Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I actually write across three different genres: historical fiction, scifi/fantasy, and crime fiction. Currently, I have five books out, which represent three different series and one stand-alone. I have a dystopian scifi series, Interchron. Books 1 and 2 (Persistence of Vision and Quantum Entanglement, respectively) are out, and I am currently writing book 3. My crime fiction series is called Street Games. Book 1, Dark Remnants, is available everywhere. Book 2, Desolate Mantle, will be out next month. I also have Citadels of Fire, Book 1 of Kremlins, which is the first in a historical fiction trilogy. It’s set in Russia in the middle ages, during the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Finally, I have a stand alone crime fiction called The Botanist. More on that below.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Botanist is my latest. It’s a stand-alone novel about a serial killer operating in the desert outside a small, southern Utah town. It was inspired several years ago when I had siblings working on a dude ranch in extreme southern Utah. (I’m from northern Utah.) I made lots of five hour trips that summer through dusty, tumbleweed-laden desert that year. And, what can I say? I’m a writer. My mind wanders. The Botanist was born.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not especially. I just try to stay focused and disciplined. I do write several series at once, always juggling many, vastly different projects, but I’m not sure that’s entirely uncommon among novelists.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many! Robert Jordan, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Terry Goodkind, Rachel Vincent, Katie McGarry, all the classic authors, and so many more!
What are you working on now?
I’m writing book 3 of Interchron, as well as working (in a mostly backburner manner) on an epic fantasy about dragons. I’m also planning book 3 of Street Games, and I just finished edits for Book 2 of Kremlins (tentative title: Bastions of Blood).
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m actually still discovering that. I think right now my strategy is to get my name and my work out onto as many sites and platforms as possible. Of course Amazon is the quintessential marketing monster, but I’m still experimenting with smaller sites to move books and have yet to draw any meaningful conclusions. (I may write about my findings at the end of the calender year.)
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up! The only difference between a published author and an unpublished author is persistence!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never give up. Never, ever, ever. EVER!
What are you reading now?
I’m reading Katie McGarry’s Dare You To, Joanna Penn’s Business for Authors, and Robert Kiyosaki’s Retire Young, Retire Rich. (I tend to read more than one thing at a time, which is why it always takes me so long to get through a book. :D)
What’s next for you as a writer?
Right now I’m just trying to be more visible. Working on all my projects, of course, but also trying to get more speaking engagements and meet more influential people in the writing community. I also want to train myself to use my youtube channel more as an author.
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?
Oh 3 or 4 is just not enough! (Does a loaded kindle count as one book?) I’d definitely take Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, as many installments as I could get away with. It’s my all-time favorite. I’d also take Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, one of my favorite classics. I read it probably once a year. Ditto Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
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