Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m 31yes old. Im Irish, I’ve written 5 ebooks, some short stories, each in a different style. WERE INC THE EIRU SAGA VOL 1, is my first full length book, it’s been received surprisingly well. I’m currently planning on moving to the USA in September 2017.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Were Inc The Eiru Saga Vol 1, it was inspired by a few things, mainly it was my love of folklore coupled with a once good friend. I wanted to create something around lycanthropes; I thought what could be a best or most dangerous enemy they could have, because let’s face it, they are the ultimate predator.
When debating with a close friend we talked about my favourite spiderman character namley Venom (Eddie Brock) and that gave birth to the oil/tar project mortal symbiote’s. That might I wrote the characters, Michéal, Aisling, Shannon etc and from there I gathered my thoughts and spent over a year Writing the first installment of the Saga. I’m currently working in the second installment, Paramour.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I need total silence, I can’t be distracted at all, just leave me alone haha that why I tend to just put on my heads phones and listen to some music when I write. I can’t wrote at home, not right now anyway, I leave and go somewhere anywhere else. I’ve found the music and my current mood effect how and what I’ll wrote, i could set out to write a love screen but end up with a battle scene and vise versa.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Bram stoker Dracula, Michael Ende The Never-ending story, Mary Shelly Frankenstein, Robert Louis Stevenston Strange case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde.
Amazing books, they tell magnificent stories, you can’t put them down you really can’t.
What are you working on now?
Currently working on the sequel to Were Inc, the second installment of the Eiru Saga. Titles Paramour the Eiru Saga Vol 2. Its more intense more romantic,
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Oh wow um Facebook has been very helpful in promoting, Twitter & Amazon.co.uk are great for promoting, but I find the reviews on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk are very encouraging very inspiring.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Think twice before choosing this line of work, start to enjoy hearing the word No. You’ll hear it a great deal. If you go the self publishing route it can be costly but, you are in complete control of your work or you process and or you budget. It’s not all sun shone and roses it’s not a glamorous life, it’s hard it’s lonely it’s trying and it’s costly. Think before you act, you won’t be an over night success l, enjoy writing for what it is & it becomes it’s own reward.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Each day is a constant fighr, make your impact on the world & make it big, succeed at all cost, no one forgets success, only failure.
What are you reading now?
I’m rereading strange case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde and the Edger Allan poe collection. I’m getting ready to catch up on my New 52 (Dc comics) too.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Succes at all costs haha, I’m setting up readings all over Ireland this year (2016) festival appearances also in Ireland, a great deal more online promoting (USA mainly), possible television appearance, and next year I’ll be hosting a stall at comic-con 2017 in Dublin Ireland. There’s no rest for the wicked.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Oh that’s not fair um,
1: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
2: Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
3:Strange case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenston)
4: Were Inc The Eiru Saga Vol 1 (myslef)
I’d have to bring my own purely to keep up my moral haha.
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