Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a writer of fantasy and weird fiction. The usual tale of a long term fan who read one too many bad books and thought i can do better than this!…..so i did.
Covenant Keep is everything i wanted to read in a fantasy book but couldn’t find.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Covenant Keep is the result of a steady accumulation of ideas that i gathered over the years. eventually the weight grew too much and i just had to write it. It is the book that i wanted to read as a fantasy fan but couldn’t find. I was sick of reading endless cycles, trilogies and sags that never went anywhere. Of buying books 2,3,4,5 etc and each one doing nothing but setting up the next. So I decided from the outset that i would write a stand alone novel. That’s not to say I don’t have ideas for future books but they will be stand alones but set in the same city.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write really early in the morning. I find being that close to the dream state helps immensely. Also its nice to have a couple of thousand words done before breakfast.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many! China Mieville really inspired me to push the boat out when it came to my stories. That I didn’t have to rely on the same tried cliches. Raymond Feist as well for taking me on so many adventures when i was a boy 🙂
What are you working on now?
A book called Inkubus and Bilge. It’s an adventure story set in a totally new world. Its more light hearted than Covenant Keep and will be lots of fun!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
When I find one I’ll tell you.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write what you would want to read. If you’re not exciting yourself then whats the point?
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Get words on the page! I started out doing NaNoWriMo and that way of freeing yourself from your inner editor works wonders. Learning to accept that your first draft will be shit but then you will have something to mould. and improve.
What are you reading now?
Mage’s Blood by David Hair
What’s next for you as a writer?
Trying to learn the dark art of self promotion.
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?
1. Magician by Raymond Feist
2. The Dice Man by Luke Reinhardt
3. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
4. How to survive on a Desert Island by Chuck Noland
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