Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is the second of my Nebilon Series. In Quest For the Hope Box, a large blue egg is found in Archmage Harberk’s castle. When it hatches, a baby dragon pops out. The Archmage calls upon Luma to help raise it. She is sent on a special mission. Over the course of this quest, she will need to bond quickly with the mischievous dragon.
But there is trouble around the corner. The thieves who stole the egg in the first place want it back and start following Luma and her crew.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I guess you might call my habit of writing by hand fairly unusual. I like to mix it up. I don’t like to look at screens all day long, so I spend part of the day writing longhand. I feel that I think differently when I sit down with pen and paper. Deleting sections makes you feel like you are killing your darlings, but when you cross something out on paper you can push it to the other side of your desk and come back to it later.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Kurt Vonnegut, J.R.R Tolkien, Haruki Murakami, Franz Kafka
What are you working on now?
As we speak, I am wrapping up Book 3 of my Nebilon Series. This one is very dear to me. I’ve thrown a lot into it. There is some time travel and other goodies in it that I think you will enjoy. Quest For the Hope Box was quite whimsical and I think its follow up will be as well.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ll admit that I am not the bets when it comes to promoting my work, but I believe that I had some very nice success last year with Awesome Gang so I have come back. I have also enjoyed doing guest blogs and I will be doing some more in the near future.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing. Don’t give up. Everything you write will not best the best, nor will it all get published, but you will improve with each story you write. Keep reading and writing. They go hand and hand. Explore new authors all the time. There is so much to learn.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Make your character be brave. In other words, have him/her face the toughest scenes. You will learn a lot from them and their true character will come out when he/she is challenged.
What are you reading now?
Rick Rioran’s 2nd book for the Percy Jackson Series The Sea of Monsters
What’s next for you as a writer?
I have begun to write a middle grade series. I am very excited about it, but at the same time, I also have the idea for Book 4 of my Nebilon Series. I will be working on both simultaneously.
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?
Moby Dick, The Hobbit, Welcome to the Monkey House, The Light Fantastic
Author Websites and Profiles
John Gorman Website
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