Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
“Blood of your Blood” is my very first book, I always had the inclination to write but I was preoccupied being part founder of a large business. After many years of success the business fell into financial difficulties and eventually had to be wound up. Needless to say I lost so much financially but gained so much more spiritually. An unexpected consequence of my business failure was the inclination to follow my inner most desires. That is where I discovered my ability to write fiction. I love writing, I feel incredibly passionate about the way I transform the grand idea into a series of words that almost magically breaths it into life.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Blood of your Blood”. The inspiration for this book came from my love of the genre and my absolute adulation of George R Martin. I regard him as the greatest creative author I had ever come across and I wanted to create something on a smaller scale but packing all the punches of a typical GRM novel. I love vampire stories and the more recent development of the “romantic” vampire intrigued me immensely. I never felt satisfied by the recent adaptations of the genre and decided to create a vampire love story set in a “Game of Thrones” like backdrop. I really liked how the final story plays out.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have to find veritable inspiration and then I am writing like the wind, off course when I do that my work is normally blown away by the blood colored ink of a vicious editor. Seriously though when I am inspired the words flow like water flowing from ice capped mountains. I guess that may not be unusual for the ordinary person but I am rarely inspired on that level, I mean a totally different level where I actually see the whole thing play out like a Christopher Nolan epic.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Well obviously George R Martin, my all time hero! Then there is Stephen King, I love his work as well. More contemporary writers like Stephanie Meyer, Lauren Kate, etc. Outside the genre I enjoy reading Michael Crichton and Dan Brown. I love reading so i can go on and on.
What are you working on now?
Well many ideas currently, but I want to get this one off the ground first. I chose to do it by myself which is not an easy task, trust me and all others who have warned of the grave difficulty. I hope it will work which will then make this book the first in of a series. I have a few others as well that are in the idea stages.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I tried Online Book Club and now Awesomegang. I hope this will turn out to the the best website ever! I look forward to writing wonderful testimonials about the great people at awesomegang!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write from your heart! Feel the passion as you transform the idea in your head into words! Harness the emotion that overflows as the heartbeat of your story reverberates through your very soul! Take the tears as your badge of honor!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you want happiness in life, listen to you heart!
What are you reading now?
Currently Winds of Winter, well whatever scraps we get waiting for the final version to arrive.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I hope becoming a successful one.
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?
A Song of Fire and Ice, the whole series.
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