Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been writing semi-professionally or professionally for over two decades now. My work has appeared in the peer-reviewed art journal Afterimage, CUNY’s graduate paper The Advocate, UK newspaper The Daily Star, UK literary journal White Chimney, Australian magazine New Dawn and Ghettoblaster magazine as well as several online publications. So far I only have one book available for sale, Pedogate Primer: the politics of pedophilia but a second book is currently being edited and will hopefully be released by 2021. I also have a draft of a book on the plant medicine kratom and start on a draft about nootropics and biohacking that will hopefully also be available in 2021.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Pedogate Primer: the politics of pedophilia is based on two decades of research into institutional pedophilia and cases like Jeffrey Epstein, Jimmy Savile, Prince Andrew, the Finders Cult and religious organizations, NGOs and charities and Hollywood being implicated in the abuse of children. I’ve been following this subject for over 20 years now and was inspired by learning about the inhumane and devastating experiments of the CIA’s MK-Ultra program on unsuspecting military personnel, civilians, even children.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I tend to take notes on the computer but when it comes to organizing ideas and outlining, everything has to be done on paper or notecards.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Dave McGowan, Nick Bryant, Stephen Singular, Alex Constantine and William Ramsey were all influential on this book in particular. I am also a big fan of Daniel Estulin, Antony C. Sutton, Frances Stonor Saunders, David Livingstone, Douglas Valentine, Yasha Levine and many more who inspired me to cover topics that don’t receive enough mainstream media attention.
What are you working on now?
My second book, about the two party system illusion, the hidden corporatist bureacracy funding our electoral government and many of the ills and excess of those oligarchs is currently being edited. It covers the media monopolists, robber barons, security state meddling with Hollywood, art and literature and much more. Like Pedogate Primer, I stick to verifiable facts, trusted sources and often FOIA and other government documents.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Probably YouTube. I have done some interviews with podcasters and radio hosts and have some more in the works. That always helps to get some buzz about a new book.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read, read, read. Read constantly about your subject, but also be constantly learning about your craft and how to improve it. Unfortunately for a 21st century author part of that craft includes mastering digital marketing and things like that. Don’t be afraid to outsource what you don’t know and can’t do so you can focus on your strengths. Same token, it’s good to continue to learn at least the fundamentals of social media and online marketing and the platforms to get your book some publicity.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Fill up notebooks.” Just fill up notebooks and then fill up more notebooks. Don’t worry about the quality for now, figure that out later. Cull the good from the bad, combine them and use what’s left to start filling up new notebooks. Heard this about 11/12 years ago, still stand by its practicality.
What are you reading now?
The Templars by Piers Paul Reid, Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Virtual Light by William Gibson.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I have two drafts that are in serious need of cleaning up. One on a plant medicine and another about nootropics (cognitive enhancing drugs) and the practice of biohacking using diet and other natural methods. I’ve also got a series of correspondence from an artist friend and mentor who died recently that a publisher is interested in publishing once I find the time and emotional energy to collect and organize it.
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?
J.K. O’Toole’s Confederacy of Dunces, the complete works of Lovecraft and the Brittanica (does that count?)
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