Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Well I am Nico Pengin. I am a Dominican, from Dominican Republic and I write as much as I talk, too much. I love writing because I almost never shut up talking and I have a crazy and vivid and weird, different, [insert adjectives], here kind of imagination. And I want to share my kind of ideas and stories with others. That’s why I write. I love storytelling but I can’t story tell to everyone at the same time, at the current moment. So, I just write so others can read the stories I’m telling. I have currently written two ebooks and two audiobook productions of those ebooks.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book name is Batey Ascending. Batey is the sport of my people, the Dominican Tainos. I decided to write about my Dominican heritage in a futuristic manner. In an alternate world, that if we didn’t forget our past, we can move towards a brighter future. If we could simply take what somebody has done before and make slight improvements to it, I feel like that’s the best thing to do. I decided to write a book about my ancestors’ heritage / sport in a futuristic manner. And Batey Ascending is simply the start of the series. If you didn’t know, my next ebook name is Batey Descending. There’s some sort of a scheme and play with the words as you’ll soon know what the four book series I have planned with this story.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I mean other than my whole life being an unusual writing habit? Just kidding. Yes I tend to only write when I feel the motivation for it. So I write when I want, how I want and if I want. Most of the time I don’t. Simply because I’m so busy doing the back end of the business aspect of the entrepreneurship of being an author and trying to get my friends involved in my success. Which is why I love my style of writing because I can crank out a lot in a focused 5 to 30 minute timeframe. When I know others can’t do much even in a four-hour period, it makes that writing much more worth it to me. And that’s simply because I know how to make the best use of my time. Endlessly throughout my life, all my mentors and teachers and supervisors have been teaching me. I’m just simply applying what they taught me.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
As an avid reader I never thought I could become an author, so I always placed this sacred plateau upon authorship. With that said,my favorite author is Brian Jacques. I could go at great lengths about this individual’s writing style and his way of depicting an amazing world free of colors for blind kids, free of all things human within a personified manner of animals and such. I’ve also been influenced by Rich Dad Poor Dad and the Millionaire Fastlane, which is why I think I got all my entrepreneurship mindset because I was not thinking about any of this before I read those books in the past two to three years. So very enlightening books and pieces of information that contain true wisdom and knowledge within the words.
What are you working on now?
I am currently in the process of translating my books and currently setting up effective pre-order dates like I mentioned before, I want to have a book launch a month. There’s going to be a lot of work to be done in a cramped amount of time. Not only do I want to translate my books but I also want to make them available in audiobook format as well, using my own voice if I am able. Whether it’s simply a short story or longer piece of written art, I want them all available in English and in Spanish and ebook form, and paperback form, if I meet the length requirements. As well as audiobook form, and looking to expand if the opportunity arises.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Start now.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I have a ton of different ideas and concepts and stuff lined up though for the next few months. And I’m also planning on dropping a book a month. I’ve decided to take my skills and put them to use and put them to the test.
What is your favorite book of all time?
Redwall by Brian Jaques. This book has expanded the mind that I currently have. It’s about protecting innocent beings within a castle that has red walls and how others want to enter the redwall’s. But because of this author’s amazing descriptive manner and imagery that required a vivid imagination. I was able to get lost in and out of those walls. It was almost like my mind was able to travel beyond the walls of my current human’s imaginative possibilities. A very, very cool book. I’ve made my sister and all three of my closest friends read it. I don’t know if they agree or not but that’s how much I love that book.
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