Perrin Pring - CASH AND GRAVITY - Episode 381

About this episode

Kyler Bingham interviews author Perrin Pring about her novel 'Cash and Gravity' and the writing process behind it.

On the latest episode of Salt Lake Dirt , I sat down with author Perrin Pring to talk about her novel, Cash and Gravity , which releases on May 26th from Diversion Books . The story is set in a near future where six mega-corporations have essentially supplanted global governments. It follows Chevy Cole, a military grunt who unexpectedly ends up on the run with a stolen mobile fusion device that everyone is trying to track down. Perrin shared how the initial spark for the book came from a conversation with her husband during a long, remote drive through Nevada after days spent off the grid on the Green River. We also talked about how her career as a park ranger helps her bring a gritty, hands-on realism to the physical struggles her characters face. What I found especially interesting was hearing about her rewriting process and her willingness to take tough feedback. Influenced by her time in a low-residency MFA program and advice from author Todd Goldberg, Perrin actually swapped the genders of her main characters late in the process to find the right dynamic. We discussed the lore of her "Aces"—the elite, space-based super-soldiers who are treated like celebrity…

People in this episode

Host: Kyler Bingham

Guest: Perrin Pring

Topics covered

• novel writing
• corporate dystopia
• character development
• feedback in writing
• MFA programs
• business of writing

Keywords

• Perrin Pring
• Cash and Gravity
• novel
• writing process
• MFA
• corporate dystopia
• character development
• feedback

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Diversion Books

Books & works: Cash and Gravity

Places: Nevada, Green River

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