Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
A lot of what I do, you can find on the site below:
https://www.stage32.com/johngerman
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
As of 11/7/2018:
What if we were inanimate objects? – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1727829492
I like to find inspiration through various aspects of life in general. Not just see things from what we see from an earthly perspective, but to begin to find things more in depth. So I dove into this topic, to find random inanimate objects and portray them as if they were people.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to spread inspiration, however I can, in whatever I write. Whether that is unusual or not, that is what I try to do. To help people find something from within the writing or within their own selves.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Life itself is a great influence. Knowledge can come from anywhere, from all people and books.
What are you working on now?
As of 11/7/2018:
1. Love Sarcastically – A Romantic Comedy feature screenplay.
2. Dare to Reach Out – A Dramatic screenplay for the November Write Club Project.
3. Sense our Selves – A book for using names to sense who we are (finish constructing).
4. The Secret Doors – A Dramatic screenplay that will have from within potentially (parts an pieces of the following): Revolutionary War, Berlin Wall, Christopher Columbus Voyages, The Famous Ashley-Henry Expedition, USS Daly: DD 519: 1943 – 1944.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Anywhere and everywhere. There are so many good places to promote, just like the site I’m on now.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Feel through with what you want to do. You are the one writing it, so allow yourself the time for all the thoughts to become the creativity you know you can do. Everyone had to begin writing at some point, just like new authors, so don’t feel afraid to push through any uncertainty. Even the most published authors had to do the same.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Besides all the words from the good lord in heaven, the following is good for people to understand and put in a way that most people would get:
“Opinions are like buttholes, everyone’s got one.”. When we look at the responses we get, whether good or bad, they are just from people who have opinions of their own. Some are very helpful, some aren’t very helpful at all. Even some of the most successful books of all time have people who are not interested.
What are you reading now?
Besides the Bible, which I read every day, The story of the life of Helen Keller. Not reading it currently at this moment, though I have been reading it. Other than that, various information to fill the mind with more.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Find different ways to dabble into the meaningfulness of life through the written word, and to allow others to find that same from within themselves.
Maybe one day it will go further than just the written word.
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?
1. The Bible.
2. Better Each Day – Jessica Cassidy.
3. The Power, The Magic, or The Secret – Rhonda Byrne.
4. Four Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz.
There are so many to choose from, but I decided on those, as they are really good as are tons and tons of others.