E. Howard Jones

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been writing for the past eighteen years. I published my first novel, Elder Affairs Silenced in 2005, and then my readers wanted to know what happened to one of the other characters, so I dropped the book I was working on and wrote and published the sequel, Leave No Witnesses in 2007. The next phase of my writing came about as grandchildren were born. I wrote a middle grade trilogy about the Pirate’s Triangle, where a brother and sister meet a talking parrot and try to escape the grip of pirates. The trilogy has not been published yet. While attending a funeral in 2013, I talked to an old friend who inspired an idea for a romance novel. Since then, the ideas for novels have kept me up late at night, and I have eight novels in the works. The first two of those, Faux Proposal and Faux Marriage are available from Amazon as ebooks and paperbacks.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I am currently working on a series called Faux Romance Collection. So far there are eight books in this collection. My books are sometimes inspired by an unusual picture or a conversation with a stranger or friend.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes. I write from a guy’s viewpoint, which is hard to do with two female editors, my wife and a good friend. I search for a picture that piques my interest, then ask the characters who they are and what they do, then I follow the characters through their eyes. The story doesn’t usually head where I think it will. At times, I argue with the characters about the plot line, but they always win.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
No particular author, I like to read a variety of genres.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on the ninth book, Faux Eyes, in the Faux Romance Collection.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m trying to figure that out, right now. The plan is to use emails and facebook, and I’m currently searching for sites to promote my books.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Get ready for a long term commitment. Writing will consume you, and few make it on their first books. After all, every writer thinks their books are the best.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep rewriting until you think it’s done, then polish it some more.

What are you reading now?
Nothing recently. Too many ideas keep competing for my time.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’ve been writing since 2000, so it’s time to put my books out there for others to read.

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?
Research books, so that I’ll never run out of ideas to base my next novel on.

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