Author Interview: David H Reiss

I met Author David H Reiss at WorldCon in San Jose.  He had a great table and an interesting story.  I am delighted to feature him here on No Wasted Ink.

My name is David Reiss, author and sci-fi/fantasy fan. While growing up, I was that weird kid with my nose in a book and my head in the clouds. I was the table-top role-playing game geek, the comic-book nerd, the story-teller, and the dreamer.

Fortunately, I haven’t changed much.

Most of my hobbies revolve around exploring the skills and crafts that I’ve read about in fiction, ranging from primitive stone-age technology to modern robotics. I’ve forged medieval armor and built replica lightsabers, programmed autonomous drones and knapped an arrowhead from flint, started fires by rubbing sticks together and started fires with lasers. I’ve fought with swords, picked locks, taken combat-driving courses, jumped from bridges, and studied a half-dozen martial…