Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
“Sand to Glass” is my first published book, however I have been writing fairly prolifically since high school. Writing is quite literally everything to me and I have written millions of words worth of stories.
For me writing is a choice the way breathing is a choice; if I go too long without doing it, I start to have some serious problems.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest/first published book is titled “Sand to Glass”. It’s actually the second novel I wrote in this universe, and it started out as the backstory of one of the characters who appears in the first novel I wrote (which will be published as the second book because it needed significantly more editing).
Usually I give my stories working titles and will change them later, but “Sand to Glass” was actually the working title of the book. I can no longer remember why it occurred to me to refer to it as that, but the story ended up growing into its title, so I ended up keeping it.
Mostly I just personalities and a family dynamic I wanted to explore, and this book was simply that. And also playing with matters of monsters and deities and all that fun dark fantasy stuff.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I always listen to music. Always. Not playlists, but single songs on repeat. Also I don’t like chairs so I sit on the floor.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
What has influenced me and my writing the most is the manga series “Tokyo Ghoul” by Sui Ishida. Both in story and in aesthetic.
What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on editing what will be my second novel. And writing on what might be my third but might not be.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I honestly don’t know yet since I’m very new to all of this.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write. Write a sh**ton.
That is literally all I did. Millions of words. I just kept writing and haven’t stopped.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Sometimes you have to treat yourself like a child.
Voice 1: “But /why/ should I do it?”
Voice 2: “/Because I said so./”
Sometimes you just have to get through things like that.
What are you reading now?
“Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Unfortunately my powers of precognition are subpar so I cannot give you a clear answer.
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?
“Thus Spoke Zarathustra” by Friedrich Nietzsche; “No Longer Human” by Osamu Dazai; “The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge” by Rainer Maria Rilke. And then maybe a book about how to survive while stranded on a desert island.
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