Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Mick holds degrees in English&Literary Studies and a MA in Creative Writing. Since graduating, he has enjoyed numerous jobs. However, none can rival the sheer satisfaction of watching his pen fly onto a blank page or wall. Such surreal shenanigans mirror Mr Bright’s chaotic classroom in book one of the Dax trilogy.
When Mick isn’t watching his preternatural pen, he is busy injuring himself playing tennis. He hurts his elbow and wrist just by pondering the perfect backhand down the line. Luckily, his characters don’t go anywhere near a court, except a legal one of sorts in book two. But they might play ping-pong while planning an escape from a secure psychiatric unit, or harm themselves with crazier endeavours like saving humanity, understanding reality, or emptying Cathedral puddles with their feet.
At home, Mick gulps hot chocolate from a bottomless Mr Grumpy cup. He also spends time listening to his family, including two grass-devouring guinea pigs, Goldenbee and Stems, whose chortles keep him in the sweet spot between sane and insane.
Books two and three of the Dax trilogy will be published in 2024.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
‘Dax’. I wanted to create a modern Gothic novel from a teen’s PoV that teens and adults would read and re-read.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I love my desktop computer. I’m a dying breed apparently.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many. If you read my stuff, I suspect it’ll become apparent who they are.
What are you working on now?
Dax2 and 3 are finished. They’ll be out before summer 2024. ‘Ung’ should be out before the end of 2024. It’s a kind of sci-fi fantasy horror mash-up between Stephen King and Douglas Adams.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve only just started publishing…
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Ha! Don’t follow any advice from me would be my best advice!😜
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
To thine own self…
What are you reading now?
A fab non-fiction piece about the multiverse. Readers of ‘Dax’ would expect no less!
What’s next for you as a writer?
After ‘Ung’ I might try a thriller for adults.
What is your favorite book of all time?
It’s that perennial inner debate isn’t it, between a certain prince of Denmark and an old English king?
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