Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written 6 books and been a contributor to 3 others. I’m a writer, speaker, and pastor in the Midwest.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is How Not To Be Noticed: My High School Anti-Plan for Success. I am a volunteer for World Relief and an advocate for immigration reform and refugees. So that passion is what birthed this books idea. I wanted kids to see this kind of friendship and its possibilities.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I tend to write in chunks, for a few hours at a time and then not for a few days.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Sharon Creech as a YA writer. Of course, since I also wrote a book on Tolkien characters, I have to say his books are first in influencing me. I love anything Malcolm Gladwell writes because I want to learn his ways of investigation.
What are you working on now?
Nonfiction books on preaching with the next generation and on the value of immigrants and refugees to our country.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I mostly do facebook ads and word of mouth
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Know your strengths and weaknesses, and delegate the weaknesses.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Boil the point of your writing to three words. If you can’t do it, the piece isn’t clear enough.
What are you reading now?
Unafraid by Benjamin Correy and Tolkien: Maker of Middle Earth.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Working on the books mentioned above and keeping afloat in my job and life in the new normal. Becoming more of an online speaker.
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?
My Bible, Lord of the Rings, Pride and Prejudice, Boat Building 101.
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