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EXCERPT:
The brunette woman barely
heard her, only figuring out what she said by reading her lips. She continued to watch her body language
closely. The blonde looked frantic as she surveyed the situation below her. The
group of people were being escorted into the elevator. The blonde suddenly
stood up as the kid with the silver aura, a dark-skinned little girl with
almost no hair, was almost at the elevator doors. She looked ready to leap down and attempt a
rescue, but the fool had no idea how outmatched she was, or perhaps she just
didn’t care.
Author
Interview:
What inspired you to write Average Joe and
the Extraordinaires?
I
asked myself a few questions. Can an
average protagonist be interesting even in a book about extraordinary
people? What does average really
mean? What makes a person extraordinary?
When or at what age did you know you wanted
to be a writer?
I’ve
been writing as a hobby since I was in sixth grade, but I didn’t think to do it
seriously until late high school when I was encouraged by my creative writing
teacher, Ms. Jean.
What is the earliest age you remember reading
your first book?
I’ve
read books all my life. The earliest
things I remember reading though are those Highlights books in second and third
grade. You know, the magazines they give
you in school with articles, comics strips, puzzles, and coloring pages. I think they used to have serious topics in
those books too unless that’s a different magazine, maybe that one was Time for
kids or something like that.
What genre of books do you enjoy reading?
I
don’t know really. My book tastes are
very diverse. It’s really the premise in
the blurb that I pay attention to. If I HAD
to pick a genre though, I guess it’d be urban fantasy.
What is your favorite book?
My
favorite book is probably a toss up between the first three A Song of Ice and
Fire books, Harry Potter’s # 4 #5 and #6.
I would have to read them all all over again to decide which is the
definitive #1 book.
You know I think we all have a favorite
author. Who is your favorite author and why?
This
goes hand in hand with my favorite books.
So I’d have to say J.K. Rowling and G.R.R. Martin. I’ll throw a curveball in there and add
Yoshihiro Togashi in there as well even though he’s a mangaka, but that counts
as an author too. All three authors take
care with their characters and worlds, ensuring that every single thing they
create has a history or cleverness to it.
Their worlds seem like true living, breathing places that possess the
keenest sense of wonder and magic to them.
I think I love all these creators equally and now as a writer, I have a
deep respect for the care they put into their books.
If you could travel back in time here on
earth to any place or time. Where would you go and why?
I
typically shy away from any ideas of time travel, mostly because it just seems
like it’d be problematic for someone like me.
But I’ll just go with Italy during the renaissance period. There seemed to be this huge craving for true
knowledge and enlightenment back then.
When writing a book do you find that writing
comes easy for you or is it a difficult task?
Writing
tends to be both for me. Sometimes it’s
super easy and my imagination, my hands, and my pen meld into one. Other times there is too much on my mind
about the day’s events or I may hit a snag in my plot or I’m not feeling
confident about a scene I’m working on, etc.
What helps is to simply keep going and eliminate all possible
distractions.
Do you have any little fuzzy friends? Like a
dog or a cat? Or any pets?
No
pets. I simply don’t have the time or
resources to take care of them at this point.
My sister’s family has more than enough pets though, so a visit to them
gets me all the fuzzy love that a guy could ask for.
What is your "to die for", favorite
food/foods to eat?
I’m
a very simple sort of guy and I like tacos a lot. Just give me a tortilla or corn shell, some
meat, some lettuce, cheese, and spicy sauce and I’m good to go. Tacos may just be mankind’s greatest
creation!
Do you have any advice for anyone that would
like to be an author?
Be
patient, read as much as you can, write as much as you can. Write several books before you even decide to
attempt to get published. Keep a diary,
write blog posts, learn as much as you can about the world every day, read the
news, read something that has a different point of view from your own, learn
what makes people really tick, and go ahead and be a creep and study people. Your writing improves the more you learn
about the world and the process of writing itself. Listening to people and what motivates them
helps your writing a lot. And remember
that the internet is an amazing resource for any project you’re working
on. You can learn just about anything
from Youtube and Wikipedia nowadays, just make sure you back up your findings
with other sources too. Beyond that,
have some fun and be a rebel. Some rules
were meant to be broken, remember that.
I
just want to thank The Avid Reader and her glorious readers for hosting me
today and making me feel like a champion!
I hope you all gained something from this or were at least entertained
by it. Thanks so much everyone for your
precious time. Take care.
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