Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written two non fiction books – A Haunted History of Atlanta and North Georgia, and Murder and Mystery in Atlanta. This is my third fiction book in my Darkside Chronicles Trilogy, featuring author and paranormal investigator Pearl Blackthorn.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called, Return To The Darkside. It is the sequel to A Walk On The Darkside and Beyond The Darkside. In this book, I wanted to explore the main character’s – Pearl Blackthorn – past and how it is influencing her present. She is in for lots of surprises, and not all of them pleasant.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
If I’m struggling with a scene, I think about it before I go to sleep. I invariably wake up during the night with a solution. Sometimes I can even remember dreaming about it.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love magical realism, particularly the writings of Italo Calvino. I also enjoy contemporary writers that merge genres such as Neil Gaiman, Dean Koontz, and Clive Barker.
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on a futuristic detective series and a Sci Fi screen play.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I like to reach out to my readers and talk to them personally, through physical or online readings, bookclubs, or soirees.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read everything you can and writer down everything you think of, even if it ends up in the wastebasket. It’s all part of building your writer’s muscles.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.”
Cyril Connolly
[The New Statesman, February 25, 1933]
What are you reading now?
The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea, Grey Wolf Island by Tracsy Neithercott, and Zen and the Art of Postmodern Philosophy by Carl Olson.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m still planning to finish my fantasy trilogy, Elsewhere, Otherwise, and Evermore. I would like to start a fiction podcast collaborating with other writers. If anyone out there is interested, let me know.
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?
I only need one – A Thousand Plateaus by Giles Deleuze and Felix Guattari.
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