Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a clinical psychologist who is devoted to the search for the “what if”. Possibilities intrigue me. My core blog is called cuspofreality.com because I don’t believe in a clearly defined reality. Yes, we often have to work on the concrete but have to leave ourselves open.
As to books, I’ve written in nonfiction and fiction. Nonfiction involved how to help forming stepfamilies, the nature of the failure of the mental health initiative called community mental health, and the utilization of Carl Jung’s personality system by authors to develop stories and characters. Now I’m focused on my special love of what might be with the Gaia’s Majesty Trilogy.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Gaia’s Majesty-Mission Called:Women in Power. It is the first book of the trilogy and was inspired by my love of mythology, the world crisis we have as we descend into a social and environmental period of great danger. And then there is the matter of my devotion to the empowerment of women.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
In a creative endeavor like writing fiction I find it hard to define unusual writing habits. We need to be who we are.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve never been good at making definitive lists because so many things influence our lives in so many different ways. The list of influence is long and varies depending upon the stage of my life.
What are you working on now?
The first book of my trilogy is published, the second is being massaged and the third has a rough draft. But then there is something insistent in my brain which may mean there is a book 4. I also feel the tug of writing stories particularly focused on the women warriors in the Andromeda. Each has formed up in solid form and they have lives I can feel. But that will be a little later.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Yikes in this age of noise I can’t say I see a single best method. We have to use a variety of approaches especially depending upon our product.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep the faith. That means you are drawn to a creative endeavor and we have to be firm in our commitment. Especially with the need to promote we have to be clear why we are in this. One option is to simply devote ourselves to the creative endeavor.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Help! About what? It all depends on where you are in your life and what you see in front of you. If anything it is ‘to your own self be true”.
We each have our own unique personality and it develops over our lifetime. We need to tend it and ourselves.
What are you reading now?
Just started Bill Browder’s book Red Notice. It reads like a novel but it’s about his life. I’m utterly intrigued.
What’s next for you as a writer?
The trilogy has to be finished and then I see if there is a book 4 and I want to write up the life stories of my precious Andromeda women.
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?
Since stranded suggests it was unplanned, I don’t think I get to say. I might end up meditating.
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