Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a Canadian Niagara-based writer and I’ve just released my first book. I am working on more! I come from a theater background, so I have also written, directed, and performed in a couple of my own plays.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Ghosts of Guatemala! My father had some ideas for a CIA spythriller taking place in Antigua City, because he spends a lot of time in Latin America and really loves the culture and language. Also, Jason Bourne.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write non-linearly, starting with all the pieces I know exist before trying to sew it all up. I don’t feel like I’m really writing until I am sitting on ten chapters or so, and trying to figure out how they all fit together and what I need to write to get there.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
The Halo series taught me books could be cool; Christopher Paolini’s Eragon taught me not to wait to get old; Stephen King’s On Writing taught me how to be taken seriously; K. A. Applegate’s Animorphs taught me books can be as dark as you like, S. M. Stirling taught me to do your research and write from the heart, Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game taught me how to write character thoughts, Vertigo Comics’ Hellblazer taught me what magic really is, and Nick Sagan’s Idlewild taught me how to write something that makes the reader softly whisper ‘wow.’
What are you working on now?
I am working on a teen urban-fantasy, first in the series. The book follows a young highschooler protagonist who inherits a storage locker of magical items. Unfortunately magic is just as dangerous as it is secret, and to solve his mother’s murder, our main character has to lie, cheat, steal, and bargain through angels, demons, and math class.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Right now Amazon, because it allows me to be self-published with ease and little take.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write a book, worry about the rest after.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you put in the effort, you don’t have anything to worry about.
What are you reading now?
Brandon Sanderson’s Words of Radiance, George R. R. Martin’s Nightflyers, and Neil Shusterman’s The Toll. I mostly read sci-fi and fantasy.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to write the first in a new series and genre, then write the second in my spythriller trilogy. I also want to learn more about self-publishing and send out feelers for traditional publishing.
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?
Four survival manuals. Burn three, use the fourth.
Alright fine, I’ll play:
A NRSV Bible
S. M. Stirling’s Dies the Fire
AND A SURVIVAL MANUAL
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