D. Robert Pease (edit name/settings)

D. Robert Pease edited the overview of D. Robert Pease Thursday, November 3, 2011.

• I'veD. Robert has been interested in creating worlds since childhood. WhetherFrom building in the sandbox behind our garage, or making board games onhis house, to drawing fantastical worlds with paper with my best friend Jeff. There is just something about coming up withand pencil, there has hardly been a place ortime that never existed before that really gets my heart racing.

  Somewhere around Junior High I readhe hasn't been off on some adventure in his mind, to the Lorddismay of the Rings,parents and I was completely hooked. Looking back I realized just how close to going overteachers alike. Also, since the edge I was. Imoment he could read, books have easily turned into oneconsumed vast swaths of those kids who did nothing but draw dragons,his life. From The Mouse and wear elf ears everywhere (not that I'm disparaging your elf ears if you have them), but thankfully, tothe betterment of my social life, I only got into it knee deep.

  In college, my dream wasMotorcycle, to be a fantasy Illustrator, but I soon realized that to be truly great, you had to devote every single hour of every day to your craft. I wasn't willing to do that, and I also wasn't willing to be a so-so illustrator, so I became a Graphic Designer instead. It was about this time I tried my hand at writing my first novel-length story. Looking back, I see how truly awful it was, but at the time I was again carried away by the idea of creating this new world.

  I thought to write a book, you first had to sit down and outline it all out.The only problem: I was (and still am) a terrible planner. So I put the dream of writing on hold for a while -- a couple of decades at least.

  Then I read a biography of Tolkien, and discovered that Tolkien didn't plan either. At least when writing theLord of the RingsRings, worlds just beyond reality have called to him like Homer's Sirens. It's not surprising then he didn't. He had a vague idea where he wantedchose to gowrite stories of his own. Each filled with the story,worlds just beyond reach, but basically he just sat down and wrote, not knowing where it would take him. This method, which I've come to know as beingclose enough we can all catch a "pantser" was an amazing concept to me. I started writing again, and fellglimpse of ourselves in love. I could enjoythe story, just like a reader would. Having a general sense of where it was going, but making discoveries along the way.characters.

  ThereD. Robert's first novel, Noah Zarc: Mammoth Trouble is nothing better than sitting at my keyboard and listening to my characters as they show me what is going onavailable now. He's also finishing up a sequel, due out in their life and2012, called Noah Zarc: Cataclysm. And there are some other stories, in their world. I don't feel like an author as much as just the first reader.

  I hope you can at least feel a small partvarious stages of the wonder I have felt when I get to explore new worlds for the first time.

  Here's to undiscovered worlds,
  completion, on his computer. D. Robert Pease

  D. Robert lives in Northeast Ohio with his wife, two kids, one dog, one cat, andruns Walking Stick Books, a pond full of fish.company dedicated to helping other authors succeed.

D. Robert Pease changed D. Robert Pease's author image Thursday, November 3, 2011.

D. Robert Pease edited the bio of D. Robert Pease Tuesday, September 20, 2011.

• Edited Place of Birth: ,Ohio,United States
• Edited Gender: Male
• Edited Official Website: http://www.drobertpease.com
• Genres: Middle Grade/YA Science Fiction/Fantasy

César Lasso approved D. Robert Pease’s request to change the name of D. Robert Pease Wednesday, August 31, 2011.

D. Robert Pease edited the overview of D. Robert Pease Wednesday, August 24, 2011.

• I've been interested in creating worlds since childhood. Whether in the sandbox behind our garage, or making board games on paper with my best friend Jeff. There is just something about coming up with a place or time that never existed before that really gets my heart racing.

  Somewhere around Junior High I read the Lord of the Rings, and I was completely hooked. Looking back I realized just how close to going over the edge I was. I could have easily turned into one of those kids who did nothing but draw dragons, and wear elf ears everywhere (not that I'm disparaging your elf ears if you have them), but thankfully, to the betterment of my social life, I only got into it knee deep.

  In college, my dream was to be a fantasy Illustrator, but I soon realized that to be truly great, you had to devote every single hour of every day to your craft. I wasn't willing to do that, and I also wasn't willing to be a so-so illustrator, so I became a Graphic Designer instead. It was about this time I tried my hand at writing my first novel-length story. Looking back, I see how truly awful it was, but at the time I was again carried away by the idea of creating this new world.

  I thought to write a book, you first had to sit down and outline it all out. The only problem: I was (and still am) a terrible planner. So I put the dream of writing on hold for a while -- a couple of decades at least.

  Then I read a biography of Tolkien, and discovered that Tolkien didn't plan either. At least when writing the Lord of the Rings he didn't. He had a vague idea where he wanted to go with the story, but basically he just sat down and wrote, not knowing where it would take him. This method, which I've come to know as being a "pantser" was an amazing concept to me. I started writing again, and fell in love. I could enjoy the story, just like a reader would. Having a general sense of where it was going, but making discoveries along the way.

  There is nothing better than sitting at my keyboard and listening to my characters as they show me what is going on in their life and in their world. I don't feel like an author as much as just the first reader.

  I hope you can at least feel a small part of the wonder I have felt when I get to explore new worlds for the first time.

  Here's to undiscovered worlds,
  D. Robert Pease

  D. Robert lives in Northeast Ohio with his wife, two kids, one dog, one cat, and a pond full of fish.

D. Robert Pease edited the bio of D. Robert Pease Wednesday, August 24, 2011.

• Edited Place of Birth: ,Ohio,
• Edited Gender: Male
• Edited Official Website: http://www.drobertpease.com
• Genres: Middle Grade/YA, Science Fiction, Fantasy

D. Robert Pease edited the page settings of D. Robert Pease Wednesday, August 24, 2011.

D. Robert Pease changed D. Robert Pease's author image Wednesday, August 24, 2011.

D. Robert Pease changed the name of D. Robert Pease Wednesday, August 24, 2011.