Interview With Author Nick Jamieson
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi, everyone. My name’s Nick Jamieson. I live in Australia, and work multiple interesting jobs, as a way of keeping my fiction fresh and engaging. I’ve written many books in my life, but my most recent, ‘Blood Ever Afer’ and ‘Death Ever After’, took me over eight years to complete. Eight years of redrafting, rethinking, and reshaping. The result? Well, hopefully, you can tell me ….
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled Blood Ever After. It’s about a boy travelling home through a post-apocalyptic world in search of his parents, and the emotional and physical consequences of this. I was inspired by a river near where I live, thinking what if this were a haunted river, and what if what haunted it, one day returned to this world ….
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write most days, but then I’m likely to have a few months off, just living. I believe living is one of the most important ingredients of good fiction writing. Some would argue that simply reading and writing is all you need to do, but I like to visit real people, write about real places, and write about real experiences (shaped in an imaginary world).
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Stephen King. All his books, especially The Stand.
What are you working on now?
I’m editing Death Ever After, the sequel to Blood Ever After. Soon I will be writing my next story and I look forward to moving on from Blood Ever After.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m just starting out, but I believe my YouTube channel could be good fun. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeiwJ5c2e6CWWAKXAGwXvYQ
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Sure, stick with it, write for the long haul, and don’t give up. You’ll find your process one day; don’t rush. I’m still finding my process. It gets easier, and it makes sense more over time …..
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Stephen King’s On Writing, which is to write 2000 words each day.
What are you reading now?
Stephen King’s ‘Cujo’. I love that I still have some of his older books I have never ever read …..
What’s next for you as a writer?
To have a break. To ‘unlearn’ how I write, and reassess myself as a writer, and as a human. Blood Ever After took 8 years of my life, made me start to dislike writing, and increased my overall anxiety. I believe the book is evil, and I don’t know if I should publish it. (I bet now you are interested ….) At least with self-publishing, I can remove it when and if I want. Not that I am going to. But I might.
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?
Blank ones. (Surely the best answer ever ….)
Author Websites and Profiles
Nick Jamieson Website