Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Author of four novels and two nonfiction books, Eric Auxier is an airline pilot by day, writer by night, and kid by choice.
An Airbus A321 Captain for a major U.S. airline, Mr. Auxier is also a columnist for Airways Magazine and AirwaysNews.com, as well as a freelance writer and blogger (capnaux.com).
Mr. Auxier has contributed to such publications as Arizona Highways, Airways Magazine, Plane & Pilot and AOPA Pilot. His blog, ADVENTURES OF CAP’N AUX (capnaux.com) is read by thousands worldwide.
Mr. Auxier makes his home in Phoenix, Arizona.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Jihadi Hijacking—Code Name: Dodger Mission 3” continues the young adult “Spy/Fly” adventures of teen orphan Justin Reed and his adopted secret agent father Bob Cheney.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I mostly write in hotel rooms between my flights, but I also have another weird quirk I call, “The 3am inspiration.” I wish it could be the “3pm inspiration!”
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Tom Clancy. I love how he combines technical facts and multiple story lines into exciting fiction. My novel, The Last Bush Pilots, was written in much that style, and captured a Top 100 spot in Amazon’s 2013 Breakthrough Novels Awards in the Mainstream Fiction category.
What are you working on now?
“Yakuza Connection—Code Name: Dodger Mission 4.”
I’m also writing Volume 3 of my nonfiction anthology, “There I Wuz! Adventures From 3 Decades in the Sky.”
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/ericauxier
Blog: http://capnaux.com
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write what you know, and write as often as you can. Above all, join a writer’s group, where you can critique each other’s works!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“It starts by saying you can. And what we say becomes our reality.”
—Jessica Cox, the world’s first and only licensed pilot with no arms.
What are you reading now?
Code Name Infamy by Leland Shanle
What’s next for you as a writer?
Continue to deliver awesome content to my blog, capnaux.com, write for Airways Magazine, and pump out as many adventurous books as I can!
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?
The Bible
The Autobiography of Mark Twain—Vol’s 1 & 2!
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