Interview With Author Geoffrey Porter
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m schizophrenic, this is a disabling disease ruining almost every life it touches. If you end up with it, it will likely ruin every relationship you ever have, destroy every work situation, cut 15 years off your life, leave you periodically homeless.
90+% of the people you meet will think is a dance you do to get help from the government. And believe you really aren’t disabled.
In my spare time between warring against madness, I’ve written 1 novella, a middle grade, 2 poetry chapbooks, and I guess that leaves 15 novels.
People want to talk about my life? It likely ain’t like yours.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Jared Wolf, I wanted to try a middle grade, I have a 500 pound gorilla of a muse, and he wanted it.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Besides the fact I tend to finish books like clockwork? No. Coffee.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I would like to find something I can read.
Do you see how I put whitespace right there? Then on this paragraph I made the paragraph a little taller. Almost as if I’m partially painting on the page with white space?
Other writers don’t do that as a rule, formatters will eliminate it, publishers will outlaw it to save paper. I need this paint with white space to read it. So show me a writer who paints with white space.
Maybe I read their book.
What are you working on now?
Scorched Earth.
I’m doing quarterly 99 cent sales, trying to build momentum.
To me the pinnacle of writing, isn’t writing, it’s marketing.
I want a third R.A.E.C.E. book, in the worst way, but quarterly sales where everything is 99 cents is a priority.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have 19 ebooks on Amazon, set everything to 99 cents on kindle countdown, buy every newsletter ad that looks good and stay under budget.
Buy from small businesses, lone wolves, mom and pop shops, and stay away from billion dollar corporations.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yeah, paint with white space. It’s not hard.
A few people with thank you.
And research Scene-Sequel.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Marketing is what sells books, not writing, within reason of course, a turd is still harder to distribute.
What are you reading now?
I can’t find a book. I have 2 poetry books. I’m planning R.A.E.C.E. Leviticus, I might read Leviticus, or I might read R.A.E.C.E. Genesis or Exodus or all three.
What’s next for you as a writer?
author website polish
Small Bear IV audio book
R.A.E.C.E. Leviticus
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?
I would beg for food plant seeds instead. And pounds of them. Legumes especially. A good knife and saw. An infinite spool of rope with a way to cut off pieces.
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