Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an Australian author and speechwriter. I have written two published works, The Interior People (2020), and Fabel (2016). Fabel was shortlisted for the 2017 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards. I have also written an epic fantasy trilogy, Black Banner, available for free on Wattpad.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Interior People was inspired by the loss of two people very close to me. It is a ghost story, a love story, and a thriller, and a work I am very proud of.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’d say Neil Gaiman’s style has influenced my own, but as far as the writing process, and what inspires me to pursue writing in general, would be Ernest Hemingway, Cormac McCarthy, and Jack London, and Hunter S Thompson, to name a few!
What are you working on now?
My third novel, an ambitious, sprawling epic, an unofficial sequel to The Interior People.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ll tell you when I’ve found it!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
You don’t need to take Stephen King’s advice and write every day – sometimes taking a break can be just as useful and powering through. Writer’s block is real – don’t always feel you have to fight it, just go and do something else you enjoy. Inspiration can come from anywhere, at any time.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It’s not the hours you spend at your desk, it’s what you do with them.
What are you reading now?
The Grand Dark, by Richard Kadrey
What’s next for you as a writer?
A fun side project to put a few of my older unpublished works on Wattpad.
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?
None; I’d take blank paper and write my own.
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