Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Thanks, Awesomegang, for inviting me!
I am a physician and an author, so I love sprinkling credible medicine into my fiction novels. I have quite a gaggle of books. And since my specialty was anesthesiology, my O.R. scenes shine as well as the antics which take place in and out of the operating room!
One of my novels stands alone. It revolves around organ transplantation and the subplot is about a dog. It takes place during Hurricane Ivan. That one is ‘Outcome, a Novel.’ I have one health book called ‘Younger Next Decade’ which has my pearls for healthy living and The Dr. Danny Tilson Novels which I’ll tell you about in your next question.
Also, I am a big dog fan! I have several large ones and one is a therapy dog. Because he became very popular in middle TN, everyone asked me for a children’s book about him. So, the Chester the Chesapeake children’s book series was born and there are now five books. Chester tells the stories and I illustrate them with real pictures of all the dogs. They are heartwarming! His latest one is ‘The Three Dogs of Christmas.’
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is with the editor. It’s the third book in The Dr. Danny Tilson Novels. However, each book can also stand alone.
So, my latest published novel in 2014 is Dr. Danny’s second one called ‘Silent Fear, a Medical Mystery.’ After I published the first book, ‘Operation Neurosurgeon,’ the characters were so beloved, everyone kept asking me for another novel with the same characters. That’s what inspired me to write it. As it turns out, like Ebola, the ‘organism’ in Silent Fear actually exists!
The third book in the series should be ready by March.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Ha! This sums it up:
Write, take dogs for a walk.
Write, take dogs for another walk.
Write, go see what the dogs are barking about.
Try and go write. 🙂
What authors, or books have influenced you?
James Michener’s historical fiction sagas are amazing!
Frankenstein is a classic and there’s a little book by the name of ‘Tinkers’ that really grabbed me.
However, I think my own life experiences have had the biggest influence on my plots.
What are you working on now?
I just put my pen down from writing the third Dr. Danny Tilson manuscript, so I’m working on it’s cover and all the other things that come before publication. It’s called ‘Collateral Circulation, a Medical Mystery.’
‘Silent Fear’ was just granted a stipend to be produced into an audiobook which should commence in January. So, I probably won’t start the next book in the series until that is completed.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Here are two:
My own: http://BarbaraEbel.weebly.com
Chester the Chesapeake’s: http://dogbooksforchildren.weebly.com
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up your day job too fast!
I think it’s great to dabble with writing for a long time and when you retire, go for it full time.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Well, actually it’s a saying by Einstein. It’s my favorite:
“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”
What are you reading now?
Just finished ‘Gone Girl’ before seeing the movie!
What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep polishing what I write and let my characters, Dr. Danny Tilson, his paramedic best friend Casey, and the scheming, conniving Rachel Hendersen live on in my novels.
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?
Actually, I would bring two books I’ve never read.
Probably another Michener and The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, by David McCullough. I’ve been wanting to read it!
And my third one would be one of Chester’s books because it would make me smile. 🙂
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