Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Currently, I’m an Englishman in Miami, having fled the gray skies and rain of London. But I’m not sure how much longer I’ll be here as I have a disease called ‘Wanderlust’. Luckily I’ve been able to treat it by working as an author and scriptwriter, and TV and film director and producer all over the world.
My first book was written a few years back and called ‘The Boy Next Door’. It’s aimed at young adults and is available on Amazon. Since then I’ve three more books including my latest Kill Code: A Dystopian Science Fiction Novel.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
As I just mentioned, my latest book is Kill Code: A Dystopian Science Fiction Novel. It’s the first of a trilogy and is set in a world just a little in the future. It’s a world decimated by climate catastrophe, where the sun’s heat is deadly and the oceans rise higher every day. A world ruled by the rich, powerful, and corrupt. A world where a good man can’t survive for long. The principal protagonist Hogan Duran was a good man once: a good cop, forced to resign in disgrace when he couldn’t save his partner from a bullet. But after four years of living in poverty, Hogan finally gets the chance to get back on his feet. All he needs to do is pass one deadly entrance exam, and he’ll be rewarded with wealth and opportunity beyond his wildest dreams. But in a world gone wrong, can one good man actually make a difference? Or will he die trying?
I first had the idea for the book a few years ago but kept putting off writing it. However, as the world has got distinctly darker I felt the need to tell a ‘what if’ story: https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Code-Dystopian-Science-Fiction-ebook/dp/B07JZX5VV2
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I would love to say that I can only write if I’m hanging upside down bat-like from a steel girder, or that I have to drink twelve cups of coffee before I can begin anything. Unfortunately, the truth is more prosaic. I simply sit in front of my typewriter and hope that I can write something worth reading.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many authors have influenced me. Dickens, Tolstoy, and Shelley; pulpy authors like Elmore Leonard and John Grisham, and new unknown authors. All of them in one way or another serve as inspiration for me to write.
What are you working on now?
I’m trying to write the second book in the ‘Code’ trilogy. But I can’t tell you anything about it as I’m superstitious. Hopefully, I’ll complete it soon and I would love you to go out and buy and review it when it’s published.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
The best method of promotion is always good word of mouth but first people have to find the book. Every month there are more and more novels being published so I use paid advertising to publicize my books. However, finding something that really works is difficult and so far everything seems hit and miss.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Three words from the oracle Nike: Just do it.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The same three words: Just Do It
What are you reading now?
I’m not reading now, as I’m writing and it distracts me. However, the last book I read ‘The Lost Man’ by Jane Harper was brilliant. It’s an eerie thriller set in the Australian outback. It’s beautifully written and has, as one of its main characters, a man called Bub. In my humble opinion, any author who is brave enough to call a central character Bub deserves high praise whatever the quality of the book.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I think there’s only one thing next for any writer… to keep writing!
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?
What a difficult question: The answer today is ‘Planet of the Apes’, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, and ‘Flowers for Algernon’ – but who knows what it will be tomorrow?
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