When Shadows Rise
- Katharine E Wibell
- 9 hours ago
- 4 min read
1) Hi! Before we talk about your book, why don’t you introduce yourself? You can use a pen name if you have one.
Dustin Blackwall
2) What genre do you write about?
YA Romantasy Thriller
3) What are your top 10 favorite books/authors?
Carl Sagan
Arthur C Clarke
Issac Assimov
Dean Koontz
Alan Steele
Dan Browne
R.A. Salvatore
4) How long have you been writing?
Well for years, just got serious about it recently.
5) What kind of research do you do before you begin writing a book?
I google everything to get my facts straight and try to write what I know.
6) Do you see writing as a career?
LOL ask me again in a year.
7) Do you read yourself and if so what is your favorite genre?
I’ve always been a reader — it’s one of the constants in my life. I tend to wander between genres depending on my mood, but I’m especially drawn to science fiction, fantasy, military thrillers, and good old-fashioned espionage.
There’s something about those worlds — the sense of scale, the strategy, the imagination — that has always lit up my curiosity. They shaped the way I think about storytelling and probably planted the seeds for the kinds of mysteries and atmospheres I love exploring in my own work.
8) Do you write one book at a time or do you have several going at a time?
I tend to have quite a few ideas drifting around in my head at any given time. Sometimes I’ll jump from one project to another just to follow where the energy is that day — it’s part of how my creativity works.
But when a story really starts calling to me, I can focus in and give it the attention it deserves. There’s something wonderful about letting ideas breathe while still being able to commit fully when a project reaches that moment where it feels ready to come to life.
9) Pen or type writer or computer?
COMPUTER
10) What made you want to become an author and do you feel it was the right decision?
It’s a bucket list thing. It was time.
11) If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?
I think I’d tell them to just go for it. People will always have their own ideas about how your life should look, what path you should follow, what’s “practical.” But only you can feel the pull of the things that matter to you.
I’d remind my younger self that it’s okay to choose a different direction, even if no one else understands it yet. Your path is yours to walk — and the stories you carry are worth listening to.
12) How long on average does it take you to write a book?
It really depends on what real life is doing at the time. The bills don’t stop, the responsibilities don’t pause, and sometimes finding the space to write feels like trying to carve out a quiet moment inside a storm. But little by little, you find ways to make it work.
Some days it’s easy, and other days you just have to put your head down and keep going. The important part is showing up for the story, even in small moments. That’s how the books eventually come together - one determined page at a time.
13) Do you believe in writer’s block?
I think it’s a chronic condition for me.
14) Can you pitch your book in a couple sentences?
When the shadows come alive, Ava and Caleb discover the only safe place is in each other’s arms. But the closer they get, the darker the truth becomes.
15) Now can you elaborate a bit more about your book?
All the Shadows We Become
Caleb Ward is trying to forget the night he almost died.Ava Lin is trying to understand why he survived.
But Hollow Creek isn’t letting either of them move on.
What starts as a strange blackout spirals into a trail of eerie clues, shifting shadows, and a connection between Ava and Caleb that grows hotter and more undeniable with every new secret uncovered.
Something happened that night.Something dangerous.And it’s waking up.
16) Do you have a book trailer? If so, where can we watch it?
17) What other book(s) have you written?
Yes, a sci-fi thriller called, Light Years to Midnight.
When data itself begins to speak, who decides what it’s trying to say?Light Years To Midnight — a globe-spanning thriller where science, faith, and code collide in a race against a countdown written into the fabric of reality.
18) Now can you tell me a bit more about yourself?
Dustin is a lifelong fan of science and speculative fiction, blending his fascination with astronomy, technology, and the unknown into stories that explore the edge between logic and wonder. When he’s not writing, he’s reading, stargazing, or chasing trails on his dirt bike — always searching for what lies just beyond understanding.
19) Where can we find and follow you?
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dustinblackwall/
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