Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi,
well, I’m 46, married and living in Belfast, Northern Ireland. I only started to write a few months ago, and now find that I can’t stop. You see, I’d been telling my daughters a different bedtime story every night since they were little. When the youngest informed me one night that she was maybe getting a bit old for them, I needed another outlet for the gibberish in my head. Hence the books 🙂
I’m currently working on a series of books I call the Tales of the Neverwar. It’s a brew of sci-fi and fantasy with a love story running in the background. I’ve fallen in love with my characters, not surprisingly as a few of them are based on my daughters and their friends. The Neverwar series is an Epic story of a struggle to prevent all reality being consumed by a being of pure evil.
Book one is Souls of the Never. It introduces all the main players and starts telling the story of my world. It’ll take you from a humble beginning is Boston, MA, out to a battle on another planet and beyond.
I’ve also written a short(13,000 words) prequel titled Origins of the Never.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I suppose Origins of the Never is my latest. It came about when I scrapped the prologue I’d originally included in Souls. It was cheesy and not well written, but it had a lot of history and background to some of the characters. I decided I wanted to do it justice. Hopefully I have.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wrote most of my first book on a tablet. Although I found it really handy to do so I’m not sure I’ll do it again. It introduced some spectacular mistakes into my manuscript that I’m still finding now.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love all types of books, but my recent favourites are the Honor Harrington series by David Weber. If I can get the readers to love my characters the way I love his, I’ll be happy.
What are you working on now?
I’ve started Book two of the series, provisionally titled Worlds of the Never. I’m having a blast with it, as I’d left it alone to complete the prequel.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m note sure. I’m pretty active on Twitter when it comes to actually promoting. ost of the other social media pages I belong to are more about helping out and having fun. I have a website, and a blog, both of which have fallen idle lately.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t rush in. I know you will be keen to get your book out there. I know I was. It resulted in a book being released with a ton of typos and grammar errors which I’m still finding. Take you time.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
See above. Oh, and don’t spam promo your books across every page on social media that you can find. Very soon people will just ignore you or blacklist you. All this advice I’m giving is from personal experience. I did it and cringe when I look back.
What are you reading now?
I’m reading a book written by one of them members of a Facebook group I belong to. It’s called See you in Hell by Demelza Carlton. It’s great fun.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Write, edit, write, edit. Isn’t it that same for all of us?
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?
Lord of the Rings, The Silmarrillion and the Divergent books, simply because my daughter has been nagging me to read them.
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