Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an Indie author from South Carolina, and I am about to publish my tenth book! I am an eclectic author, straddling both the fiction and nonfiction fences. In my nonfiction world, I write about my passion for yoga and meditation as well as travelogues about my time living in South America. In the fiction realm, I focus mainly on short forms (short stories and flash fiction), but I am currently hard at work on my first novel!
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My next book is called After Namaste: Off the Mat Musings of a Modern Yogini. I will be publishing it in the fall of 2017. I have been a teacher and practitioner of yoga for two decades and wanted to write a collection of essays that demonstrate how I have been able to take lessons I’ve learned on the mat and apply them to my life off the mat.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I can NOT write sitting down! I do all of my writing at a standing desk or on an exercise bike desk.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have always been a voracious reader so it’s really hard to narrow my influences down to a few. But I love the work of Milan Kundera, Margaret Atwood, Alexandre Dumas, Jean Rhys, and Gabriel García Márquez, to name a few.
What are you working on now?
I am in the outlining stages of a mystery novel that takes place in the smallest town in South Carolina in the 1950s. The town becomes involved in a government experiment that essentially traps them in space and time while the rest of the world continues to push ahead through the Cold War and beyond.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am exclusive with Amazon at the moment, so I put a lot of effort there. I also like the Goodreads platform, and love to connect socially with my readers on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
A writer is expected to wear so many hats these days it is easy to get overwhelmed and bogged down in the non-writing side of the business. Don’t forget to WRITE!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Authors have to have a pretty thick skin, so this quote from Dita Von Teese keeps me on an even keel in the midst of negativity, “You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there’s still going to be somebody who hates peaches.” So I shine the best I can and don’t worry so much about what other people think or say about me or my work.
What are you reading now?
I am currently reading The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey and Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic.
What’s next for you as a writer?
After I finish my current WIP I plan on doing a little traveling and research for an idea I have for a fiction series. And I have some more nonfiction books planned as well.
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 Count of Monte Cristo, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Screwtape Letters, and Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess.
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