Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
30 of both shorts and novels. 15 are currently published.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I have three coming out this month, but the two novel and novella sized ones are Gildemer Volume One and Miltic Volume. Both have been sitting on my hard drive for years. I finally got around to developing more this year. Gildemer came from a dream that was mostly like spurred by watching too much Ouran Highschool Host club in one sitting. Miltic was inspired to be a sister series to Gildemer.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Procrastination with anime. Procrastination with books. Procrastination with Video Games. Working like a mad woman to meet deadline, doing so while listening to spotify playlists made for that specific story. Thanking my Editors for putting up with my procrastinating butt.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Jeez, where do I start? J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter got me back into writing. I used to write Harry Potter fanfiction all the time. My favorite character is and always will be Hermione Granger close seconds are Severus Snape and Remus Lupin. Another author who inspires me is Stephen King. I love his writing. Both authors are proof you can become something at your lowest point.
Other authors who inspire because they are living the dream as successful indie authors:
Amanda Hocking (A former indie)
Quin Loftis
C.L. Stone
Chanda Hahn
Hugh Howey
What are you working on now?
Gildemer Episode Seven, and Eight, and wrapping up Miltic Volume One.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have a wonderful PA who does most of my promoting now, but I use Facebook groups and Goodreads groups to promote. It also helps to have a good rapport with your readers. They are some the best promotion any author can as for.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you want to be an indie like me, then stockpile your works before you release your first book or series. I didn’t do this and I wish I had (especially with my tendency to procrastinate). Continuous Production is key to make as an indie today. The market gets swapped everyday with new authors and books, so you have to fight to get to the surface. Release a book or more a month helps keep your name in at front of reader’s minds.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“You only fail if you stop writing.” –Ray Bradbury
“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” –Stephen King
What are you reading now?
On Writing by Stephen King (for Non-fiction)
Fallen Women by Sandra Dallas (for Fiction)
What’s next for you as a writer?
Keeping up with my production schedule and working on some secret projects. If you want to know more about those find me on Facebook and also ask to be added to my Oren’s Order group
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?
Only 4? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, IT by Stephen King, Green Angel by Alice Hoffman, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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