Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written dozens and dozens of short stories and I’ve self-published a half-dozen or so essays.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
War and Vegetables: A Chronicle of The Last Gas Station is the title of my first Novel. I’m inspired by what I observe in life. I’m like most writers.. it all builds up and has to emerge. A friend handed me a copy of Fluke by Christopher Moore. I love it when people give me books to read. When I read Fluke it made me feel confident enough in my own writing to go for it.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to get into a lucid state. I make myself really tired and slap-happy by staying up late and whatnot. All the weird stuff comes out that way.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Daniel Quinn, Riane Eisler, CS Lewis, Ray Bradbury, Christopher Moore, J.G. Eccarius, Hakim Bey, Dr. Suess.. I’m going to stop now. So many.
What are you working on now?
I have a lot on my mind.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I hate promotion. I’m good with marketing things, I love doing phone calls and promoting something I really believe in, but I have a hard time doing it for myself because it makes me feel like a self-promoting whore. But If I did it I’d make bank because I always do when I talk to people.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t pay anyone for their advice on your manuscript. If they are any good, they are real writers and they don’t have time to review you. Pay for editing and proofreading, maybe a cover, that’s it.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
WRITE YOUR OWN BOOK
What are you reading now?
Mailing labels.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I have a Mars Trilogy outlined.. but I might get a lot of “flash poetry” out of my system and anthologize it with a lot of my old, older, and old, old poetry. Also trying to figure out why the Amazon Author Profile system does not keep my information.
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?
Three books on how to survive with nothing in the wild.. You know thirty people who all think they’re clever have given that answer.
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