Interview With Author A Victor
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live on an idyllic island with my lovely wife and she’s also my best friend (that’s important isn’t it?). Over the years, we travelled internationally holding seminars and teaching the full range of real biblical living – knowing God, being guided and empowered, making a difference in the world around us. Now, we both write and sometimes write together as co-authoring books that teach a successful, spiritual life. I’ve been writing for over 35 years and counting. That’s a lot in courses and seminar materials – hundreds of articles, lectures, course material plus 6 books and many more to keep me happily writing for years to come.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
It’s a real mouthful, ready? ‘You Are… Uplifting truths about YOU! Workbook: A Happy Walk Book’. In short, ‘You Are…’. The inspiration? We all need to have a good self-image and we need someone to tell us good things about ourselves. Who better to tell us than God? I set out to write who you are from God’s perspective, from the bible. There are over 31 “You are…” declarations in this book, so, reading it is an amazing and uplifting experience. It’s a genuinely feel-good read that you can return to over and over and one you’ll want to share.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I never get writer’s block. This is why… I have multiple writing, painting, creative projects and when I don’t know how I want to say something, I don’t force it. I go and cook, walk, chat, watch a show. I switch to something else. Then, bubble, bubble, I sense a theme or idea bubbling up and I don’t delay, I start to put it down. Sometimes, when I can feel there’s something there but it’s not ready to go down in writing, I leave it and allow my mind to work on it in the background.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Without reservation, the book that most influenced my writing is the bible – it’s any serious biblical writer’s primary source with an extraordinary range of information. Being a prolific reader and researcher I also have a library containing a wealth of bible-based and other subjects – histories, cultures, science, the mind. We also have all our theology text books from our university days. To add to that, I have masses of writing my partner and I have done over the years and I get surprised by what’s been written before.
What are you working on now?
Lots of exciting works are in progression including books on success, how God communicates with you, dreams and sleep, and painting with a view to illustrating and making prints. Plus I’m writing for our monthly newsletters.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
You can’t go wrong inviting readers to receive email newsletters. How? We offer a free book in our books and follow up with monthly emails with free articles and books and news of special book releases. Plus our books contain extracts from other books we’ve written with links. And this site was highly recommended to me by a top publishing expert.
They said, ‘A Top Book Promotion Site.’
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Give your best with a view to adding value to each reader’s life. Be positive and provide solutions. Ensure that it’s accurate and properly researched. Write, rewrite, condense, check for typos more than once. I always have an expert in my field read the draft and comment. People judge a book by its cover so make sure it’s done well and the content is well-formatted.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It’s something that comes through in all my writing – to gain true satisfaction in life, give your very best and make a positive difference in the world around you.
What are you reading now?
‘Happy Money’ by Ken Honda. Ken presents a unique perspective on money and our relationship with it and how that affects our ability to receive and give in the right way.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m illustrating and writing a children’s bible story colouring book for our monthly newsletters. It’s one of our free offerings.
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?
Stranded on a desert island? It could be for life, then again, I might get rescued so my 4 books take that into account:
• How to Thrive on a Tropical Deserted Island: A Primer For the Shipwrecked Sailor by Mike Riley – to stay alive and thrive.
• The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies by Nicole Apelian – for safe eating and health.
• Thompson Chain-Reference Bible, Hardcover: New King James Version by Dr. Frank Charles Thompson – this is bible, concordance and multiple references ideal for research.
• A blank paged book for writing in (with a pencil) – to write memoirs, thoughts and those next books.
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