Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am born in UK, lived in Switzerland and traveled all over Europe. I was originally a forex and credit trader for a hedge fund but then traveled to the far east to study karate and meditation in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong China. I went to USA and now I’m an entrepreneur attempting to launch a global women’s lifestyle magazine in October this year. I have written another book on Amazon Kindle – Money Science.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Money Science I published this week and will soon promote it. The novel When An Apple Tree Blossoms is also brand new and is a curious novel. I lived in Wales in the lonely rural countryside to get away from the city madness and its a wonderful 3hr train journey and I did live in a haunted house in Wales. It is a curious thing about the UK in that there are so many hauntings. I used to love walking in the open countryside in the twilight in the woods that are so quiet. It was a Midsummer Night that inspired me because it was a wonderful experience to walk in the blue moonlight at midnight. Perhaps it is because the land is so old and old places carry memories. Some of these experiences led me to write the haunted love story of Horatio Rees. it is a very different book that what you would see on the market. I do not use bad words, there is no adult content. The book flows out of the developing consciousness of the main character Horatio Rees who gradually becomes aware of another prescence.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I do drink a lot of coffee. I actually wrote this book in one week flat, mostly at night staring through the windows at the dark shapes of trees. Now that’s the funny thing. I spent the following three weeks editing. You cannot just sit and write i found but when it comes you stop everything or you just get up and start. So the book i wrote was very much something that developed in my subconscious mind. The conscious editing was the real ordeal because i wrote the book so fast!
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Tolstoy – War and Peace, Charles Dickens – Bleak House, Isaac Asimov – Naked Sun.
What are you working on now?
Money Science project is a series of books of practical money management.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
This is very new to me I am a beginner at writing. When An Apple Tree Blossoms is very new.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Do not set a routine or you will become mundane. Better to write three very inspiring books than 300 bland books. if you ant to be original listen to your heart and when the thought comes just go for it
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Place all your eggs in different baskets. Yes, I’m guilty of falling down because once I ignored the old adage and so i will never forget to diversify your ability to earn.
What are you reading now?
A very witty book – ‘Appalling Guests’ by Victoria Mather
What’s next for you as a writer?
I am writing a comedy set in London – ‘The Broker’ about a fruit stall vendor in Portobello Road in London who dabbles in Internet money making promotions and ends up in a whole world of mischief. This time I am not writing the book in one week flat and 50 rounds of coffee but whenever a flash comes to my mind i will write a little of the novel.
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?
Victor Hugo’s Les Miserable! it’s just absolutely intolerable and can send you to sleep in thirty minutes so I would take that for comfort. That aside I would take the Count of Monte Christo and Robinson Crusoe to give me hope and inspiration. Then of course i would take something light-hearted and that would definitely be Lewis Carrol’s Alice In Wonderland which has a wonderful perspective of humor and wit.
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