Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I took Dramatic Writing education in Turkey as a license education. From childhood to adulthood, i have always found strength and lessons within tales. What i aim is to share these precious values; not to mention make a living of it.
I have been working at advertising sector while writing my stories and daydreaming a lot. Eventually i felt the urge to change my occupation, therefore i started to learn details of self publishing.
I wrote a few theatre plays (one staged), tv shows and stories. I also have some poem attempts. Currently I am working on an ethnic, scinece-fiction-fantasy tale.
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What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Fables: Part 1 is my freshly published book. It mostly consists of my works during Dramatic Writing education. I like fairy tales which has a word or two about real world. Therefore i am trying to write that way. I thought that obvious name would be Fables…
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Whenever i don’t write i feel like i left the fridges door open.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
That’s big… Dostoyevsky, Erich Fromm, Tolkien, Aristophanes, Margret Weiss, Ursule K. , Adalet Agaoglu, Muzaffer İzgü, Orhan Pamuk, Sartre, and so on…
What are you working on now?
Currently I am working on an ethnic, scinece-fiction-fantasy tale.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am kind of learning that.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just do it and be patient.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Just do it.
What are you reading now?
Orhan Kemal – Cemile
What’s next for you as a writer?
Currently I am trying make a sustainable income so that i can focus my energy to writing. That, unfortunately demands bills to be paid. If i can create a good reader audience, I will keep try to do my best touch peoples souls and make a difference. Small or big.
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?
Q’uran, Divina Commedia, Art of Love (Fromm), and a blank note book with a pencil.
Author Websites and Profiles
Ali Igor Kaptanoglu Amazon Profile