Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
“Angels of the Quantum Gate” is the first book I’ve finished and published. I’m working on ideas behind others. I don’t know how long they will take. Sometimes I may develop a story over many years.
As for myself, I live in Northeast Georgia, USA. I’m about 65, and I’ve been here for about 20 years. Before I moved here, I lived in Florida. My wife and I like to hike, although she is much better at it than I am.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
For “Angels” I was intrigued by the possibilities posed by the ideas of multiple universes, super intelligent beings and how they might interact with us, and the possible importance of each individual when presented with an absence of meaningful time but the presence of infinite universes. To answer the question of why this or that happens, the answer might become that everything that can happen does happen, somewhere. Given a lack of evidence, do answers to such possibilities require an act of faith, of belief if you will? How do universes exist without intelligence to acknowledge their possibilities? This is a mysterious, even spiritual, realm for which the powers of science may prove lacking.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write in my head. The stories are developed over long periods of time during which I muse over them, over and over. And I write with only the most basic, unwritten, outlines. So, I don’t know where the writings will take me. They seem to write themselves in a way that may seem akin to channeling. Some chapters become discoveries, and I myself may become excited or emotional over them.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Arthur C. Clarke most definitely. I like his “Rama” series especially. I’ve read much of George R.R. Martin’s “Fire and Ice” tales. Otherwise, a great variety of classics. Mark Twain and Herman Melville were great story tellers. Thomas Hardy always had some interesting “pictures” to paint, even if darker and somewhat pessimistic. The Arthurian legends provide seemingly infinite possibilities within their own universes.
What are you working on now?
A collection of stories and poems, a sequel to “Angels”, a syfi horror tale.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I haven’t determined that yet. Audacity has been a good outlet for an audio version of “Angels”.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Self-publish, probably, even though there are many, many new books being introduced that way. Agents and publishers are difficult to find if you are new, and some may want to charge you a hefty fee for services that you can do yourself.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t pay too much attention to advice. Or to judgments.
What are you reading now?
The fourth book from the “Fire and Ice/Game of Thrones” series, although I’m taking a break because too many new characters have been introduced, in my opinion.
What’s next for you as a writer?
To complete at least some of what I’m currently working on.
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?
First of all, I’d need books in print rather than ebooks if I were going to be there long. I’d probably take instructions on surviving on a desert island (also a fire starter, a pot, and a heavy duty cutting tool, as well as a waterproof container for the books). What would I feel like reading? Most anything really. I would be bored. I’d also need a journal and some pens.
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