We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Ben Green. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Ben below.

Alright, Ben thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Let’s jump right into how you came up with the idea?

I’ve always wanted to publish a science fiction or fantasy series. As a teen, I read a lot of Michael Crichton books and even more Star Wars. The RIMDUUM series was probably my fourth or fifth attempt at writing a series. My first few writing projects were really a learning experience. It’s funny: At the time, I didn’t know that. I assumed I would publish my first book. But most creatives and entrepreneurs need a few attempts to find something worth doing. That’s what RIMDUUM was to me.

Two things happened that allowed that series to come together.

One, I broadened the feedback I was getting. I started taking writing more seriously and incorporating feedback from dozens of others. Beta readers, critique groups—both online and in-person—family and friends. You name it. I grew a tough outer shell and lowered my defenses.

Two, I could truly imagine the audience. I identified who I was writing for—besides myself. This work connects to the first point as well. I took feedback from my perspective audience more seriously than from other readers. And when I wrote, I’d think of them.

As I was drawing near the end of the first of three books in the RIMDUUM series, I created Loamseed Press to legitimize my series and draw attention to the care, professionalism, and effort I put into my work. Now I have multiple short stories and a complete trilogy in the world of RIMDUUM.

started to envision its audience and imagine its brand evolving in the future. Early drafts of the first few chapters generated a positive response from beta readers, which generally means that a series or book might do well in the market.

Ben, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I’ve been story telling for a long time, making books from cardboard and paper, writing scripts for new episodes of my favorite shows, acting them out with action figures. This is how I spent my childhood and teen years—creating. In the end, none of that translated into professional creative work. Instead, I became a teacher for the sake of stability. Though my creative strengths proved unexpectedly valuable in my teaching career. Now I’ve taught for almost fifteen years. But here’s the beautiful thing about creativity: your profession doesn’t negate your ability to make things. It often limits my time and changes my priorities, but my formal work doesn’t stop me passionately inventing things.

Now, I am a published author of a fantasy series called RIMDUUM—an epic story of a young man drawn into a world of of neon dungeons and nuclear magic deep under the Rocky Mountains.

I’m currently working on multiple new projects and searching for the most promising lead. I have multiple irons in the fires. Time will tell whether I publish a middle grade space epic, an adult fantasy about a potions master, a young adult sci-fi I compare to Willy Wonka and the Hunger Games, a table top role-playing game (TTRPG) built for multiple settings, or a cathartic, apocalyptic board game about cleaning up after the zombies.

Regardless, you can see that I stick to the mission of Loamseed Press: Build worlds of wonder that cater to superfans.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

The mission of Loamseed Press is to create worlds of wonder that cater to superfans. I always say RIMDUUM is fandom ready. It leaves readers ready to talk about wild theories, interesting lore, and characters. Many readers find inspiration in my work and imagine their own stories using it as a creative sandbox. I love that!

My audience comprises men and boys often excluded from the mainstream market. The audience for fantasy has shifted and there are fewer and fewer adventurous stories for boys about boys. My books are very inclusive, but I do buck the market forces somewhat in making my lead character male. My best conversations have been with either younger fans in middle grades or men who feel they lack time for longer adult fantasy books, or they are interested in a lot of mature content. My mission is to keep my worlds awesome and my content accessible to all audiences.

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

I’m pivoting right now. The pool of novel readers in the world is shrinking. I could keep trying to publish novels, but they might not find a market. I’m looking at new projects including things like game design, app creation, graphic novels, audiobooks, and collaborations with other writers. The world only becomes more and more interconnected and somehow more niche. I spend more time now game writing than I do novel writing, but the principles are the same: make cool worlds, find fans.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.loamseedpress.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bdigitalgreen/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bengreenwrites
• Other: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B086HBKFRG
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