Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
It has been a great long-term goal for me to become an author. My plan was to write vast novels when I retired, but fate intervened in the form of being laid off. I began working part time for a company and decided to write in-between work. This prospect has become a real adventure with many unexpected twists.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My first book, Interviewing Immortality was just Released on Amazon. I am really excited about this book and the reception this book will receive. It is about an author that is kidnapped and forced to interview a 500-year-old woman. In the process, he is forced to confront his own poor life choices.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
When I get stuck writing, I like to take bike rides and think it over. The solution usually presents itself. Otherwise, it is banging away in solitude on Microsoft Word.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Neil Gaiman. What an amazing mind.
What are you working on now?
I have two unrelated books ready to be formatted for publishing. I am working on the sequel to Interviewing Immortality.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I like goodreads, but i feel that all the book websites need some work. They fail to answer the basic question: What is a good book for me. I think some AI could help.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Writing the book is the easy part. Getting it ready to be published is the hard part. Promoting your book is the impossible part.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Data is the foundation for knowledge. Knowledge is the foundation for wisdom.
What are you reading now?
Steve Martin’s Shopgirl. Interesting book so far. Only a few pages into it at this point.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I have two more books that i am about to get published. This includes title design, editing and proofreading. It is a lot of work. I then have the sequel to Interviewing Immortality and two other sequel’s to work 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?
This is a trick question. Books about how to survive on a desert island.
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