Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m extraordinarily boring. Really. Everything interesting about me goes on inside my head. In here, though, I have adventure and romance and magic! This is where I live! And you, you lucky people, get to share it through my writing. Welcome to my worlds.
The books I’ve written are “Luna,” a stand-alone sci-fi novel, “Dragonhunters,” a straight-up high fantasy story, and the “Nightlord” series. So, in total, eight books so far.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Mobius” is the sixth book in the “Nightlord” series. “Mobius” comes from the Möbius strip, a geometric figure with only one side. It has significance for the protagonist because he has to loop around and do things over again, but whether or not he can cause—or prevent—a paradox isn’t clear.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I do it every day. Often all day. Is that unusual? I think it is. I participated in National November Writing Month a couple of times. They want you to clear 50k words in one month. When pushing for word count—just get the story down on paper, don’t worry about content, don’t worry about consistency, just tell the damn story!—I cleared well over 150k in a month. So, yeah, I guess it is an unusual writing habit in much the same way a $50,000 cocaine habit is an unusual drug habit.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’d have to go with Tolkien, Heinlein, Zelazny, E.E Smith, Frank Herbert, Sir Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman. There are others, I’m sure, but those leap to mind.
What are you working on now?
Book seven in the “Nightlord” series. It doesn’t have a title, yet, but it’s a work in progress
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far? Amazon.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
First, you haven’t found all the typos. Read it again.
Second, no, you’re not going to be instantly rich. Assume it will flop and be pleasantly surprised if it doesn’t.
Third, if you are not a marketing person, make friends with one. Learn about it. Get good at it.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Three things you must have:
A gun, a shovel, and an alibi.
Alternatively: Anyone who says you can’t just cut people out of your life doesn’t know how to sharpen a knife.
What are you reading now?
“The Many-Colored Land,” by Julian May
What’s next for you as a writer?
Book seven of the “Nightlord” series. Eventually, there will be more books in the “Dragonhunters” line—the “Shattered World” series—but it’s only one book for now! I’m hoping there will be television in the future; I’d like to see “Nightlord” come to the small screen.
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?
“Survival 101”
“Navigation for Dummies.”
“A History of Boatmaking.”
I have no desire to be stranded for long. I have writing to do.
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Nice interview. I really appreciate your choice of inspirational writers, especially Roger Zelazny, my all-time favourite.
Not to pressure you, but I so want the next Nightlord book…