Featured Interview With Jeramy Goble
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Jeramy Goble is a whimsical and refreshing science fiction and fantasy author, originally from Morganton, North Carolina. While traveling with his sister, mother, and military father, Jeramy accumulated passions for the wonders of world faiths, and the excitement of science and technology. In addition to being an author, Jeramy is an IT professional, composer and avid gamer. After studying music, Jeramy received his bachelor’s degree in 2004. He and his wife, Julia, were married in 2010 and currently reside in Maggie Valley, North Carolina.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was six, I vividly remember first reading WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS by Shel Silverstein. To this day, I can recall how other-worldly Shel’s introduction to the book was, and how the power of his words transported me into the shoes of those different than me. He instilled in me an appreciation for imagination and humor, as well as a passion for learning about others. That experience actively kicked off my love for reading, but I didn’t begin writing in earnest until I was in college.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I usually alternate between science fiction and fantasy, but also often read biographies and historical non-fiction. I make an effort to search out original premises in science fiction, but especially fantasy, because gnomes, trolls, faeries and dwarves, (a la Tolkien), have been done to death. I absolutely adore Tolkien, now that I’ve brought him up, but someone outdoing what he did so well is extremely rare. With that said, Tolkien is an important influence on my writing because of how well he conveys the mammoth scope of Middle Earth and the cultures within, as well as all of his attention to history and minutiae that sells the context of his stories. Minutiae and context are extremely important to me.
In addition to Tolkien, Stephen King’s Dark Tower series, Brandon Sanderson’s work, and Madeleine L’Engle are some of my favorites.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Souls of Astraeus is the first book in my Akallian Tales series. I did the bulk of writing on it some six or seven years ago before life interrupted and inserted many a writing hiatus. I added to it, revised, edited and finished in October 2013.
It tells of Akal, a fairly submissive young man who, when faced with losing the love of his life, experiences a transformation that makes him aware of his millions of past lives and gains access to their abilities. What will he do with his new knowledge and abilities? Are there others like him? If so, how are *they* using their abilities? If you’ve ever wondered if you’ve had past lives and what it would be like to have the knowledge of those previous experiences, this science fiction and fantasy adventure will give you an idea.
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