Interview With Author Chandler McGrew
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written dozens of novels from horror to suspense to scifi to fantasy to steampunk. Four of my suspense/supernatural novels were published by Random House. Four others by Astor and Blue. And I currently self publish (which is a learning experience in itself. I write stories I’d like to read, and I learn all about them as the characters reveal themselves to me. I told my agent once that I could outline, but for me it would be like building a skeleton, then covering it with skin and trying to make it walk and breathe…
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Sons of Empire is the first in the Empire series and follows the lives and adventures of a couple of young men on a world that mirrors our own, circa 1900. Only on the World of Arras there was a Magical Revolution rather than an Industrial one. The old magic is dying out and the new wizards of Techomagic are leading the way into what they imagine to be a bright future. But the bad comes with progress as well as the good.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
LOL. Not that I know of.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Koontz, King, Herbert, Gaiman…the list goes on.
What are you working on now?
Finishing the second book in the Empire Series. Empires Collide.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
This is new to me, but I’m a quick study.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read. Write. Rinse and repeat.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Take advice with a grain of salt.
What are you reading now?
Three histories, an urban fantasy, and a Koontz thriller.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Well, there are three different series all begun in the World of Arras so next is relative.
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?
Shogun, The Stand, Neverwhere, and Churchill’s History of WWII (I cheated that a six volume set).
Author Websites and Profiles
Chandler McGrew Amazon Profile