Hugh Howey
Hugh Howey
Hugh C. Howeyis an American writer, known best for the science fiction series Silo, part of which he published independently through Amazon.com's Kindle Direct Publishing system. Howey was raised in Monroe, North Carolina and before publishing his books, he worked as a yacht captain, roofer, and audio technician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
approach gets interact mostly outside readers social
My approach with social media is to interact with the readers I already have. I do it mostly to procrastinate from my writing. It's an escape. It's the only socializing I get outside of my wife, and she gets sick of me.
almost asking best effort good job leave material purchase readers sample spend spread time work zero
Honestly, I don't think I'm a good promoter. I spend almost zero time or effort asking new readers to sample or purchase my work. That's not the job of the author. We should write our best material and leave it up to readers to spread the word.
fan great huge putting readers wheels
I'm such a huge fan of fan fiction, to me it's a great way for readers to become writers. It's like putting the training wheels on for writing.
competing freely happily itself people sort thumb
There are two competing philosophies in 'Wool': one is that people have to live under an iron thumb in order to survive, and the other one is that everyone should live completely freely and happily and everything will sort itself out.
careers best-things can-do
Living frugally is one of the best things an author can do to prepare for their career.
beautiful wish tilt
My only wish is that we leave room for hope. There is good and bad in all things. We find what we expect to find. We see what we expect to see. I have learned that if I tilt my head just right and squint, the world outside is beautiful. The future is bright. There are good things to come.
men forgiving fellow-man
When there’s only God to blame, we forgive him. When it’s our fellow man, we destroy him.
liars men honest
That's the problem with the truth," Darcy said. "Liars and honest men both claim to have it.
darkness shadow his-smile
Even in the darkness, his smile threw shadows.
loss blow illusion
It was a sad loss, this illusion of importance, a humbling blow.
people needs world
We are not the people who made this world, Lukas, but it's up to us to survive it. You need to understand that." "We can't control where we are right now," he mumbled, "just what we do going forward.
fall men people
He thought of men like Hitler, Stalin, and Napoleon. All it took was a lot of seemingly decent people to put the wrong person in power and then fall under their spell.
past better-off
some things are better off back in the past. Where they belong.
men epidemics discovery
Imagine the first discovery that one of these epidemics was man-made—the panic, the violence that would ensue. That’s where the end would come. A typhoon kills a few hundred people, does a few billion in damage, and what do we do?” Erskine interlocked his fingers. “We come together. We put the pieces back. But a terrorist’s bomb.” He frowned. “A terrorist’s bomb does the same damage, and it throws the world into turmoil.” He spread his hands apart like an explosion going off. “When there’s only God to blame, we forgive him. When it’s our fellow man, we must destroy him.