Hugh Howey
Hugh Howey
Hugh C. Howeyis an American writer, known best for the science fiction series Silo, part of which he published independently through Amazon.com's Kindle Direct Publishing system. Howey was raised in Monroe, North Carolina and before publishing his books, he worked as a yacht captain, roofer, and audio technician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
approach gets interact mostly outside readers social
My approach with social media is to interact with the readers I already have. I do it mostly to procrastinate from my writing. It's an escape. It's the only socializing I get outside of my wife, and she gets sick of me.
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Honestly, I don't think I'm a good promoter. I spend almost zero time or effort asking new readers to sample or purchase my work. That's not the job of the author. We should write our best material and leave it up to readers to spread the word.
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I'm such a huge fan of fan fiction, to me it's a great way for readers to become writers. It's like putting the training wheels on for writing.
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There are two competing philosophies in 'Wool': one is that people have to live under an iron thumb in order to survive, and the other one is that everyone should live completely freely and happily and everything will sort itself out.
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Living frugally is one of the best things an author can do to prepare for their career.
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My only wish is that we leave room for hope. There is good and bad in all things. We find what we expect to find. We see what we expect to see. I have learned that if I tilt my head just right and squint, the world outside is beautiful. The future is bright. There are good things to come.
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That's the problem with the truth," Darcy said. "Liars and honest men both claim to have it.
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Even in the darkness, his smile threw shadows.
loss blow illusion
It was a sad loss, this illusion of importance, a humbling blow.
one-day said inevitable
Predict the inevitable", she said, "and you're bound to be right one day.
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I'm coming for you. I'm coming home, I'm coming to clean
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What we control," Juliette said, "is our actions once fate puts us there.
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My life is too tight, he wanted to say. My skin is too tight. The walls are too tight.
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A seed of hope caught a taste of moisture. Some wishful kernel buried deep, where he was loathe to acknowledge it lest it poison or choke him, began to sprout.