Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written poems and short stories but not entire books though I am in the process of writing two.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Well the last thing I published is The Boy and The Universe and it was inspired by my best friend who bluntly chooses to ignore everything magnificent and out of the ordinary so I chose to teach her a few things.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have a few places I must be at when I’m writing, otherwise it doesn’t work. And I could never write anything on another person’s laptop. Hmm, I don’t think there is anything else except perhaps the fact that I don’t properly use the keyboard like it’s meant for regular ten fingered humans, instead, I only use my index fingers, I never thought that was any unusual until my friends pointed it out.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
The biggest influence on me have definitely, in the past when I was still entering the whole teenage years phase, had Sarah Dessen and Meg Cabot. Nowadays those influences include John Green, Guillaume Musso. When talking about the classics I was mostly influenced by Oscar Wilde as well as a variety of children’s books authors from my surroundings.
What are you working on now?
Currently I’m writing a novel about a child genius and his adventures in the world of computer science as well as a spy novel about an orphan girl.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Well I’ve had a very positive and, might I add, only encounter with promotion through Amazon and Awesomegang and I have been very pleased.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Being a new author I really don’t think I’m in a position to give advice but mine would be that the worst thing you write is still better than the best thing you didn’t write. Not sure about the credit of the quote, so excuse me on that.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I’ve just written it and it’s a simple quote: The worst thing you write is still better than the best thing you didn’t write.
What are you reading now?
I’ve just finished Danny Wallace’s Charlotte Street and currently I’m reading The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Well everything since I’m just starting.
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?
Looking for Alaska
How To Survive on A Deserted Island
The Fault in Our Stars
How Not To Die
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