Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an author, screenwriter and artist and have done a little bit of filmmaking as well. I’ve written 15 novels that are published with 3 more due to come out this year.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Hoarfrost to Roses
It’s inspired by the Victorian history of the Pacific Northwest, where I live and how people have been enchanted with ghosts and paranormal events on the west coast.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Just that I stay up late at night and get up at 5 in the morning to write.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
C.S. Lewis, Tolkein, Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson and Joe Abercrombie.
What are you working on now?
I have a 3 book high fantasy romance in the works Sword of Cho Nisi is an adult high fantasy romance, between a young princess whose goal is to be a warrior until she makes a fatal mistake, costing her everything she’s ever hoped to have…
…and a young man who’s thrust upon a throne he never wanted, is pitted against an enemy he never asked for, and falls in love with a woman he is forced to exile.
But there’s a lot more than a love story to Sword of Cho Nisi in this trilogy.
There are kings, and emperors, castles and river towns, skrua, falcons, mountain giants, a dragon and a wizard who has gained enough power to rule the world but seeks one more treasure…
…to gain immortality at the expense of mankind.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
BookBub is the only one that I’ve had a lot of success with but I’m hoping Awesome Gang pulls through for me!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep at it and do it for the love of doing it. Only then will it be worth the while.
What are you reading now?
James Michener Journey
What’s next for you as a writer?
I have a year’s worth of editing and marketing to do on this series. I want to write some short stories to go with it for my newsletter subscribers.
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’d take a Bible and probably Tolkien’s The Silmarillion which I’ve never read but want to. I don’t normally read books over again, there are too many I haven’t read. So it would be more a wish list, like more of Lewis’ works.
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