Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Venancio Gomani and I am a 25-year-old Zambian currently living in Lusaka city. Professional, I am an Engineer, and Entrepreneur. I currently own and manage my own Technology startup called Active and I am a final year engineering student at DMI-St. Eugene University studying for my Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering. Creatively, however, there is a whole other story. I am a storyteller and an art-enthusiast. I am the author of the Dystopia Fiction, short novel, Quantos Rising &, and the fantasy full-length novel, Ghost Tribes. It is my sincere hope and goal to completely change the African cultural mindset within the minds of most Africans through my projects, innovations, platforms, books, arts, and tutorials.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My recent novel is titled ‘Ghost Tribes’. The principal story chronicles the battle between the living and the dead, and the epic of the seven ghost tribes and the resulting consequence of their actions, both politically and ethically.
The novel was inspired by a number of amazing cultural stories I heard growing up as a child which have been a part of African lore for perhaps generations before. I was inspired by so many of these stories especially because there have been very few stories about such cultural practices and traditions told from a fantasy perspective.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, I do! I love to act out the characters within the stories I tell as I write, though I only do so in secret
It helps me, for the most part, to immerse myself within the character’s world.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
My most recent offering, Ghost Tribes, was inspired in part by A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.
What are you working on now?
Currently, I’m working on wrapping up the second part of the Ghost Tribes book series and I hope to have it published by the 1st of January 2020.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I would have to say my own website http://venanciogomani.com
I love Awesome Gang. When I published my short novel, Quantos Rising, in 2015, Awesome Gang played perhaps the largest role in getting the word out.
Another of my favorite methods is the Authors Show which is one of the world’s largest author-based radio shows.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Rome was never built in a day. Writing shouldn’t only be a talent or a passion. It’s an investment too. Each word you write; each sentence and paragraph and chapter is an investment in what is to be possibly considered as an expression of who you are as a storyteller. So keep writing through whatever the circumstances and I promise you that at the end of the road, you’ll be glad that you overcame everything you did in order to get to that finish line.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The first rule of self-control is ‘Never put yourself in a position that would require you to practice self-control’
What are you reading now?
I’ve been recently fascinated by The Hydroplate Theory by Walt Brown. I came across this book a few months ago but only really got into reading it fairly recently.
I found fascination in how he ties seemingly scientific impossibilities and proposes valid explanations on how they would have most likely occurred.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Well, I would say build as much hype for my current novel; get as many people reading it; and once the audience is large enough and curious enough, begin to stroke curiosity for the second book I hope to publish by 1st January 2020.
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?
My go-to books are always The Hound of Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hydroplate Theory by Walt Brown, and Ghost Tribes by Venancio Gomani Jr.
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