Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born and raised in New Jersey. Most of my time was spent reading and gaming. I started seriously writing when I was 19, which was during the summer of my freshman year of college. It was only video game and graphic novel scenarios at the time, but I expanded to other mediums soon after that.
So far, I only have one book out, but I plan on writing many more.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My first book is called Freeze Kill, which follows the life of a serial killer with the ability to stop time.
I took inspiration from many places beyond just books. As with many of my ideas, I generally take an existing idea that I want to expand on or take in a different direction. The ability to stop time is a somewhat common power in super hero fiction, so I wanted to take that concept and turn it on its head by giving it to a purely “evil” person in a world where super powers do not exist for the most part.
This is something that was partially explored in Dean Koontz’s Dragon Tears, a book I took inspiration from. The anime/manga series Death Note was also something I had in mind as far as the supernatural killer angle went.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Nothing I can think of. Maybe eating assorted cheeses when I write?
What authors, or books have influenced you?
My influences span multiple mediums, ranging from video games to graphic novels, and obviously books.
As far as books go, Dean Koontz, Stephen King and Brandon Sanderson were pretty big influences. As I said before, Freeze Kill was partially inspired by the concepts found in Dragon Tears. Stephen King in general was a big influence on the way I create suspenseful developments and atmosphere.
A lot of Japanese media had a major influence on my writing style. I would cite writers such as Gen Urobuchi and Kotaro Uchikoshi as the more important ones on that front.
What are you working on now?
An action fantasy novel that I plan on turning it into a series. It’s quite different from Freeze Kill and will likely be much longer. The amount of ideas and plot developments I have in my head will not fit in a single book, so the plan right now is to make it a trilogy, but it may last even longer with how expansive the world is already.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook and Goodreads have helped quite a bit, as have getting honest reviews from acquaintances that find the hook interesting.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing no matter what. If it’s bad, worry about that later. Everything can be polished into something worthwhile.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Take a walk if you have writer’s block. If that doesn’t work, take a run.
What are you reading now?
Finishing up the Mistborn Trilogy. Been a pretty good fantasy rush so far.
Also reading Danganronpa Zero, a prequel Light Novel based on the video game of the same name.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Working on more novels of course. I would love to expand to other mediums such as comics and movies, but for now I’m happy with where I am. Though, I do have some projects going on outside of novel writing. I currently write for Grimoire Assembly Forge, an indie game developer in the process of releasing their first game.
On the less creative side of things, I’m a video game journalist for Rpgsite, a website that, as its name suggests, posts news and reviews about games in the RPG genre. I will continue to write for them for the foreseeable future.
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?
Ender’s Game, Snow Crash, Dragon Tears, and Ready Player One.
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