Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written four novels, three stage plays, one musical, staged at Portsmouth and the Edinburgh Fringe.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Be Happy with My Life
This book was inspired by a facebook posting I read a couple of years ago.
It is about a woman who notices another woman walking her four children to school, and realises that life is about people and not about things. She changes her whole life so that she too can be more like the woman she saw and less like the woman she used to be.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write from 4 am to 9 am every morning, while the rest of my world is at rest.
Days are so filled with noise.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stoner by John Edward Williams
Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
Possibly two of the best books ever written (in this genre)
I have read these books over and over and they moved me to tears every time.
What are you working on now?
The story of four Jewish children being evacuated from German-occupied Slovenia to Switzerland.
What they don’t know is that they are actually destined for the gas chambers in Ravensbruck concentration camp.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon (so far)
Do you have any advice for new authors?
I have had over five hundred rejections… but the odds have to be turning in my favour.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write every day
Read every day
And remember the old maxim about the thief sentenced to death by the king.
He told the king “Sire, I know you love horses and I could teach your horse to speak if you reprieve me for three months.”
When the man told his friend how he had escaped the death sentence, his friend replied
“But what will happen after three months have passed, surely you will die”
Not necessary said the condemned man, The king could die, the law could change, I may be pardoned, the horse might die or… who knows, the horse might learn to speak.
The moral of the story? to keep trying no matter what the odds.
What are you reading now?
The invisible life of addie larue
What’s next for you as a writer?
Write write write
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 two mentioned above, the Bible and one of mine so I could edit it again.
Author Websites and Profiles
Terence F. Moss Amazon Profile