Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written 3 now, however the third combines the first two.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Bard from Ballarat: International Version. It combines the two I published last year as limited edition high quality individually hand numbered copies. I wanted to make another version that might have a greater appeal further afield. The original one I published was a step in the right direction of a new life after an accident changed all my goals, hopes and dreams.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I light a candle stuck in an empty port bottle and sit it in the middle of the table and I wear a black and red jester hat with bells on it. I also have to alternate between sitting, kneeling, standing and laying due to nerve damage in my butt.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Autobiographies have been a huge influence in my life, any story of someone overcoming the odds. also authors who have been determined enough to find success when everyone keeps telling them no.
What are you working on now?
A collection of short stories to be released in the first half of this year.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far in person has worked the best, once someone sees the photos and reads the poems they want copies.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Have a go, and don’t give up.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It only takes $5 a day to retire a millionaire
What are you reading now?
The questions on this webpage
What’s next for you as a writer?
A collection of short stories, got a novel in the works and then maybe my autobiography
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?
A fortunate life, A B Facey
The bible
which ever has the most pages to use as kindling
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