Interview With Author Jesse Bradfield
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve always had a love for writing and creating ideas of worlds and people beyond the everyday norm, and I’ve always wanted to create something unique in my writing. So far I’ve written and published one book in a series of three.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Arendelle Shield Beginning of an End.
I wrote this book when I was 17 and finally got it published when I was 21, but the whole story has been with me ever since I was 11. Quite surprisingly, it survived my teenage years despite all the changes and challenges that I went through and the amount of time I’ve put into it. Arendelle Shield has certainly been my guiding hand through much of my life and I think every story that an author writes is definitely a major influence in who they are or want to be.
To be honest, there was never just one thing that inspired my book, but where it all began was long before I ever knew what it would lead to.
Upon one fateful afternoon within the mild ages of youth did he listen and hear when the two girls across from him on the bus did speak of a world that lay in creation of their own writing. They spoke of another world and two queens of power — Mollyanna and Maryanna — sisters. Simple as such names were, they clung to his mind. He did not know why nor to what extent, but for years to come and a decade to swell in time, those names were forgotten by those two girls, but they were later to live on and be given meaning within the written words of Arendelle Shield.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No moment is ever too important where I can’t pause and write down a thought that could change the entire novel forever. Most authors I think know that if they have a thought and they don’t write it down, it will never come back, and they’ll be forever wondering what that one thought was. I don’t think this is necessarily an unusual writing habit, but certainly a distinguishable one between Novelists and those that have no idea what 100,000 words of an original idea really means. (Those who aren’t passionate writers)
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’d say Harry Potter and The Hobbit have influenced me the most. However, one unusual thing about me: I’m not much of a reader. Never have been. Very possibly due to the fact that books were pushed on me in school, and none of them I really liked. That, and I’ve always been a slow reader. Seemed like it took forever to get through a book and not a lot of books would catch my attention.
What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on book 2 — Arendelle Shield The Past. The Present. The Future. It’s currently 126,000 words and counting. Very soon to be longer than book one.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Unfortunately, I don’t yet have a very good promotional plan in lace. I’m still very new at this and have yet to figure out the ropes of the publishing world.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Every story— every book — every series started with one word that you will likely never forget. Not everyday is going to be a good day. Not everyday are you going to be able to write and really further you creation. There are going to be those people that won’t like what you write. You may not get the feedback that you want, but patience is one of the greatest allis that you’ll have. There’s that one saying for a reason: Rome wasn’t built in a day. Nor will the very creation of who you are within those written words. Just keep writing and don’t be afraid to broaden those horizons. You never know when a great idea will come to mind, and it’s up to you to take that idea and make it something great. Just keep your weather eye on the horizon.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Further the plot by following one rule if your book has fight scenes. If the characters in your book are planning to do something, and you as the writer know their plan is going to fail, let the reader in on the plan. Make them feel as though they’re following along with the plot. That way when the plan fails the reader can see how the characters adapt and succeed in the end.
However if the plan is going to work, then keep it known only to the characters so the author can play along and see how the characters succeed.
What are you reading now?
Not reading anything at the moment.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Just continue one word by word at a time . . .
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?
Dreamer by Jason Massey
The Collection of Harry Potter😉
Pegasus by Kate O’hearn