Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a struggling terminally inquisitive narcissist who has published ten novels about the impact of technology change on human relationships, a novella about overcoming life’s labels, and two illustrated children’s readers for kids overcoming challenges.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest novel is World Without Work which explores how people will struggle to overcome and triumph in a society that eliminates half of the jobs through automation.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Most of my novels have been written on airplanes and in hotel rooms as I travelled internationally. Every new work is an exploration for me of different techniques, different writing styles, different narration and perspective. That way no two stories should be similar.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I tend to read anything that’s not moving faster than my eyeballs can track. The person who has had the most influence on my writing is Richard Marek, with whom I worked for two years on The End Game. Richard edited Robert Ludlum’s books including the Bourne series. Those two years were like a graduate course in creative writing.
What are you working on now?
I’m now writing a treatment for something very different.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
This one.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Find a writer’s group to join. Preferably with people who will tell you the truth about your writing, but will be terminal optimists, encouraging you even through the terrible early years.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It’s better to be known for what you do and your ideas than to know people.
What are you reading now?
Since I’m getting ready to start another novel I’m reading mostly technical papers, and books, attempting to understand the technology of interest and watching a wide range of movies on NetFlix to study reactions from a wide variety of characters.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I wrote 42 screen plays before changing over to novels. I’d like to make Rik’s into a movie.
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?
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald, incredible writing; The screenplay to “Casablanca”, when you read Rik’s you’ll understand; Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak for the human tragedy and love story set against a true revolution; and the Singularity is Near, by Ray Kurzweil which explores my favorite topic, the effects of technology transformation on human relationships. I’ve read all of these multiple times, so would probably sneak in a fifth book I’ve not read yet and I’ll let you guess which one that would be.
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