Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m passing into my twilight years and figured I’d witnessed and done enough to offer others some insights I’ve gained about what all of us are doing on Planet Earth. Most of my books possess a spiritual angle for that reason. However, I also write political satire, mostly because there are none more opaque than politicians. Finally, I also write Crime and Westerns because I enjoy both genres.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled Memory Loss which focuses on a criminal organisation that artificially wipes clean the memories of an investigative journalist.
The book was inspired by friends and family members who suffered with Alzheimer’s and Dementia and, the sort of impact the loss of memories has on everyone. To create a credible storyline I needed to tweak the depth of memory loss artificially created.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
What constitutes an unusual writing habit? I think I’ll be a bore here and say none that I can imagine which do not apply to others.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve gone through many phases over many decades reading naval war stories written by Alexander Kent, westerns by Elmore Leonard and Zane Grey. These all moulded me from an early age as did Mickey Spillane in regard crime detective stories. More recently Lee Child and the Jack reacher novels are entertaining while on the science fiction side I enjoy J.N. Chaney.
What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on a story about an elderly guy disappointed by the way the world has changed in the UK by its government becoming more like a dictatorship than democracy. Yes, a type of 1984, but not quite because many things that have occurred since it was written by George Orwell were not envisaged.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon kindle
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep plugging away, it’s easier today to write your novel and get it published than it ever used to be. My first book ‘Main Bitch’ took me 10 years before a London publisher bought it.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
When editing your work read it aloud to yourself and never rush it.
What are you reading now?
Extraction Protocol: the one U.G.L.Y. Marine Series Book 5 by John Pirhalla
What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m also editor of a local classic car magazine titled ‘Still Motoring’ which keeps me busy as we slowly expand.
What is your favorite book of all time?
‘HMS Ulysses’ by Scottish author Alistair MacLean for its fabulous descriptions of rough seas and the inter-action between sailors at war.
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