Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am the bestselling author of the Five Moons science fiction series (7 books) which was followed by Tales of the Green Jinn series (5 books). I love science fiction. I have also written the Tesseract Codex series (5 books) and the Kryonean Chronicles (2 books so far and one in the works).
In 2014 I sold my book to Double Dragon Publications. They published all of my books until June of 2020 when they went out of business. When they pulled all of my books off of Amazon all of my wonderful reviews and ratings disappeared along with the books.
So here I am, a published author forced to start all over from scratch, but start over I did.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Fusion was one of my latest books. It was inspired by a place that I remembered well from when I was just a young boy, Elm Cove. Like many other things of my youth, it is no longer there. If you want to know what happened, you will have to read Fusion to find out.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I am a pantser. I write the story right out of my head, no notes or outlines. The whole story is in in there. All I have to do is to put down in writing. I have written whole novels is six weeks. Of course, then comes the editing which does take about as long.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I would say that I am inspired by Robert Heinlein and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. How is that for two ends of the spectrum? I love Sherlock Holmes as much as Glory Road or Starship Troopers.
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on the third novel of the Kryonean Chronicles. I would like to just get on with it, but my life is full of distractions.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
A promotion starts with a Kindle Countdown Deal. From there, I have to announce the deal every single place that will have me. I love Awesome Gang. You guys are at the top of my list. I am beginning to get a nice following on Facebook. That is a big help, too. I send all of my Facebook followers to your Awesome Gang pages when you are promoting my books.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
DON’T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB. It is seriously hard to make any real money as an author.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I listened to Derek Murphy when he talked about Guerilla Marketing. His advice took me from obscurity to a #2 spot in my category for Five Moons: Resurrection. I took his courses. It lit a fire under me.
What are you reading now?
The competition’s works. I read the free beginning chapters of books that I consider my competition to get a feel for their writing and style. To see what I like and don’t like.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I am always working on my next novel. I dig through science and technology articles. Somewhere out there is the inspiration for another novel. Oh yeah, I dig through articles on the origin of mankind. Now there is always a new finding to spark the imagination. You just have to look for it
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?
Bring books? Hell no. I would write my next novel in the sand.
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