Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
After twenty years trembling on the brink of rock stardom and fifteen years working at record companies, Ted Myers left the music business—or perhaps it was the other way around—and took a job as a copywriter at an advertising agency. This cemented his determination to make his mark as an author.
His fiction has appeared online at Literally Stories and in print in the To Hull & Back Short Story Anthology 2016. His epic and amusing memoir, Making It: Music, Sex & Drugs in the Golden Age of Rock was published in 2017, and more fiction appeared in Iconoclast magazine, The Mystic Blue Review, Centum Press’ 100 Voices Anthology, Culture Cult Magazine, the Ink Stains Anthology, Vol. 9, and Bewildering Stories. Fluffy’s Revolution, published by Black Rose Writing in 2019, was his first novel. A rare poem was published in Put into Words, My Love, an anthology from Pomme Journal in January 2020. Black Rose published his second novel, Paris Escapade, in December 2020.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Paris Escapade was inspired by a camp-sponsored trip across Europe I took when I was sixteen. That was in 1962. I made my protagonist, Eddie Strull, a little older (seventeen) because of the many adult situations he gets himself into. Although the first three chapters are almost straight memoir, the rest of the book is pure fiction.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I start a new story or book with a concept the is drawn with broad strokes. I’ve never done a detailed outline, and it’s gotten me into quite a few dilemmas in the past. But I believe a story — if it has legs — will ultimately write itself.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Kurt Vonnegut, John Fowles, Vladimir Nabokov, Margaret Atwood, Nikos Kazantzakis.
What are you working on now?
A sequel to Fluffy’s Revolution (by popular demand). It’s taking a while, though.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon, Facebook, Goodreads, Bookbub, Twitter, book bloggers, live interviews.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Get a good editor/proofreader. Get trusted and literate friends to read the manuscript and give you honest feedback.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Study and learn the craft. Even if you think you’re a good writer, you can learn a lot in a classroom situation with a good teacher and a spirited group of fellow students giving you input.
What are you reading now?
The Gopher King by Gojan Nikolich.
What’s next for you as a writer?
More writing, I guess.
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 Last Temptation of Christ, The Magus, The King in Yellow, The Blind Assassin.
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