- Welcome Stanley Straub , tell us about your favorite work...what makes it special?
I'm retired but my favorite work is writing. I love writing and especially suspense
thrillers. Writing is special because I
can completely immerse myself in my work.
It is something I can do full-time, part-time, or step away from and
take a break. My genre preference is
Science Fiction. I've always been
interested in science for as far back as I can remember. My father was very smart and he and I talked
about space and theories about the universe almost daily as I was growing
up. I liked reading Science Fiction
books ever since I was old enough to read.
I would go into book stores when I was little with my mother and I would
buy Science Fiction books. - What do you think makes for good Sci-Fi?
Good Sci-Fi has speculative future living conditions and
mentions items or things that will be
used for everyday living in the future.
It also has a good story-line and character descriptions. I believe that
good Sci-Fi should have a creative believable futuristic story.
- Do you think your books can help shape the future and if so how?
I don't personally think that my books can help shape the
future. I believe that my books can keep
people entertained in the future. Some
aspects of my books may foretell the future, but I don't believe that they
shape it.
- Do you have inside jokes or true events hidden in your writing?
I do try to inject some subtle humor into my stories and
sometimes an inside joke will creep in.
I like to have talking or smiling dogs.
However, I don't purposely try to hide true events in my stories.
- Which do you prefer...model your characters after people you know or just make them up?
I prefer to make up my characters. That way I can give them characteristics that
are different from living characters. I
don't think of a living person and then create that person in my stories. However, with that said, I did characterize
myself in one of my books, but I won't say which character or which book.
- Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to take away?
"Not really. Some
writers might do that, but I have no hidden messages. I write only for reader's entertainment and
not to push a particular personal agenda.
- What is your favorite review?
I would have to say I have three favorite reviews. The first one
I received many years ago and it was from a book publisher, which
said my story was too detailed and went off in too many different
directions. It was a negative review and
it helped shape the way I write. A second review that I liked was from a reviewer that said, she started reviewing
my book with little expectations of liking it and then she wrote in big bold
words, "BOY WAS I WRONG."
Another review that I really liked that had special meaning to me was
the one I received from Mark Schultz
that wrote a great honest review.
- What comes next?
My next book, The
Terminus List, a Science Fiction thriller comes next and I'm urrently working on it. I expect to have it finished, edited, and
published in the next few months.
- Thank you for visiting ⒾⓃⓉⓇⓄⓈⓅⒺⒸⓉⒾⓋⒺ ⓅⓇⒺⓈⓈ Stanley Straub . Where can we learn more?
You can learn more about me and my writing by visiting me everywhere online.
The
Trail in the Woods
by
Stanley C Straub
Genre:
Science Fiction
Something
or someone has encapsulated an entire valley on Earth.
The
story begins at an abandoned overgrown trail with the scary name of
'The Devils Tail'. The trail lies a few miles southeast of Portland
Oregon. The trail has been around for several years and has many
frightening rumors associated with it about why people disappeared
while hiking the trail. Two childhood friends get together and chat
about the trail. One of the friends, Janet Johnson, an experienced
hiker wants to hike the trail and the other Bob Wild is terrified of
the trail and doesn't want to hike it. Bob tells Janet that the
reason he is doesn't want to hike it is because people who hiked the
trail never came back. Janet thinks this is silly and just rumors.
She finally convinces Bob to reluctantly go with her on the trail.
The two of them set out on a thrilling and frightening adventure of a
lifetime. What they encounter changes their lives forever. The hike
encompasses the interactions of people from two different worlds and
the meeting of a Charles Manson type leader who thinks he is God.
Stanley
Straub was a Guided Missile Technician in the Navy and worked as an
electrical engineer in the Aerospace Industry. He is a master at
crafting technical thrillers that will capture you and thrill you
with his stories. Mr. Straub loves writing Science Fiction suspense
stories and has been honing his skills by writing spine-tingling
stories since he was in grade school. He has his own unique style. If
you like reading suspense thrillers, then you will love reading his
books. He is the author of three published thrillers, "The
Killer Within", "The Segmented Tail", and "The
Trail in the Woods".
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