{"id":2373289,"date":"2020-08-28T11:56:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T16:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/?p=2373289"},"modified":"2021-04-06T10:45:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:45:35","slug":"operation-grendel-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/blog\/operation-grendel-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Grendel: The Scoop on Daniel Schwabauer\u2019s New Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Daniel<\/em><\/p>\n

Daniel Schwabuer\u2019s military sci-fi novel, <\/span><\/em>Operation Grendel, has been picked up by Enclave Publishing! It will be released as a limited-edition hardcover in March 2021, with the paperback slated for December. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The novel tells the tale of military journalist Raymin Dahl, who thinks he\u2019s finally getting the story of a lifetime. Envoys to secret peace talks on a remote tropical moon are about to surrender five colonized worlds\u2014and six hundred million civilians\u2014to a ruthless enemy.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

But when his commanding officer is fatally wounded before the negotiations can begin, Dahl is told to do more than just report on the mission; he\u2019s ordered to complete it. With the help of the AI embedded in his new comms bracelet, Dahl must impersonate Captain Ansell Sterling, Marine Corps hero and psychological operations expert.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Problem is, Sterling\u2019s AI may be luring him to surrender more than he realizes. And the mission Dahl thinks he\u2019s running isn\u2019t the only PSYOP under way.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Corporal Dahl may get the great war story he\u2019s dreamed of, but it could be his last!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Want to be on the Operation Grendel<\/em> street team? Scroll below the interview for details.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Emily “Harpley” Steadman Interviews Daniel Schwabauer<\/h2>\n

Lightly edited for clarity<\/em><\/p>\n

Daniel Schwabauer (affectionately known by his writing students as Mr. S) was kind enough to sit down and answer a few questions regarding the novel as we draw nearer to the much-anticipated release date!<\/p>\n

What inspired you to write Operation Grendel?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I was creating Byline<\/em>, my curriculum for high school essay writing<\/a>, I did a lot of research into 19th century journalism. I noticed a correlation between the yellow journalism of the end of the 19th century and what I think I see happening in journalism today. That fascinated me, so I started researching propaganda and how it works and noticing the correlation between journalism and propaganda. Almost every major propogandist in history started out as a journalist. I think it\u2019s because the inverted pyramid structure of journalism fits really well with propaganda. If you master that structure, you can master propaganda really well.<\/p>\n

I was also researching fairytales for a period of time while I was writing this story, and I didn\u2019t realize until I wrote the epilogue for Enclave this May \u2013 a year and a half after I finished the rough draft \u2013 that what I was really doing was pulling from themes in Hansel and Gretel. It\u2019s not like you\u2019ll read it and then go, \u201cOh, that\u2019s Hansel and Gretel,\u201d but if you really study the original Hansel and Gretel, you\u2019ll see some of the same themes in it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, that\u2019s a long answer to it \u2013 probably just studying journalism and propaganda and loving science fiction and reading a lot of military sci-fi is the simple answer.<\/p>\n

Does one of the characters hold a special place in your heart? If so, why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s hard to answer. I really like these characters. I think probably the reporter (Raymin) holds the dearest place in my heart in a weird way, because I want him to come across as sympathetic even though he\u2019s not necessarily sympathetic all the way through the novel. He wants the story and everything else is less important than the story. He\u2019s got all these flaws and he\u2019s compromised, and there\u2019s a part of me that thinks that there\u2019s kind of a noble calling to what he\u2019s doing. Even though the book isn\u2019t really nice to reporters. [Laughs.] Hopefully that flavor kind of gets turned on its head a little bit as the story resolves; there\u2019s some more good vibes towards journalists there. I don\u2019t want to make anybody out to be black and white \u2013 that\u2019s not in the story at all; there are a lot of shades of grey.<\/p>\n

What would you say the hardest part about writing Operation Grendel<\/em> was?<\/strong><\/p>\n

For me the hard part was coming to terms with its weaknesses.<\/p>\n

My first drafts were all basically plot-based. They were based on this idea that I had as I was outlining and writing the plot twist. And I loved the plot twist so much that I lost sight of who the characters were. So I had to set it aside and think about it and pick it up again a year after I initially finished it and start it over.<\/p>\n

