Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska, and have a B.A. in English from the University of Nebraska. I began writing short stores and articles for magazines and newspapers. I’ve published a novel (IN HUMAN FORM), a short story collection (THE MOANING ROCKS), and a CliffsNotes for Willa Cather’s My Antonia. My current gig is as a writer/photographer for the MIDLANDS BUSINESS JOURNAL.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The idea for IN HUMAN FORM was tumbling around in my mind for many years before I actually completed a first draft. It started out where scientists find an android frozen in the ice in Antarctica because that’s where alien creatures and technology are found, aren’t they? But by the time I finished developing the idea it had become a story about an android named Wendy, built by a marooned alien, who was living in a small town in Nebraska–then after a traumatic experience she forgets she’s an android and believes she’s human.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Coffee. I must have coffee.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Ray Bradbury inspired me to become a writer–I wanted to write like him. Other strong influences were Stephen King, John Steinbeck and Rod Serling.
What are you working on now?
EMPATH, a young adult dystopian novel about a future where mutants are illegal, and a mutation is whatever the government decides it is. My MC, Kassidy, is an empath who can feel other people’s emotions and can heal, even pulling people back from the brink of death. She has hidden her condition all of her life because empathy is the most serious form of mutation because it can’t be seen. Needless to say, she is exposed.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I network with other writers and readers online.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t ignore promotion. You should be networking with writers and readers online long before you publish anything.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Write as well as you can and finish what you start,” which is credited to Hemingway.
What are you reading now?
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY by Irving Stone.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Another novel. I always have a few ideas in development.
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?
RITE OF PASSAGE by Alexei Panshin, FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury and 11/22/63 by Stephen King. I would love to take J.K. Rowling, but I’m limited to 3 or 4 books, and there are 7 in the HARRY POTTER SERIES (and I couldn’t just take 1!),
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