Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello there. Well, I am up to 40 books and novels! Considering the vast number of those were written since 2006 and I have held down a full time gig the entire time, that’s not a bad score, right?
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
When the Night Comes Out is coming October 23 and is a collection of short horror stories. Various things inspired them, and I feel these are some of the best short fiction stories I have ever written. Some really scary stuff.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I drink a lot of coffee, but I am not entirely sure how unusual that is.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Almost every author inspires me. Stephen King, of course, but it was Peter Benchley and Jaws that got me first thinking about writing as a career. I am hugely influenced by writers I am SO proud to call friends thanks to social media these days like: Patrick Greene, Suzi Madron, Josh Malerman, Iain Rob Wright, Ian Woodhead, Paul Tremblay, Ronald Malfi.
What are you working on now?
Well, because I am apparently a masochist – two novels at the same time! One just easily one of the darkest, sickest, scariest things I have ever written and the other an intense crime thriller with a major twist at the end.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I promote a lot on Twitter and it has worked well for me. Somehow that has become my largest social media audience. I also take pride in my blog on my website and since I am an SEO specialist in my day job, I try to optimize it as much as I can.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing. Just keep writing. Don’t get discouraged. There are many publishing opportunities out there. If you write because you love it, then keep doing it.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t give up. Keep writing.
What are you reading now?
Joe Hill’s Strange Weather.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Finishing up these two novels. REUNION (the horror one) should be done first. I have one in the pipeline I am shopping to publishers and agents, but may end up publishing myself called THE REVISIONISTS.
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 Stand
Jaws
A Head Full of Ghosts
The Night Parade
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