Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am American expatriate living in France. I was born and grew up in Buffalo, New York. I have lived in Paris for fifty years.
I have written at least 100 books. Some are “evergreen” books that we can buy and read forever. But each year I write a huge book of monthly Horoscopes for both Chinese and Western signs. I then divide that book into 24 smaller books, add some information about each sign and publish those. So I guess hundreds of books is the right answer.
I am very famous as an astrology author. But now I am shifting to autobiography.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My newest book is called “2015 New Astrology Horoscopes”. It’s #1 best seller on Amazon’s New Age Horoscopes Best seller list. It has been #1 since mid December 2014. Still, I want to expand the market. The book exists in both e-book and paperback versions.
I am now writing the first volume of my autobiography. It will come out in April of 2015. The series is called “Unmitigated Gaul”. The first volume will be called “Ladyfingers”.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write all morning. Then I stop at 1pm, watch the news and make my lunch. Then I watch a stupid woman’s TV show about peoples’ personal stories, dramas and experiences. Then I take a nap. At 4 pm I begin writing again and don’t stop until 8pm when the evening news comes on here in France. Evenings, I watch Netflix re-runs of Downton Abbey and the like. Then I go to bed with a book so I can be up again at 7 to begin work. I never get dressed in the morning. I go from my bed to my computer in my pj’s.,
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Annie Proulx, Donna Tartt, Richard Ford.
What are you working on now?
My autobiography
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Twitter.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Stay away from agents and publishers. Publish your own books. Write them. Have them edited and formatted by professionals. Hire a cover designer. Borrow the money if necessary. Promote your books on social media and wherever else you can afford to.
Publishers and agents are expensive middle men. Publishers pay you a 10% royalty, and pay twice a year. Amazon and the other retailers pay a 60 or 70% royalty and they pay you every month.
And most important of all – believe in yourself. If you don’t, nobody else will.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never ask a question that can be answered by no.
What are you reading now?
“The Signature of All Things” by Elizabeth Gilbert.
What’s next for you as a writer?
A series of memoirs about having lived my whole adult life in France. It’s called “Unmitigated Gaul.”
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?
Oh please. Not that question again. War and Peace. Anna Karenina. Madame Bovary and Winnie the Pooh.
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