Interview with Dario Giardi - Author of the Urban Fantasy Adudan.
Dario Giardi's passions are music and photography and he has a great love for writing. He has written the tourist guides Bretagna: natura, arte, poesia e mistero tra oceano e cielo and Roma: misteri e itinerari insoliti published by Polaris.
Dario Giardi has been nominated for various literary prizes and has published short stories in anthologies and magazines.
Interview with Dario Giardi
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| Author Dario Giardi |
Dario Giardi: I love writing for so many reasons. I love the way my pen hits the paper. I love how I can express myself and my beliefs without actually saying them outright. I love describing characters and settings, forming them into something you can see and feel. I love developing these characters into real people with feelings and emotions. I love creating a world that you can envision, that you can breathe in, that you can live in through the words.
I have written the tourist guides Bretagna: natura, arte, poesia e mistero tra oceano e cielo and Roma: misteri ed itinerari insoliti, published by Polaris.
Adudan is my debut Novel.
"I love the way my pen hits the paper. "
Who are your favorite writers, your favorite books, and who or what are your writing influences?
Twelve years ago I read an article in the Los Angeles Times in which America's most successful fiction writers were asked to name their top-ten favorite works of 20th Century American fiction. John Fante's "Ask the Dust" was the only title to appear on every author's top-ten list in that article. Since then, I've read I would like to suggest a new style, something that is as close to American literature, I think mainly my favorite writer John Fante. The ability to catapult the player and hit mainly describing the emotions experienced or just think. Sudden strokes on the plot without necessarily explain all or dwell in a thousand descriptions ...
When did you first know that you wanted to be a writer?
The childhood experiences influence the will to be a writer.
"Everything comes in dreams."
Tell us about your writing process. Do you have a writing routine?
Everything comes in dreams.
What do you find easiest about writing? What the hardest?
There is a part in the novel… not the easiest but my favourite part: the prologue and the scene set in Brittany.
Dario, please tell us a little about your debut novel 'Adudan'.
Adudan is an urban fantasy which I think is very innovative and special for the message it contains, but I'll leave you to judge for yourselves.
The story comes to life during sleep and in the dreams of Marcel Guivarch, a Breton writer who is able to immerse himself in the memory of an ancestral past. In this land which lies between dreams and reality, the protagonist starts to become fully aware of his true identity and of his mission. Through the visions that a mysterious civilization manages to send him, he traces his life backwards until he discovers that he was Railen, a guardian chosen by princess Adudan, the only sovereign left to rule the planet Atlas after the death of her father. For Marcel, these visions are the first pieces of a story that traces its roots back into time.
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What inspired you to write the book?
Adudan comes from my dream journeys. Many call them astral travel. The creative drive always starts with an image. I wake up I take notes on the images that my imagination has produced ... everything comes from them. If there is a strong emotion behind that image do not take it into account. In what I write, there is always a profound message I like to convey and I think that in this sense Adudan it conceals many. This is all my writing is something that goes beyond the pages.
Who do you see as your target audience and where can we buy the book?
Adudan is something more than just a book for the message that contains. A text that everyone can read because it's about emotions and dreams.
I have decided to take a gamble with self-publishing on the Amazon platform.
America is the land of opportunity.
How long did it take it to write the book?
One year
How smooth went the self-publishing process? Any issues? What are things to look for when self-publishing a book?
Is not so difficult to access and publish on the platform than at a later time to promote the book.
Did you hire an editor and/or Cover Designer for your book?
Yes, both.
Are you working on another book project?
Yes. A new novel about friendship.
Are you planning to move forward as an Indie author or are you looking forward to have one of your next books to be traditionally published?
I will look when the new work will be completed.
"Self-publishing has made many dreams come true."
Where do you see the book market in 5 or 10 years? Will there be only eBooks and will book stores disappear like record stores disappeared?
Self-publishing has made many dreams come true. I'm sure it's a positive sign of changing times and of the direct power that new technologies give readers, bypassing the old, traditional publishing system to give a voice to what for me is the only criterion for publishing success: the public.
Do you write full-time or do you have a day job?
I work as a researcher in the fields of environment and energy, although my true passion is writing.
How can readers connect with you?
Via my website and Blog[see Links below]
Thank you very much for the Interview, Dario.
About the Book Urban Fantasy Adudan
Marcel lives on a small island off the coast of Brittany. He dreams of becoming a famous writer but in his dreams he discovers his destiny and his true identity.
A dream journey that takes him to the magical world of Atlas. There he finds out that he was Railen, the elite guard of princess Adudan.
For Marcel those visions are the first piece of a story whose roots go back to the dawn of time.
Memory by memory, he begins to piece together his past, narrating to us the events that forced him to part with his beloved Adudan.
Dogged and constantly threatened by the Draconians, a cruel alien civilisation, the two lovers must separate in order to protect the Crystal of Atlas.
But they can’t run forever, the day will come when the Draconians manage to track down the Crystal; and when that day comes mankind will have to be ready and trained to defend itself and write its own destiny.
"Only when you no longer fear death
you will be able to write your own destiny"
you will be able to write your own destiny"
Links to the Author and the Book
Link to the Author's Website
Connect with the Author via Twitter: @dariogiardi
Link to the Paperback Adudan on Amazon with Excerpt
Link to the eBook Adudan (Italian Edition) on Amazon with Excerpt
Link to the eBook Adudan on Amazon - Promotion Price: only 99 cents
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