Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live in the south east of the united kingdom, not far from the south coast. I like doing a variety of crafts, as well as writing, and I also paint and draw.
I enjoy walking on the South Downs, and I am concerned about what we are doing to this beautiful planet of ours. what are we going to leave for our children and grandchildren?
I have written 7 books to date. 5 fantasy, 1 historical and 1 recipe book. All are published under the name of V.M.Sang
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called Vengeance of a Slave. It started it’s incubation many decades ago when I was a child. I saw a derelict house that had once been a large, possibly Georgian building. It was on the moors in Derbyshire. I wondered what had happened to it and the family that had owned it. Many decades later I decided to write the history of that family, and started with a young boy, Adelbehrt, who was taken as a slave by the Romans and brought to Britain.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not that I know of.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
My fantasy work is influenced by Weis and Hickman in their Dragonlance Saga. I also have to admit to being influenced by Tolkein and C.S.Lewis. What fantasy author isn’t? Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time has also had an influence.
What are you working on now?
I am writing the second book about the descendants of Adelbehrt. It’s about a young girl, descended from him, who is half Danish and half Anglo Saxon.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don’t use any commercial websites. I can’t afford them. I stick to using my own website an social media in the main.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Writing or life in general? For writing, it’s to keep on even when you think it’s to no avail. In life, it’s that we learn and grow through adversity. No one ever learned from being happy all the time.
What are you reading now?
A boxed set of books set in the time of the Vikings. They are by various authors.
What’s next for you as a writer?
To get Jealousy of a Viking published.
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?
An anthology of poetry, (but not recent stuff. I don’t like it. To me, it seems to be prose broken down into lines), a book with the trilogy of Dragonlance, and an encyclopedia.
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