Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I used to be an expert on Sustainable Development and in worked in developing economies until I retired about five years ago. I have now retired but I still live in a provincial city in Vietnam. I have written 27 Romance books under my pen name Adam Mann, and 7 Historical novels, mainly based in Asian countries using local history as a base.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The last five books have been Box Sets, three at a time, for my existing Romance novels. This has highlighted several amendments and corrections for those books which I have republished.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I often wake about three or four in the morning, with a bright idea, and get up and write it immediately.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have read Chris Ryan, but I have not written those type of books, and George MacDonald Fraser as I often know the area where his books were based.
What are you working on now?
Box Sets.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I much prefer Smashwords to Amazon.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just put your head down and write. Don’t listen to the advice from others.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t listen to the advice from others.
What are you reading now?
An Emperor Among Us by David St. John.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Getting reviews for any of my books.
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?
Robinson Crusoe,
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