Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Well, I’ve been interested in writing since I was a teenager, and I fooled around here and there with writing stories, mostly just for fun. It wasn’t until later in my life that I decided not only did I enjoy writing, I really had to. Now, it’s like anything that’s healthy for me like brushing my teeth, cleaning the house, putting any chaos into order, those kind of things. It’s become a part of me, and it’s probably the largest part of me that I don’t question. In writing, you can go anywhere. I’ve written quite a few books, some are out there, some aren’t, but I have dozens of manuscripts and they’ll all see the light of day some time or another.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Linus Jackson – Forty Years of Vengeance and Violence. That’s the name of my latest book. Lord only knows what inspired it, because I have no clue. My mother used to ask me, “Where did this story come from in you?” “I have no idea,” I’d respond. But I’m glad I wrote it. Linus is quite a guy and the story is fabulous, if you don’t mind my saying so.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think so. I don’t stand on my head and write or sit in a yoga position or walk around the house playing out the parts. I just sit and write. I’m not fearful or concerned with writer’s block. If my creativity on a certain book gets stuck in a corner, I go onto another book for a while and then come back and turn that book around so it isn’t stuck in a corner anymore. I also have the same drawbacks as other writers’ in that I’ll suddenly realize a cup in a sink needs washing and hadn’t I better get that thing clean this very second, or gee, I forgot that today was the day I was going to do the laundry, so I’d better at least get a load in. Yep. I used every trick in the book, if you will, to get lazy about writing. No more.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Far too many to name. That’s like asking what my favorite color is. Well, actually, that question I can answer with a favorite. Deep purple is my favorite color, but that doesn’t rule out my love of other colors. I don’t have a favorite music artist. I don’t have a favorite food, nor a favorite dessert, nor a favorite sweatshirt or shoes or sport, anything really. But there are some authors I do enjoy time and again and some are Joyce Carol Oats, Danielle Steel, Louis L’amour, Max McCoy, and, honestly, so many. Some are just seriously lucky and probably have outstanding publicists and marketing geniuses, I guess, paving the popular appeal road. Believe me, I’d love my books selling as the above authors have, but even if they don’t, and so far they have not, I feel blessed to write at all, because I do believe I have a real gift for writing, and I’m thankful enough for that.
What are you working on now?
Many people have requested, believe it or not, that I write a sequel to Linus Jackson. That’s not going to happen. I am working on another western, however. I really enjoy writing westerns. This next one is set in modern times and it is proving to be very fun to write. The title is in working mode, so I don’t want to reveal it as of yet.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Truly, I’ve just rejoined FB after leaving it for nearly a year. My publisher suggested I get back on and use it as a tool to spread the word about my books. I get his point. So FB, Twitter, also one I left and am now back on. Emails. Online book interviews. And yes, I know I should have a personal website and so that is in the works, too.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Only what others have told me and I think if one truly loves writing its the best advice there is – keep at it and don’t stop.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Regarding writing? Just what I offered in the last question – keep at it and don’t stop.
What are you reading now?
Max McCoy’s Sixth Rider. Fantastic book!
What’s next for you as a writer?
My upcoming novel. A western.
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?
Hmm. Something sexy so I don’t get bored. Something wild to count my blessings of peace and calm. Something ethereal yet scientific to keep me in God’s presence and love. Something cohesive so I know even though the world is breaking to bits, I know some of us are still of reasonably sound mind. And then, if you’ll allow me one more – something that is always in a forward process and progress, which is writing my own books.
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