I rewrote every chapter and I added four more chapters \u2013 about twenty-five thousand words \u2013 to the story. And those words were all an exploration of the major characters. No book is perfect; certainly, no book I write will ever be perfect. But that fixed the main thing that was bugging me about it. Letting myself see it as flawed, and that I didn\u2019t really know the characters or who they were or why they were doing stuff \u2013 that was hard, making myself confront that reality. Once I did that, it was easy to write. Those twenty-five thousand words were the hardest to get to, but they were easiest part of the story to write once I admitted I didn\u2019t know my own characters.<\/p>\n

What was a highlight of writing Operation Grendel<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Probably the main highlight was when I got to a certain point and realized that the plot that I\u2019d outlined was not as good as the idea I had when I was about two-thirds of the way done with the rough draft. I had another idea, and it was so interesting to me that it made the rest of the book fun. I don\u2019t feel like I was \u201cinventing\u201d the story as much as I was digging for something, and I thought I was digging a well and instead found a gold mine. But I can\u2019t say what it is, or it\u2019ll ruin the book. [Laughs.]\n

This is your first military science fiction novel \u2013 what challenges did you face when writing this genre?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first one was just the general insecurity of \u201cwill people buy this military atmosphere that I\u2019m setting up?\u201d That\u2019s partly why I wanted to write it from the perspective of a journalist. So that was the first thing; realizing that I\u2019ve never been in the military and I don\u2019t know if people will buy this. And then trying to figure out what details I can put in that are military-specific that I can make real to people who are in the military\u2014that I can get past them without them saying \u201cThis author has never been in the military.\u201d I don\u2019t know if I succeeded or not; I think I\u2019ll find out after it\u2019s published.<\/p>\n

There was a lot of research that was fun.\u00a0There\u2019s a couple of jodies in the book \u2013 a jody is like a marching song. I had fun exploring what jodies might be like in a futuristic setting in this world \u2013 because the atmosphere of AIs and everything is going to change some things, but not everything. Being a soldier is still going to be the same in many ways.<\/p>\n

Could you describe a typical writing day?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t usually have the personal ability or schedule opening to write for a whole day. Usually I write at certain times of the year; when I have more \u201cfree time,\u201d so to speak, to do that. I will try to spend anywhere from two to five hours \u2013 generally it\u2019s closer to three and a half or four \u2013 trying to produce one thing. So it might take me two or three days to write a novel chapter. Sometimes I can do it in one day. Then other things that are part of writing such as revision or marketing stuff \u2013 as a writer, those are part of your job, but I don\u2019t consider them \u201cwriting.\u201d I probably do that five to six months out of the year, and then everything else is wedged in here and there \u2013 I\u2019ll get a few days to do a chapter or something. I can\u2019t just write year-round because of workshops, business, and sales season.<\/p>\n

If you had the opportunity to speak with Raymin Dahl, what would you say?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now I just have J. K. Rowling\u2019s answer to that question in my head:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019d tell him I\u2019m sorry for everything I put him through.\u201d * I don\u2019t know\u2026 the simple answer is probably \u201cYou\u2019re wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

* Quoting what J. K. Rowling replied to a similar question in a live TV interview Daniel watched years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read more and write more, slacker! [Laughs] Not \u201cbelieve in yourself,\u201d but \u201cit\u2019s going to pay off.\u201d I would be farther along if I had done more earlier, if I had studied a little bit more. I look at my shelves and I go \u201cWell, I\u2019ve read a lot. But I could have three times as many shelves full of things that I\u2019ve studied.\u201d I could have gone to more conferences; I could have done more. I don\u2019t live with any kind of guilt over that, it\u2019s just if I could give myself advice, it would be that.<\/p>\n

Thanks very much, Mr. S!<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in updates regarding Operation Grendel<\/em>, follow Mr. S\u2019s Instagram, @daniel.schwabauer<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Want to be on the street team for Operation Grendel<\/em>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mr. S is looking for volunteers to participate in the cover reveal for Operation Grendel<\/em>!<\/strong> The idea is to drum up pre-orders<\/strong>, which open up as soon as the cover is revealed. Right now the cover is top secret. His agent sent him a preview, but he’s not allowed to show it to anyone. Enclave Publishing will release the cover image on September 22, and that’s where you come in… if you’re interested!<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have an Instagram account or Facebook account, and are willing to share the cover image on September 22, just fill out this simple form<\/a>.<\/strong> Enclave will send the pictures and descriptions one week in advance, on September 15, to the email address you provide. You’ll have a week to schedule a post, but please don’t share the image before September 22<\/strong>. Thank you!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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