Interview With Author Alex Martin
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi, I’m Alex Martin and I’ve been writing since I was seven years old. It took me many years to go public but I now have ten books published! I love earning my living through my passion for writing.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Warrior Queens, Book Three of The Spirit Level Series, was inspired by some ancestral research. There was a legend in the village my ancestors lived in many years ago which intrigued me to write a story with a supernatural twist based on the legend but essentially it’s a domestic drama about three female friends who are struggling with very modern problems.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I do like a bit of quiet, a lit candle, and a flask of Earl Grey tea and my muse, my border collie, keeping vigil beside me.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Too many to list but some that stand out are from the classical works of Jane Austen, EM Forster, Shakespeare, and I love Winston Grahame’s Poldark series. Rosamund Pilcher and Joanna Trollope are also favourites.
What are you working on now?
I’m plotting a new series, a swashbuckling genderbending tale of pirates!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Bookbub, hands down
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Live your passion
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Follow your bliss
What are you reading now?
Warrior Queens, of course, for the 100th time to make sure it’s perfect!
What’s next for you as a writer?
A new series of adventure stories set in Tudor times
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?
EM Forster’s Room with a View, Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, Any Poldark story, and perhaps a Georgette Heyer
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