Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Addictarium is my first published Novel. I have written for years though, journaling and writing poetry from the time I was small. Addictarium was a drug abuse and recovery memoir I started penning about five years ago, and I was able to polish and publish it this past year!
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Addictarium, as I mentioned above, is a book about so many things, in addition to addiction. It is about love, and trust, and pain, and anguish, it is a psychological revelation in many ways–and it shines a stark light on why addicts us in the first place.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes. I write everywhere, and stick post-its all over my things. I highlight and cut many passages, and my entire thesaurus is highlighted. I use life experience to reflect upon in my journals, which then are used for my novels.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
The Diary of Anais Nin, Invisible Monsters, White Oleander, Crime and Punishment, Tropic of Cancer, Paint it Black, Henry & June, Incest, Junky, Naked Lunch, Ariel, and many, many more.
What are you working on now?
Another literary fiction/fictional memoir novel named Narcssitopia. It revolves around the narrators story of a triangle of lovers who are all severely emotionally disturbed, dysfunctional and delusional, and how all of their thinking patterns differ from what they believe to be true about each other, as well as others in their lives, period. It’s going to have a lot of twists, and plot turns, too. I’m very excited about this book!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My website www.addictarium.com is probably the top seller, because it is chock full of media, press, information, and it’s loaded with everything that made the book so rare and special.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes; write. Constantly. About everything. Hone your skills. Be amazing. Don’t rush the process. USE everything an EVERY one as a source of inspiration.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Turn your life into a work of art–Nietzsche.
What are you reading now?
Plexus by Henry Miller.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I have a plan to publish my next novel I spoke of, as well as a prequel to Addictarium!
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?
Anais Nin’s “Incest,” Chuck Palahniuk’s “Invisible Monsters,” Sylvia Plath’s “Ariel” –A collection of poems, and Marguerite Young’s “My Darling Miss Mackintosh.”
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