Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a lifelong storyteller, I have written many short stories, poetry, and led a bunch of tabletop role playing games. I have a series of science fiction books that I am preparing for re-release, and I have begun a new series of my personal memoirs, about the unusual experiences of my interesting life.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Land of the Friendly People is my story of being inside the notoriuos Aneewakee Treatment Center, where a cabal of elite pedophiles committed hundreds of acts of child abuse over the course of over two decades. This included physical, mental and sexual abuse, as well as forced labor and deprivation of education.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My memoir series is written in a very casual, easy to read style. It swings from very polished analysis to ranting against injustice.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I am a huge fan of Frank Herbert, Roger Zelazney, and Asimov.
What are you working on now?
I am preparing 3 scifi manuscripts for release as ebooks, and paperback. I am also drafting an outline of part two of my memoirs, an exciting tale about being on the run from the law.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Promoting books is tough! But if you are trying to do this yourself, Don’t Give up! Take advantage of helpful sites like awesome Gang to help establish yourself as an author.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
I will echo the advice of Brad Thor, who writes excellent action/aadventure novels; $0% of the work is writing the book, 60% is selling it.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Read. Alot.
What are you reading now?
Hollow City, by Ransom Riggs, this is the sequel to Miss Perigrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
What’s next for you as a writer?
After I get my scifi trilogy online, I want to write part two of my memoirs. After that I have loose notes for another scifi trilogy, which are intended to stand alone, but exist on the same imaginary universe as the first set. The first three books begin in a familiar world, with near future technology and settings. The second set will be in the far future, showing where the events of the first part have led, at the end of a long passage of time.
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?
I would bring Dune by Frank Herbert, The Count of Monte Christo by Alexandre Dumas, and the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkein.
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