About
Tony Peak is an Active Member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, and an Associate Member of the Horror Writers Association. He is represented by Ethan Ellenberg of the Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency. His interests include progressive thinking, music, wine, history, transhumanism, and planetary exploration. He resides in southwest Virginia with a great view of the New River.
Only when facing the extremes of environment, physics, and reality, do my characters realize who they are. Then I realize who I am.
I started taking writing seriously in 2008, made my first sale the next year, and haven’t looked back. As a lifelong reader, I’d always wanted to create my own worlds, to craft a story I’d be proud of. But it still feels strange whenever I see my work in print. Those words seem to be spoken by another person, from another time.
Though it took me years to figure it out, one should be the writer they want to be, not one they assume will sell millions of books. Keep your expectations realistic, be patient, develop a thick skin, keep submitting your work—and write like hell.
Other little tidbits about me: I love music, and have a collection that spans practically every genre—from classical to electronica to rock to jazz to world music. Each month I read National Geographic, Locus Magazine, Archaeology Magazine, and Astronomy Magazine (all of my subscriptions are digital). I regularly buy courses from the Teaching Company, with subjects ranging from astrophysics, Alexander the Great, to wine. I read comics, such as The Wicked + The Divine, Sex Criminals, and Saga (again, all digital). I watch Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, and Star Trek: Disocvery. Monty Python and the Holy Grail remains my favorite comedy. I play Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons. And…I love both physical books and ebooks. Enjoy the best of the old and new, I say.
Though it took me years to figure it out, one should be the writer they want to be, not one they assume will sell millions of books. Keep your expectations realistic, be patient, develop a thick skin, keep submitting your work—and write like hell.
Other little tidbits about me: I love music, and have a collection that spans practically every genre—from classical to electronica to rock to jazz to world music. Each month I read National Geographic, Locus Magazine, Archaeology Magazine, and Astronomy Magazine (all of my subscriptions are digital). I regularly buy courses from the Teaching Company, with subjects ranging from astrophysics, Alexander the Great, to wine. I read comics, such as The Wicked + The Divine, Sex Criminals, and Saga (again, all digital). I watch Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, and Star Trek: Disocvery. Monty Python and the Holy Grail remains my favorite comedy. I play Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons. And…I love both physical books and ebooks. Enjoy the best of the old and new, I say.
Being a writer is like having things live and die inside of you every day. The next day, you try to capture the dead things in words, try to resurrect that moment, that memory, that person, so you will recall it for one more day, one more instance of joy, one more second of glory. You hope someone else will read those words and share that experience, see the world you see, love the person you loved. It provides the illusion that nothing really dies, it simply passes on to other minds, other realities. Then the next day begins, and something lives, something dies, all over again. And you type, you type so damn fast that the words no longer matter, only that thing in your mind, that beautiful thing you wish could be alive just one more day.
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Proud Member & Supporter
The Planetary Society, The Long Now Foundation, The National Geographic Society, The Folio Society, The Science Fiction Book Club
