Interview With Author Greg Garrisson
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Greg Garrisson, i'm from Houston in the USA, I am a former software engineer, young writer, and I divorced a few years ago. "Welcome the peace of divorce" is my first book.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Welcome the peace of divorce : How to overcome the pain, surrender to joy and turn a painful breakup into peace and bloom.
This book was inspired book was inspired by my own experience with divorce, by the path I followed to heal. I felt like I had to put my experience into words to eventually help other people going through that situation to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I do not know if it is unusual, but when I want to start writing a new chapter for example, I usually picture it in my head for days, imagining how it will sound when written. And then one day i just wake up and start writing.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I've read a lot of books in my youth, so much that I hardly remember them. but one author who left a living impression on me is Amelie Nothomb. I am fascinated by how innoncently twisted her stories can be
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on a book about parenting as a solo dad: the challenges, the wins, the losses, the joy, the love…..
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Honestly I am a begineer in that area, but so far I use facebook groups and I am discovering book promotion sites like yours 🙂
Do you have any advice for new authors?
do not be afraid to promote your book. some people will hate it, some will like it, others will just don't care… But at the end of the day you will be proud of yourself and you will be living your dream, that's all that matters.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Just do it
What are you reading now?
Right now I do not have the time to read, but as soon as i can i will read the last Amelie Nothomb
What’s next for you as a writer?
Continuing the promotion of my book, and refine the writing of the next book
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?
"le courage d'etre soi" from Jacques Salomé
"The alchemist" from Paulho Coehlo
My book as a reminder that I made it