There aren’t a lot of publishers willing to do interesting deals. The terms of the contract just needed to make sense. I’ve always been open to every method of publishing. What made you decide to now publish the entire Silo Saga traditionally? ![]() I stopped what I was writing and continued the story. Zero promotion, barely even a social media mention, and it kept gaining attention from word of mouth and reader reviews. At that point, I had a few hundred devoted readers, and I was making a couple hundred bucks a month, which paid a few bills and felt like a success. The Wool novelette was the seventh thing I published. Suddenly, I wasn’t really writing so much as reading what I was writing.ĭid you find a readership for Wool right away? I think it was the story that sucked me in, the characters that appeared on the page. ![]() It’s hard to say what got me over the hump, exactly. By the time I was in my 30s, I was convinced that I’d never write a book at any point in my life. I’d get an amazing idea for a novel, sit down and write a few chapters, get bored or stop believing in myself, and I’d give up. This became my pattern for the next 20 years. I used to sit at my dad’s Apple IIe and write chapters of stories that I’d never finish. Howey recently spoke with BookLife about his success as an author, reaching readers through indie and traditional publishing platforms, and plans for a TV adaptation of the Silo Saga.Ĭan you talk about your evolution as a writer?īy the time I was 12, my goal in life was to write a novel. “His efforts helped remove the stigma around self-publishing and changed the game for so many aspiring authors.” “Not only did Hugh graciously allow me to write in his Wool universe but he actively supported my work,” Shernoff says. Ing, an indie anthology of stories based on the Silo books. ![]() Fred-ric Shernoff, author of the Atlantic Island series, contributed to 2014’s Wool Gather. But the new publishing program means that, for the first time, the complete Silo series will be available to all retailers in print and electronic formats from a single mainstream publisher.ĭespite his frequent forays into traditional publishing, Howey’s reputation for uplifting and collaborating with fellow indie authors is unparalleled. Simon & Schuster published Wool in 2013, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published Shift, Dust, and several others in 2016. It’s not the first time that Howey has had his work published traditionally.
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