Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a brand new Indie author. So new the shiny hasn’t even worn off yet. It’ll Feel Better when it Quits Hurting is, hopefully, the first of a series of books based upon the misadventures of my life.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
It’ll Feel Better when it Quits Hurting.
The title for the book came from my Grandpa Bob, it was his favorite phrase. It could be considered the family motto, if we had one, passed along for three generations now. And I doubt that it will stop with my children, since I’ve heard them utter this phrase multiple times to their friends.
When I was young it was applied to boo-boo’s and the small scrapes that come from growing up and falling down often. Growing up it became the phrase that I began to apply to my entire life. It may be the truest statement ever made, because it will always feel better when it quits hurting. You may carry the scars of it, whether physical or emotional but, in time, all things heal, and eventually, the pain will fade away, and you’ll realize, “I’m okay, I do feel better.”
My Grandpa died in his early 60’s of cancer, my two oldest were too young then to remember him now. And sadly, my youngest three never had the chance to get to know him. But his legacy and his words live on through all of us, his descendants, and now I pass them along to you. It will feel better when it quits hurting, I promise.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t believe so, but all writers by nature are weird… so I could be flying my freak flag high and never know it.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Erma Bomeck, George Carlin and Christopher Titus are the three biggest influences on my style of writing.
What are you working on now?
The second book of the series (tentatively) titled “Wine Comes in Six-Packs”.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ll let you know when I figure it out for myself.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Since I’m a new writer myself, not really. Anyone have some really great advice they’d like to share with me instead?
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It’ll feel better when it quits hurting.
What are you reading now?
Sadly, nothing at this point. My time is so taken up by marketing, promoting and surfing for more places to do that, I no longer have the time to relax and enjoy a good book. I have been working on Game of Thrones for about two months now, which is sad because usually I can read a book that size in two days, but as soon as I sit down to read, I never get more than a page into it before I am distracted by reality again.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Trying to finish my second book.
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?
This is a hard one, there are so many books that I love and enjoy. Stranger in a Strange Land would be at the top of my list, maybe The Vampire Lestat or Memnok the Devil, Clan of the Cave Bear, and maybe one of Stephen King’s anthologies.
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