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1. Did you choose the writing profession or did it choose you? I've been writing since I was able to put letters together to form words. I love it - so it chose me - I can't control it - I rewrite memos from coworkers, friends, emails, etc. 2. What is your background? (education, work, etc.) High School, and I take online writing courses as well as a few courses at the Community College. For work, I like temporary work because you get to meet a new group of people to delve into and mesh into characters. 3. When did you 'know' you were a writer? When I wrote my first newspaper article when I was 12 years old, and it was published almost "as is" 4. How would you describe your style of writing? Brisk, not flowery, into character more than scenic elements 5. What is your writing process? 1200 words a day, no matter what, until the rough draft is done. I write best early in the morning, so I wake up early and get as many words done as possible, and finish up my goal - hopefully - by bedtime. My goal is 1200, but, some days I go over, some days I fall short. I try to average it out to that. One chapter every two days on the first rewrite. One chapter every two to three days on second rewrite. Two chapters a week on final polish One chapter a day on submission manuscript. 6. What was your path to publication? Blood, sweat, rejections, tears, determination, and a hell of a lot of postage. 7. What is your favorite self-marketing idea? Proposing a tie-in with a local hospital to allow them to have people buy copies of the book and 75% of my royalties went to them. I sold a record number of copies, and, after the promotion ended, my sales escalated and are now steady. 8. What are the biggest surprises you've encountered as a writer? It's relaxing. You get to control someone else's world when yours may be falling apart. And people treat you different when they find out you've published a novel. 9. How do you inspire yourself? What are your sources of creativity? People. I'm not afraid to strike up conversations with anyone. Their ideas, memories, etc. can inspire a complete story. And I don't discriminate; I've talked with the "echelon" of society and the downtrodden. 10. What is your proudest writer moment? Holding the finished (printed, etc.) piece in my hands. AND - when someone recognized me from the cover and had me autograph their copy. 11. What's the best advice you were given about writing? Don't stop. No matter what. Don't listen to nay-sayers - just keep doing it. 12. What is your most embarrassing writer moment? None so far. 13. What business challenges have you faced as a writer? Money. Never enough and having to put writing on the backburner once or twice to work two or three jobs to make ends meet. And jerky editors who want to change 90% of what you've written to match the story they have in their head. 14. What is your writer life philosophy? If you love it, you won't abandon it for more than one day. 15. When you're not writing what do you do for fun? Read. Walk in the park. Go grocery shopping and talk to people in line. 16. Who do you like to read? Michael Crichton. My favorite novel of all-time is 'The Godfather' by Mario Puzo 17. What’s your advice for new writers? Don't listen to yourself when you're reading your stuff, you'll hate it. And find someone other than friends/family to read your "final draft" - they love you too much to tell you the truth. Join a writer's group and take the advice you feel is warranted and forget they bad input from people - I like to feel they're just jealous - :) 18. What are you currently working on? A sequel to The Gay Mafia: Genesis as well as a playscript for a farce I've been working on for almost 10 years. |
