Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a Hoosier living in Louisville, Kentucky. I was a dilettante writer for at least two decades before a health crisis threatened to bury me. Writing became a productive outlet, and I wrote seven books in my To Be Sinclair series before I could find an editor. I’ve completed eleven books and have four or five works in various stages of progress at any given time!
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Fidelity is book ten of the To Be Sinclair series, although there are eleven books total. After a ten-year span between book nine (Morality) and what is now book eleven (Ability), Prince Richard came roaring out, demanding that his story be told. As a result, I’ve re-numbered my series, although I have yet to update every version of every book to reflect that!
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I suffer major depressive and bipolar disorder, so I tend to do a lot of writing near my bed. I may just need to crash for half an hour, or I may end up lying there plotting for ten hours straight, you never know!
What authors, or books have influenced you?
All the classic science fiction and fantasy authors — Asimov, Clark, Heinlein, Herbert, McCaffrey, Bujold, Anderson, Zelazny, Niven, MZB, OSC and the like. Tolkein, of course! And J.K. Rowling not only blew me away, but gave me the determination to finish my series.
What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on two prequels to the To Be Sinclair series: Enter the Goddess, about 130 years in our future, and Undying Dawn, about 150 years from now. Then I have a book that’s in the same universe, The Arrow of Fate, 450 years in the future, some 300+ years before the main series. I have one book planned for the To Be Sinclair series finale, Civility, and then I have a bizarre little book that’s about eighty years in our future, tentatively titled The Redemption of Asael. Each of the first three books mentioned are either done or over 70K words already, and the last two I’ve only completed a few chapters each so far. ‘Real life’ gets in the way, you know!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have yet to find out! I keep trying new things, new places, but I haven’t been keeping statistics so I don’t know what’s been ‘the best’. I keep selling books, so I’m happy.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Love what you do. Recognize that you’ll be promoting your books for the rest of your life, so take pride in your work.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Get it all on paper! You can’t edit a blank page!
What are you reading now?
I typically read non-fiction, mostly philosophical, spiritual, or when I’m really desperate for ideas, out-there ‘woo-woo’ stuff.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I have so many projects to finish! I have a file folder called Books to Write, and I keep notes on ideas as well as book titles.
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?
Nooooooo, please don’t make me pick!!! I reckon it doesn’t really matter; I’m sure I would read them until I had them memorized. Preferably some ‘meaty tomes’, a minimum of 500 pages or so.
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