Interview With Author Betty Adams
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a nomadic scientist who wanders the Pacific Northwest searching for mutant strawberries!
I have written two comedy anthologies “Humans are Weird: I Have the Data”, “Humans are Weird: We Took a Vote”, and one tragady in a different universe, “Dying Embers: Dragons, Aliens, and Things That go Boomp in the Night”.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Humans are Weird: We Took a Vote”
So what happens after first contact? After second contact? What will our little green friends think of us when they have to live with the absurdity of human existance?
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I do my best mental work when performing hard, simple labor like diging holes or moving rocks.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Patrick McMannus, “Never Snif a Gift Fish”
George Macdonald “Phantastes”
What are you working on now?
The third “Humans are Weird” book.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
http://www.authorbettyadams.com/bettys-blog
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write, just vomit those words onto that page however you can. Then you can edit, but you can’t edit what isn’t there.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Writers write. If you want to be a writer, just write.
What are you reading now?
C.S. Lewis’s “The Four Loves”
What’s next for you as a writer?
More writing.
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?
The Bible
A scattering of C.S. Lewis.
Something at least three inches thick that I haven’t read yet that was written more than 150 years ago.
Author Websites and Profiles
Betty Adams’s Social Media Links