Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I like to think of myself as a vocational alchemist, since I experimented with a number of careers (actress, graphic designer, journalist and EMT, just to name a few), before I found a niche in the healthcare field. I’ve been a registered nurse now for over two decades with roughly half that time spent in various emergency rooms across Vermont and New York. Before The Idoron, which is my first novel and longest work to date, I had a number of short stories and poems published in online and print magazines.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Idoron is my only novel to date. After hitting a wall with a paranormal thriller I was trying to write last year, I decided that challenging myself by plunging into another genre was the only way to get out of the slump. It worked!
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Is it unusual to require oceans of caffeine, uninterrupted solitude and absolute silence for up to 10 hours a day? Then… no, none whatsoever.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Carol Goodman, and Richard Brautigan.
What are you working on now?
When not plugging away at my horror novel, I’m reworking some short stories to release for free on Amazon.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing, no matter what, and above all, believe in yourself.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The only way to “learn” how to write a novel is to…write one.
What are you reading now?
Kill Creek by Scott Thomas.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Long range? I’d love to see the Idoron made into an anime series and eventually, would like to make a living through all my little words.
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?
No books, because unless there’s a five-star resort on that island, there’s no way I’d go along with the whole, “being stranded” thing.
Author Websites and Profiles
Antoinette McCormick Website