Interview With Author John Clare
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have been a university lecturer and a bum, having travelled through and lived in over 80 countries.
I spent nearly a decade singing in a pop band in the UK, and living an amazing life on a record company cheque book. I now live in Southern Europe and am re-purposing my pop music records, and continuing to write. I have finished just over 60 books, both novels, autobiography and non fiction. A dozen or so are available on Amazon. I have published 9 books in a series called Join the Girls, which is selling quite well at the moment.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The latest book in the Join the Girls series is volume 8 called You Cant Marry Two People.
It was demanded by the plot, which involves a group of people growing up, and there are just too many girls, and things just kind of got a bit messy…
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write every day, and also write fast. I live in an old farmhouse with a two acre garden, and I like working outside. I like to use one of my cars as a writing room. That way I can move my office around the garden, and that means I can write under the orange trees if I want which is nice.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I dont get time to read other authors, but I have my own style, and I write as if I’m talking with friends.
What are you working on now?
Some time back I was kidnapped and locked in a cupboard under the stairs in an old house. That led to me having serious reality problems, my eyesight didn’t function properly, and I couldn’t stop crying. I ended up in a psychiatric hospital. I’m using all that to create my next book, which may have to be spread over a couple of volumes.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still testing.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Dont give up, but do try to find your own voice. It isn’t as easy as you might think.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Make sure you get up each morning.
What are you reading now?
The trouble with being a writer is that most of the books you read are your own. If you write a lot you have to edit a lot, which is a bummer.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Finish the book I’m currently writing, and then write another.
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’d need a book about fish and what to catch to eat.
It would be great to get away from books altogether. I’d enjoy myself. (I’ve done this before.) After a month or so I’d get bored and try to escape.
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