Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a first-time author of a novel, and Secret Faces of Darkness: LOST is my first novel. It’s a young adult vampire fantasy and the first of the Secret Faces of Darkness series. Apart from that, I to write started many novels in the past, but this is the first one I managed to finish, so there are many other ideas waiting for when I have more time and patience on my hands.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I wanted to write a ‘realistic’ young adult novel involving vampires (if there can ever be any).
Originally, a ‘vampire’ was someone so strongly attracted to life and power over other people that they weren’t able to leave this earth. In the past, it was thought that such individuals could come back to haunt others.
On this basis, I tried to use vampires and what they symbolise as a metaphor for darkness that can be found all around us, among others in the human mind.
As mentioned elsewhere, such darkness, especially when connected to power over other people, can be strangely alluring.
I wanted to explore how we can face it, be tempted by it and how one might try to deal with it in everyday life, in the current global circumstances.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write while I do other stuff with my hands, because ideas tend to flow more freely when you’re not forcing yourself to stare at the computer screen and write those 1000-5000 words you’ve set as your daily goal.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Terry Pratchett and his amazing Discworld series as well as his humour, Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings, and Neil Gaiman with all of his novels, but also many contemporary science fiction writers.
What are you working on now?
I’m going to start a blog, another book series, and I’m also working on the second book of my Secret Faces of Darkness series.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still endeavouring to discover it. Awesomegang. com is awesome!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Follow your dreams, that’s all we can all strive for, I guess, and be kind to yourself and other people.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Take life day by day, don’t dwell too much on the past or the future.
What are you reading now?
Re-reading the Metro sci-fi series by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
What’s next for you as a writer?
To try to succeed in the literary world.
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?
Can I take an Ipad? Survival on a Desert Island Handbook, 500 Ideas to Escape from a Desert Island Including Building a Radio Station, The Tropical Cookbook, and a medical encyclopaedia.
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