{"id":588,"date":"2013-10-07T17:26:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T16:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outofthedarkness.info\/blog\/?p=588"},"modified":"2013-10-09T15:14:46","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T14:14:46","slug":"author-interview-im-a-guest-of-marko-over-at-hooked-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outofthedarkness.info\/blog\/author-interview-im-a-guest-of-marko-over-at-hooked-gamers\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Interview: I&#8217;m a Guest of Marko Over at Hooked Gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does a writer do to avoid going loco during editing? Find a friendly human face to talk to.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hookedgamers.com\/blogs\/wolfwood\/overview.html\" target=\"_blank\">Marko Susimets\u00e4<\/a>, an avid gamer and bearer of an awesome hat, invited me over to the Hooked Gamers&#8217; website this week to answer a few questions. We talk <em>Elite<\/em>, ships, writing, problems, and the upcoming novel, <em>Out of the Darkness<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thanks for having me, Marko and your round, pointy-handed friends. We&#8217;re at:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hookedgamers.com\/features\/2013\/10\/07\/authors_creating_the_universe_of_elite_dangerous__t_james.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-589\" alt=\"Interview with yours truly\" src=\"http:\/\/outofthedarkness.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Hooked-Gamers-Logo.png\" width=\"222\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a>Just click the piccy to come and join us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/outofthedarkness.info\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-dark-emoticons-comment-smiley\/images\/dark\/smiling.png\" style=\"border:none;background:none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>&#8216;Hooked Gamers&#8217; name and logo don&#8217;t belong to you, so don&#8217;t steal them. (I&#8217;m not a lawyer, but I know you don&#8217;t want to meet one. Copyright is a tricky beastie\u2014stay safe.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Just Click to<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-588\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/outofthedarkness.info\/blog\/author-interview-im-a-guest-of-marko-over-at-hooked-gamers\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-588\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/outofthedarkness.info\/blog\/author-interview-im-a-guest-of-marko-over-at-hooked-gamers\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-588\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/outofthedarkness.info\/blog\/author-interview-im-a-guest-of-marko-over-at-hooked-gamers\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/outofthedarkness.info\/blog\/author-interview-im-a-guest-of-marko-over-at-hooked-gamers\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span>Tumblr<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/outofthedarkness.info\/blog\/author-interview-im-a-guest-of-marko-over-at-hooked-gamers\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-588\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/outofthedarkness.info\/blog\/author-interview-im-a-guest-of-marko-over-at-hooked-gamers\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does a writer do to avoid going loco during editing? 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