Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a life-long naval enthusiast and researcher who has been interested since childhood in stories true and fictional about ships and their crews.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“The Lone Captain” is my sequel to “The Nautilus Legacy.” It continues the adventures of Captain Nemo’s son, who made a difficult life choice to follow in his father’s deep-sea footsteps. I was clearly inspired by Jules Verne, but as I have been reflecting on the story as I revised it for publication, I realized that there’s a lot of influence from “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” which was still running when I wrote the first draft nearly 30 years ago. I think the main thing that influenced me was the episodic nature of the show’s adventures, along with the notion of having an identifiable crew with distinctive personalities. In Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues,” the crew were quite anonymous, but there is an episodic quality to the various adventures of the novel.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
In the background, I’ve started playing a video of 10 hours of soft, white noise to filter out distracting sounds from elsewhere in the house.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Jules Verne, Clive Cussler
What are you working on now?
Volume 3 of “The Nemo Chronicles” is in various stages of progress. I also have a scifi-ish novella that I hope to return to this year or next.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far, Facebook and niche discussion groups.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
1) Don’t give up. 2) If you believe in what you have written, if there’s a character or a story you want people to encounter, find some way to get your work published.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I don’t know. Knowing me, it was probably something I completely ignored and have forgotten.
What are you reading now?
Nothing, at present. I’ve been too busy writing, editing and revising.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Finish “The Nemo Chronicles” trilogy, then think about what I want to do afterward.
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?
Seven Days In May, Raise the Titanic, and the Bible
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