Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is the first book I’ve ever written. I am a combat veteran who was just looking for a way to get my postwar emotions out of me and onto paper. I created characters to represent different emotions and then somehow this insane story just evolved.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My book is titled The Lady in The Red Shawl, it was inspired by a painting that hangs on my wall. I would sit with this painting for hours just thinking over all my experiences and memories. She brought me such solace and comfort that I gave her to my main female character for the same purpose. (The cover of the book is a photograph of the real painting.)
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I usually write in the middle of the night when I wake up from a nightmare or can’t sleep. I’d say the majority of my writing is done after midnight and before daybreak.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
If I could meet any author in the world who ever lived it would be the beautiful Walt Whitman. The descriptions he makes paints a picture so clear to the reader and the emotions he traps in words transcribe across all generations.
What are you working on now?
Right now I am working on the sequel to The Lady in The Red Shawl. It will be titled The Lady Draped in White.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am new to all of this! So far I have only explored Facebook.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Reach out to other authors who began the same way you are. I have been welcomed into so many author circles and been given such wonderful advice.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Treat people as good as you are, not as good as they deserve.
What are you reading now?
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
What’s next for you as a writer?
My next step is to see if anyone actually likes my book. It’s dark and a little psycho so I’m worried that no one will like it. I guess if Patrick Bateman still has fan clubs there must be a fan base who might like my Will Hartmann .
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?
My practical self is tempted to give the titles of 3 survival guides, but the impractical side of me would choose The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernst Hemingway and then as many erotic romance novels as I could carry.
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