Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Glad you could take a moment. They call me Allan. I am from southern California and still there, now in San Diego. My first entrepreneurial venture was with my best friend. We started a surfboard company, KeDa Surfboards. We sold a lot of boards. With money in our jeans, we bought cars, and discovered girls. That was the end of KeDa.
From there I journeyed into science and technology writing for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. In many ways, the regulatory approval of products is essentially the art of bringing boring data sets to life. Demonstrating the value of the product by making the information readable, engaging, entertaining, and connected to real people wins approvals. Success in that art has earned me the freedom to chase the art of fictional story telling. I love it.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Quiescence Terminated was inspired by the current state of terrorism, the rise of terrorist capabilities sponsored by a state actor like Iran and the impact that kind of terrorism could have on the presidential electoral process in the US.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Typically up at 4 am and writing until 7 or so, a walk to breakfast. Tennis till the afternoon then writing till dinner. While in the last year and a half I have only self published one book I have actually written three others. The writing is fun. The marketing not so much.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stevenson ‘Treasure Island’
Sidney Sheldon
Hemmingway ‘The Old Man and the Sea, and the Snows of Kilamanjo’
What are you working on now?
Finishing a standalone adventure series I call beach reads ‘the getaway’ series. Patterned after Sheldon’s Hart tot Hart TV series.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Still learning the marketing. Website Novelsbyallan.com
Do you have any advice for new authors?
We all love writing, keep at it. Marketing not so much but with 200,000 new titles showing up on Kindle per month it is a necessary part of the writers life.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure.”
What are you reading now?
“Dark Mysteries of the Vatican” by Paul Jefferies.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Continuing to learn to entertain through prose.
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?
How to Build a Boat, How to Survive at Sea, How to Catch Fish without Bait & the Bible.
Author Websites and Profiles
Allan Greenbrier Website
Allan Greenbrier Amazon Profile