised by machines? Be honest.
Turn off and go back to sleep.
Do you have any favourite foods? Let the Mothership know.
Anything made with veg from our garden.
Who would win if the Terminator faced off against the Predator? Now what if it were a musical?
I have the feeling that this is a trick question. I would vote for Arnie...every time.
What's something you'd like to see Tevun-Krus take on in a future issue?Any last words, 'trooper?
N/AThanks so much for the opportunity to contribute to this issue. Happy reading and writing all!
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TK Special #8 - AI: The Artificially Generated Special!
Science FictionSome say, AI will make our lives easier. Some say, it's the beginning of the end of humanity. The crew of the mothership decided to embrace the enemy. Join us in our exploration of AI generated content.
