Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a writer with over 20 years in print. I’ve covered entertainment media, news reporting, travel, herbal medicine, supplements and other topics. My work has appeared in the peer-reviewed journal of art Afterimage, CUNY’s graduate newspaper The Advocate, UK’s Morning Star newspaper, Australia’s New Dawn magazine, Ghettoblaster magazine, New Noise magazine, Paranoia magazine, The Goldwater and several other print and online publications.
I recently released my first book, Pedogate Primer: the politics of pedophilia. It deals with subjects such as the Jeffrey Epstein affair, MK-Ultra, the Finders cult, online child grooming, Jimmy Savile and UK’s grooming and institutional pedophilia epidemic and other topics I’ve been researching for years.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Pedogate Primer: the politics of pedophilia is a book several years in the works. I was writing about the Jeffrey Epstein affair years before he was the household name he is today. I also had been writing about real-time grooming and exploitation via YouTube years before the New York Times reported how the site was a “digital playground” for pedophiles. A great deal of inspiration and background material was culled from authors like Dave McGowan (Programmed to Kill: the politics of serial murder) and Nick Bryant (Franklin Scandal: a story of powerbrokers, child abuse & betrayal).
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
When I’m writing non-fiction I tend to use a word processor, but as far as outlining and brainstorming goes I need pen and paper to really put things together in a coherent and logical way.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m a big fan of authors like Douglas Valentine, Dave McGowan, David Livingstone, Frances Stonor Saunders, Antony Sutton and other writers who are able to dig through well worn histories and manage to resurface something new and revolutionary.
What are you working on now?
Currently researching a book related to the rise, fall and aftermath of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation and the controversies related to both Recovered Memory therapy and False Memory Syndrome as well as the ongoing debate surrounding dissociative disorders and child abuse.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Bit of a noob as far as marketing goes. So far have used Awesome Gang, BookBub and Amazon Ads and occasionally share videos to my personal YouTube channel and store some of those and other previous work at my portfolio site: http://www.philfairbanks.com/
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Some of the best advice I ever received related to writing: “Just fill up notebooks.” Yes, it sounds easy, but persistence is the key to improvement. Don’t worry about the quality as you write, just fill up notebooks and read constantly in the field you are hoping to write in. Also, no matter what your level of proficiency, reading books about the craft itself can be vital to improving. Use what you learn there to glean what is worth salvaging from the stack of notebooks growing in your corner.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Believe in yourself. Seems simple, trite even, but developing a belief in yourself is step one to self improvement.
What are you reading now?
The Templars: the dramatic story of the Knights Templar by Piers Paul Read; The Witch-Hunt Narrative by Prof. Ross E. Cheit; Sinister Forces, book III: The Manson Secret by Peter Levenda
What’s next for you as a writer?
Currently have a couple drafts to clean up and hopefully publish in 2021. Reaching out to some academics with expertise in the fields at hand and hopefully can get some questions answered for some soundbites to pepper in.
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?
The Bible, Complete works of Lovecraft (bonus if they include annotations by the great S.T. Joshi), Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, Transhumanism: history of a dangerous idea by David Livingstone
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