Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written one book so far, I’m already working on a continuation.
I have been writing web-novels for a long time, specifically comedies, one over 425,000 words or 1,545 pages.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Binary Progression, honestly for as much as I love the video game genra, I think too many people are over-playing the seriousness, which is understandable, but I like jokes and comedy, hence why my video-game centric story is a comedy!
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I really enjoy writing about food and describing the process of cooking it.
Sometimes I have to cut back on the desription because there’d be like three pages of just food cooking mid-conversation.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Daisuke Umezu, for his work on Log Horizon which inspired me and showed me that game worlds can be more than fantasy world with a pixely coat of paint.
Monthy Python, for being the ones who introduced me to absurdist comedy.
Hideaki Sorachi, for the amazing comedy and unforgettable character-writing he does.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on the sequel to Binary Progression, the first book just scratched the surface of the game mechanics and the players within, the second volume will have plenty more jokes, character development, a new character to add ot the main cast and more!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I always struggle with advertising, it’s something I’m not great at and I have nowhere near enough confidence to just shove my book down people’s throats on social media, haha.
Telling my family was a good way to get a few sales, though I’m still looking for more ways to promote my book!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be a writer before anything else, you might be a bad artist/illustrator, you might be bat at marketing, just focus on writing!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Just write.
What are you reading now?
It’s a tough question, I start a fair amount of books and drop a lot of them, recently I’ve hardly had time to read with all the writing I’ve been doing, haha.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Hopefully, the second book, third and so on!
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?
Volume 1 to 4 of Log Horizon.
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