Interview With Author Joshua Clark
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a retired military veteran who served for 20 years before settling in Portland, Oregon. There, I met my beloved wife, and together we built a family with six children and two cats. I am a Catholic, and deeply committed to my faith, my role as a husband and father, and my passion for helping others. I enjoy drawing, writing, reading, and watching movies. Through my books, I seek to inspire, guide, and encourage others on their journeys of faith, family, and personal growth. I have currently written 15 books.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled – A Taste for Death: Death Becomes Her. It was inspired by the question of “what would happen if the victim had to help solve the case involving a serial killer?”
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes. At least I think so. I will often get an idea in the middle of a chapter that I am writing and it will be for an idea later in the story and I will feel the need to immediately write that scene down and have to later find a way to fit it in. This leads to many scenes later NOT fitting the book in it’s then current form and having to be discarded. Regardless of how much I am attached to them. Perhaps someday I will release some of those scenes and chapters for my readers separately.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen King has definitely been one of the greatest influences on my fiction writing career although oddly I haven’t yet written a horror novel. Hmmm. Someday. I have also been influenced by Nicholas Sansbury smith, Jonathan Maberry, and a handful of others.
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on a couple of books. One is a shapeshifting novel titled “Whispers of the Mountain”, the first in a new series, another is the sixth novel in my “Navaerian Chronicles” series titled “Robyn Hood – Queen of Thieves”, and the final book is the second novel in my “Bellmare Cove” Series titled “The Lighthouse Between Us”
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have yet to figure that out unfortunately. I have high hopes for “Awesomegang.com” Cross your fingers readers! 🙂
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write, write, write, and for Goodness sakes it will never be perfect. At some point you have to recognize that, pull the chute, and publish. Stop editing the same chapter for years and years and just finish it, clean it up as best you can and publish. You can always re-visit it later, make some changes, and release an updated version…but get it out there.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write, write, write, and publish. It will never be perfect.
What are you reading now?
I am reading a few books at the moment. “Dragon in Winter” by Jonathan Maberry, “Burn to Shine” by Jonathan Maberry, King of the Wastes (Hell Divers, #8) by Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Custos: Total Consecration Through Saint Joseph by Devin Schadt, Ego Is the Enemy
by Ryan Holiday, and Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Leeby Shannon Lee. I have ADHD so I am always on the move, always reading and writing, and always learning.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Becoming a good writer. I am working diligently on my craft, but right now I would consider myself a passable writer. There are snapshots of wonder, dare I say pride? in some of my writing, but I am nowhere near the caliber of those I admire and aspire to honor in my prose.
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?
The Bible, The Dark Tower by Stephen King – Home to the single greatest opening line in all of literature “The man in black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed”, The Talisman by Stephen King – The first book that ever made me cry, and Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry – The first in a series that continues to this day with my favorite character that I had the honor of getting to know “Joe Ledger”.
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