Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written over 30 novels – 14 have been published traditionally and I have indied 6. Two of my novels were optioned but did not go through. I am listed in Who’s Who in the West and Young Contemporary Authors.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
HOW BRIDGE MCCOY LEARNED HOW TO SAY I LOVE YOU – will be out within a few weeks. It is an off center love story about a man who walks two steps forward and one backward and when he tries to tell a lady he has fallen in love with he loves her all he can say is, I,I,I,I,Lo,Lo,Lo, then he starts choking. The book is social philosophy at its snidest.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not that I know of.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Michner, Taylor Caldwell, Bradbury.
What are you working on now?
A book about a man that walks around a b ig city waving his arms up and down and Venting on thew world – and of all things, it is titled VENT.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
On line sites but I do not do free promos. I give free ARCS and copies for review, but nothing else. When food, gas, electricity, etc. etc. is free I will go the free route.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
I have been writing since 1967. It is a job you never retire from..don’t be in a hurry.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It all ends up the same.
What are you reading now?
I am editing a book I wrote before it goes off to a pro – A CIRCLE AROUND FOREVER – a fantasy set on the premise love and hate have existed for all time.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I have three ideas and have not decided which one I want to go with.
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 encyclopedia.
Author Websites and Profiles
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