#Hugh Howey

[hughhowey]

My favorite thing about Silo is how cozy everyone looks and how everyone just has really nice sweaters. Was the amount of knitwear written into the show (since the book was Wool) or was that fully a costume department decision?

#Answertime #Hugh Howey #Silo #SiloAT

[shay]

Northern Lights in Iceland 🇮🇸 with @adam @hughhowey @photomatt @dang

#hugh howey #iceland #northern lights #shay londre

[rebeccafergusonfan]

Rebecca Ferguson | Silo | Behind the Scenes | (with Hugh Howey, Iain Glen, David Oyelowo, and cast and crew) | 2023

#rebeccaferguson #rebecca ferguson #silos series #silo apple tv #iain glen #hugh howey #david oyelowo #juliette nichols

[p4lmyre]

Silo studies :) I love me some good post apocalyptic show so this was perfect... hoping for more worldbuilding next season ! I'll try and paint some more scenes

#silo #silo series #juliette nichols #rebecca ferguson #ferdinand kingsley #hugh howey #fanart #my art

[camojacketfag]

Books I carried with me throughout 2023

#gillian flynn #octavia butler #koushun takami #george orwell #hugh howey #suzanne collins #robert jordan #mary oliver

[bookcoversonly]

Title: Wool | Author: Hugh Howey | Publisher: Mariner Books (2020)

#books #Wool #Hugh Howey

[vetrinanicoleart]

"We do not know when it will be safe to go outside. We only know that day is not this day."

Juliette Nichols from Silo! Love this book & TV series.

#art #digital art #portrait #fan art #silo #silo apple tv #silo series #hugh howey #rebecca ferguson #books #vetdraws

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

Rebecca Ferguson and Hugh Howey on set of SILO (2023 -) (shared by Hugh through Reddit)

#rebecca ferguson #hugh howey #silo #silo apple tv #wool #apple tv series #behind the scenes #bts #silo bts

[femmeetart]

Juliette is very good at hide and seek

#she literally played hide and seek for like two episodes?? lmfao anyways you can imagine shirley found her and tackled her n then they kiss #or idk. idk what to caption this. i have so many thots. #silo #juliette nichols #shirley campbell #rebecca ferguson #remmi milner #hugh howey #silo apple tv #silo series #wool #wtf do i call this show so people can find it #fan art #memes #mytrinkets #jules is so awkward i love her lmao #thinking about rebecca saying how all jules wanna do is probably lie down and cry #of course she would have armpit hair #ignore jules left hand. i cant figure out how their fingers cross n shit #thinking about their matching tattoos <3 #I'm gonna read the book cause i just can't stop thinking about rebecca and if i read anything else. I'll hear it in her voice #sapphic #wlw

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Writer Spotlight: Hugh Howey

Hugh Howey is the New York Times bestselling author of WOOL, SAND, BEACON 23, and over a dozen other novels. His works have been translated into more than 40 languages, with millions of copies sold worldwide. WOOL is being adapted for television by Apple, due out in 2023. And BEACON 23 is being filmed for release by Charter and AMC. When he isn’t writing, he’s usually traveling or sailing vast distances.

Can you tell us a little about your upcoming title, Across the Sand?

When I was a teenager, my dad took us to the great sand dunes on the west side of the Rocky Mountains. I was captivated by the sight of so much sand left behind by the winds traveling up and over the ridges. It made me think about a future Earth where vast regions are buried in sand. And the possibility of diving deep into that sand to retrieve artifacts from our forgotten world.

Years later, I watched the war in Syria break out, and I marveled at the people courageous enough to leave their home, the place they belonged, to walk to safety. That choice can’t be easy, and the journey must be terrifying. And then to arrive where you aren’t wanted. These thoughts haunted me.

I combined this with thoughts about my own family that I was having at the time; siblings spread wide and not in touch as much as we are meant to be, a father gone to live with another family, and a heroic mother stretched thin. All these themes and more went into the series.

What prompted you to dive back into the Sand series, and what excites you most for fans returning to the series?

Dive! I see what you did there. :)

The first book ends with an epic bang, and I’ve always wanted to pick up where it left off, but I wouldn’t have written the right sequel before now. I lost my father during the pandemic, and my relationship with him was very complex. It shows up in so many of my novels. ACROSS THE SAND was a chance to really tackle how a man can be both great and evil at the same time, and why unconditional love might be the most toxic gift we have to offer.

Family plays a big role in Across the Sand. How do you approach writing nuanced and complicated family dynamics?

The SAND series draws from my own family dynamics more than any of my other novels. What fascinates me about families is how worship and resentment can coexist, how we can love so powerfully and yet push each other away. The sinew between families that undergo stress can withstand so much, but like sinew in our bodies, the injuries to that soft tissue can take a lifetime to heal. Broken bones are easier to mend than these familial sorts of strains.

What’s the writing process like when returning to an already well-loved world? Are there elements of the world that you’re beholden to?

There are, and much of the foreshadowing and hints in the first novel are finally able to be unveiled. I wrote SAND with a trilogy in mind, and one of the most challenging things to do as an eager writer like myself is to know the big things that are coming and hold them back, to allow the world to unspool at a deliberate pace. There are massive things in this book to set up the final chapter, even as each book stands just fine on its own.

Can you talk a little bit about your approach to publishing? What does literary success look like to you?

Literary success looks like a smiling reader to me. When I wrote my first book, I quickly realized how difficult it is to ask someone to sit down and spend eight or ten hours of their lives living in your imagination. The fifteen or twenty bucks is a small ask. Ten hours is a massive one. Even if I tried to give my books away, it was a challenge to get a full read. So for me, every individual reader who picks up one of my stories and reads it to conclusion… that’s a success. The fact that I’ve had this happen millions of times by now is why I can’t wipe the smile off my face or feel anything less than absolute and full contentment as a writer.

