Interview With Author Kevin M. Mansoor
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a storyteller. I always have been. Pretty sure I inherited the skill from my father although he was more of a short-form storyteller and I am more of a long-form storyteller.
I wrote my first book about 100 times, so does that count as 100 books? Huh, probably not so officially, I have written 2 books that are currently available and also a novella. The third book of my trilogy is 50% done and should be released in early 2023 at the latest.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I am completing my first trilogy right now. The first two books were just published in Oct 2022. They are Avenging Love and The Deception of Fear. The third in the trilogy is Buried Within and should be out in 2023.
I have no idea what originally inspired the story. It was about 15 years ago and started as a story I told my kids. That story evolved into what became book one. The rest of the trilogy just followed.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Screaming. I scream a lot. Then I walk in circles and talk to the ceiling. When it answers, I am having a good day. This is all because I am definitely a "pantser" and my characters often make me quite mad. Once I wrote a chapter and took a break. When I came back into the room I realized I couldn't really remember what I wrote. So I read it. I got so mad and upset that slammed my laptop shut and didn't open it for a week.
When I went back a week later, I realized my character did exactly what they should have done. I still didn't like it and it completely changed the story. Looking back at that change, I love it and where everything went.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love the quote from Robert Frost. "No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader. No tears for the writer, no tears for the reader."
I think of those words a lot when I write and think they dovetail very well with a lot of what Stephen King often says about being a pantser. He has said he never really knows where his stories are going and that he just follows his characters.
I think of that concept when I write. To be honest, I am not a huge Stephen KIng fan as he isn't normally my genre but I have great respect for him as a writer. He and Robert Frost have definitely influenced me.
What are you working on now?
Book number 3! The characters are in my head yelling at me to let them out. I need to finish my trilogy, the Trinitarian Knights Collection.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Hmm…I wish I knew. I am to young on that side of the business to answer that. Right now I am marketing my trilogy and I suppose I am doing everything I can. From social media to blogging to blogger outreach to advertising. I am trying to click on all cylinders fo the marketing machine.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write every day but also market every day. There is a lot of competition and marketing from day one can be a huge boost to your success. I was late on that front and am playing marketing catch up now.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
"There is a lot of important stuff to do but only some of it is vital. There will never be enough time for everything so only worry about the vital and ignore the important. When the important becomes vital, it will get taken care of."
The tricky part is figuring out what it the vital. . .
What are you reading now?
Angel and Demons by Dan Brown
What’s next for you as a writer?
That is an argument currently playing out in my head. I am not sure what the outcome will be. I have a full-length prequel novel in my head for the trilogy. It would look at the relationship between two of the characters long before when the trilogy takes place. They really want their story told. However, I have a lead character of an epic fantasy having long conversations with me as well.
At this time, I am not sure which story will demand to be told first.
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?
Probably the four top titles in the genre "surviving alone on a desert island"
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