Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
ANNOUNCING the release of Drunken Angel, the fourth novel from Charles Stoll which focuses on the mind of a serial killer.
Charles Stoll was born on Long Island in 1956. He began to write seriously at sixteen as therapy when several friends died in a fire. In high school, he won a national award in writing (N.C.T.E.) and was granted a scholarship to Syracuse University. Charles was in the Honors Program and joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. A favorite writing professor challenged him to write three books in three years to hone his writing skills. He accomplished that goal forty years later when life stopped interrupting.
“My pet peeves: books I feel that I’ve read before, that repeat the same ideas ad nauseum, that don’t answer questions they pose and that have characters that are blatantly good or bad. In my books, I try to place all the truths I have discovered in my own life. My characters have not only bodies, but minds and spirits and their own philosophy of life. The novels all offer fresh perspectives, insightful observations and a deeper message. My objective is to leave the reader with a deeper sense of the wonder and the mystery we call life.
“In my latest novel, Drunken Angel (Gatekeeper Press, 2018), Daisy Perlman overcomes an abusive childhood in the mythical town of Marmalade, learning her own version of life from her walks through the woods, to become the murderer that everyone loves. You will love her complete ignorance of civilized life.
In Sorry and Morticum (Gatekeeper Press, 2016), we visit Daytona a thousand years in the future when mankind is no longer the dominant culture, but life’s problems have a way of enduring.
In The Time Thief (Gatekeeper Press, 2015), Professor Royale, his crazy dad and his inspired students dig up dead bodies and end wars.
In Enigma, discovering the moments that form your life (Gatekeeper, 2014) Joshua Chambers discovers that the real moments that made him who he is were really the small moments.”
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Drunken Angel was inspired by the rash of serial killers recently in the U.S. I wanted to explore the problem from the mind of a serial killer, looking outwards,
and from one who later regretted her actions.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write whenever a thought enters my head, whether I’m eating, sleeping or whenever.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I enjoy books with a philosophical bent: Dinner with Buddha, The untethered Soul by Singer, On the Road by Kerouac, Siddhartha, On the Road,
Plato’s Republic, etc.
What are you working on now?
I am thinking of exploring a psychotic mind from the inside out.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Word of mouth. My reviews on Amazon help.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write what you know. You’d be surprised at the things you’ve analyzed more deeply than the general population.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write three books in three years. A favorite professor advised me to do this forty years ago.
What are you reading now?
Origin, by Dan Brown.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I intend to explore every cobweb covered corner of my own mind.
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?
Everything by Joseph Campbell!
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