Do you have any hopes and dreams for the future of SciFi? What would you like to see more of?

I’d love to see more hope and solutions, even as we build our stories around conflict and problems. I want to see science fiction that revolves around well-developed characters, even as we plumb big ideas and build audacious worlds. More than any other genre, science fiction requires a delicate balance between elements that are in conflict with one another. We ask that imaginations be stretched but not broken, that worlds are fresh and new but not unrecognizable. We put characters in alien situations, but we ask the reader to see themselves in them. The best science fiction, to me, is like a paradox resolved.

You’ve blogged about NaNoWriMo in the past. Are you planning on joining again this year, and do you have any tips for folks wanting to join in for the first time?

I join every year, I just don’t succeed every year! For me, the month of November is just a chance to buckle down and hammer out as many good words as possible as the end of the year looms. You might get one more novel in rough draft or finish a WIP that’s been sitting on a hard drive or in the recesses of your mind. You might get the first half of a new idea set down, which gives you momentum heading into the next year. NaNoWriMo taught me the value of never taking a day off from my writing, which is a lesson I have to relearn more and more often these days.

Did you always want to be a writer? 

Since I was about twelve. That’s when I tried to write my first novel, which I came across this week while cleaning out a closet. Somehow I’ve kept up with the printout of that first attempt for three and a half decades now. And yeah, it’s as bad as you’d imagine a book by a twelve-year-old who was just aping the last book he’d read (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy). And yeah, I’ll probably finish it and publish it someday. Because why not? Twelve-year-old me would be proud.

What’s something you’ve learned about yourself in the process of creating your books?

That I can finish what I start. For twenty years, I tried to write dozens of different novels, and I abandoned them all. After a while, I formed an opinion of myself as someone who can’t complete large tasks. I really started to believe this about myself. Once I finished that first novel, a dam broke. Suddenly, I was able to write two or three books a year. The lesson was this: knowing you can do something is 90% of doing it. Now I just assume I can do anything. It gets me most of the way there.

Thank you so much to Hugh for taking the time to answer our questions! Across the Sand is available everywhere starting today! You can follow Hugh on Tumblr at @hughhowey.

Photo credit: Christopher Michel

#writer spotlight #hugh howey #across the sand #writers on tumblr #scifi #nanowrimo

[isthisjackie]

If you like science fiction/dystopian future, I cannot recommend Wool by Hugh Howey enough. Like unbelievably good. I haven’t blown through a book this thick this fast since I was a kid reading Harry Potter. The show is also amazing, and if you finished the season and was like “???? I have to wait to see what happens next???” The first book alone goes further and does nottttt disappoint

Also if anyone else has read it and would like to talk about it pls feel free to reply to this post bc my boyfriend hasn’t read it yet and I need to get this shit out of my system before I burst

#personal #silo series #wool book #hugh howey #silo apple tv #sci-fi #science fiction #dystopian #book reccs

[hughhowey]

Okay okay okay

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I really appreciate all the hard work you put into your stories and I’ve been throughly enjoying them! Thank you!

#Answertime #Hugh Howey #Silo #SiloAT

[shay]

July 1 2023

My @hughhowey ❤️

Our love, as timeless as the universe and as thrilling as the dawn of a new day, is the melody that dances in my heart as we celebrate our first year together. Celebrating one year with you is an honour. The magic you have brought into my life has been a ceaseless wonder. This year, our love story has painted a canvas, a vibrant tableau brimming with love, respect, and unparalleled companionship. Each stroke, bold or delicate, tells a tale of the strength we have nurtured together. Our love story is not just written in the constellations, but also in the cosmos we create, right here on earth. Our time together is both precious and perfect. Not perfect in the sense of being without flaws, but perfect in its authentic, raw, and beautiful connection. It's a harmony that carries us through life, a force that empowers us to face any melody, be it melancholy or joyous, with courage and grace.You have my heart, Hugh. You have my soul. And as we journey together, creating life experiences that will echo for lifetimes to come, I want you to remember that I love you with all my might and without fear. I hold on to the belief that every experience we share, every memory we create, is a priceless thread in the tapestry of our shared destiny. Here’s to us, my love, to our first year together and to the countless more to come. Let's continue creating our magic, let's keep singing our harmonious tune, and may our love continue to spiral upwards, unfettered, towards the cosmos, forever and a day.

Your person, Shay

#hugh howey #shaylondre #my husband #anniversary #romantic #i love him #best years

[rebeccafergusonfan]

Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Nichols | #Silo | 2023

#rebeccaferguson #rebecca ferguson #silo apple tv #silos series #apple tv #hugh howey

[pavi-kinnie]

Just finished the first season of Silo and OH BOY, I feel really sorry for any of y'all watching this show who haven't read the books, that was a mean cliffhanger to leave you off on, there's still more to the first book after that final scene, y'all are in for a wild ride. (I do highly suggest reading the books though, they are very good, and while there are some differences [including one that might upset you until they explain it later in the series] they are honestly really good and the author writes Jules and pretty much most of his female characters as absolute girlbosses)

#silo apple tv #wool series #hugh howey

[sublecturas]

“Shift”, de Hugh Howey

#hugh howey #shift #book #books #bookgram #bookgasm #booklover #bookriot #instabooks #books & boys #distopic #distopian #libros distopias #distopias #argentina #buenos aires #subte #reading #currently reading #read #lectores #books are life #books are sexy #leo