What are your goals as a writer? My goals right now are to put out books that affect people; it’s that simple for me. My first goal is to have readers say: “We love it. We want more. Don’t stop. Keep going.” When I hear that, then I’ll start thinking of larger goals
Long term, I just want to have that one thing I can look back on and say, “That’s the best I can do. That’s my magnum opus.” To know that’s out in the world, that it exists, what more can you ever ask for?
What books have most influenced your life? I’ll probably take a bunch of heat for this, and I’m constantly getting mocked for it, but Ayn Rand’s ‘Atlas Shrugged’ was pretty big for me. I went through my post-high school Hemingway phase, but I started to get more into politics in college. I started reading Orwell and Huxley and all the great social commentary stuff. When I finally got around to reading Atlas Shrugged, I already knew mostly what it was about, but I still loved it.
Just to be clear, I don’t take it as a justification to be greedy or evil or anything like that (like so many other people who love it do), but I do think it’s one of the best books for socio-political philosophy – whether you agree with the premise or not.
Plus, nobody really talks about the fact that it’s a great story, regardless of everything else. It’s just a really good plot with really well developed characters.
Have you ever considered anyone as a mentor? Sure. Hemingway, Rand, Orwell, Philip K Dick, Huxley, Thoreau, Einstein, Carl Sagan – all of them are my mentors.
What are some of the best tools available today for writers, especially those just starting out? You know, one of the best tools out there for writers just starting out is Scribophile (scribophile.com). That community is really great for beginning authors and the feedback is tremendous.
What is one marketing tip you can give writers? I’ll give you three:
Treat it like a business; Don’t SPAM; Help other writers.
That doesn’t sound like marketing, but it absolutely is. Be patient and don’t overreach by spamming the crap out of your book. In the long run, it’s not worth it.
What’s your favorite place in the entire world? Right now – Cambridge, England. I was there for two weeks in December and I didn’t want to leave. The amount of educational history there is just mind-blowing. Seriously, two words – Isaac Newton.
A wildly
intriguing, intimately suspenseful story about the human capacity for
good and evil – and what pushes us to inevitably, and often tragically,
turn to our darker emotions for comfort.
Jacob Watts broke his neck in
Afghanistan. Now he’s in D.C. with no job, a therapist, an
uncontrollable tick in his arm, and PTSD. And he can’t pay his rent.
His new, and monetarily necessary
roommate, Remy Moreau, isn’t helping either. Cold and detached, she
might be a savant – but she’s also socially inept, has absolutely no
boundaries, and is possibly dealing drugs out of their apartment. When
the two come in contact with a stiff and blood-covered body in Capitol
Row, the ambiguous Remy Moreau will lead him on an obsessive-compulsive
hunt in pursuit of a tormented killer.
Can Remy, with Watts in tow, catch a
murderer before he strikes again? And what are Remy’s real intentions
with Watts? Is she even capable of anything resembling real human
emotion?
A Study in Sin is a fast-paced modern update of a classic Sherlock Holmes mystery.
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Genre – Mystery / Thriller / Suspense
Rating – PG13
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