Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Dearheart, my wife of forty three years and I live in a little town of 8,200 in Southern California. In that time, I’ve built a successful remodeling /contracting business. But that’s just my day job… everyone that writes, everyone who tells you how to write, all say the same thing… Write about what you know and what I know is me.
Well, at least the me I see when I write… a protagonist frequently wedged between a rock and a hard place but manages to work things out at the last minute after all.
Like most of us when pushed into a corner it only brings out the best in us and we become the unstoppable force of a reluctant hero. If I have a signature style for creating a character then this is it.
I have written 8 novels and a good number of short stories.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest is called My Grandfather’s Pants carried by Tirgearr Publishing ! It’s a paranormal Fiction about a young man that learns who his Grandfather really was and all about the people who loved him and those that wanted to control him.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I guess it depends on what you consider unusual… I write nights and weekends as a rule. I have a very large, over feed cat named Auggie who personally inspects all my work and frequently tries to help me type. He’s not very good… I tell him ‘I’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ but he never listens. By the way… he thinks he’s a dog… does that count ?
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve read a lot of Sci-Fi and Fantasy. I like humor and Dave Barry cracks me up. My all time favorite ? I would have to say EE ‘Doc’ Smith… The Lensmen series. Smith was a scientist in the 30’s and wrote The Lensmen Series in 1937 ! Very cool stuff. Way ahead of his time.
What are you working on now?
Right now I’m writing 2 new books…. the first is The Cordovan Effect. It’s book 3 of my Eve Project due to be released September 2014 . The second is called Black Moon… book 2 in my Littlefield series.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
This is the hardest… promotion is tough. I try everything available. How do you get people to read your work when they’ve never heard of you ?? I tell them I’m very good but then they ask… “Who are you ?
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write what you want to read. Nothing else will make you happy.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Don’t take crap from anyone… write what you want”
What are you reading now?
I just finished 100 thousand Kingdoms.
What’s next for you as a writer?
At present my book ‘My Grandfather’s Pants’ is out… the first from my Sci-Fi Series The Eve Project called Machines of the Little People will be released in April 2014, Book 2… The Wishing Stone will be out July 2014 and book 3… The Cordovan Effect will be out September 2014
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?
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