Q: How did your family react to your
only around 6 months to write, but as I
dreams? You kept chasing each one
mentioned above, The King of America
down until you conquered each goal.
took the longest by far. I average around
Did they support your dreams, or did
1 year to complete a novel.
they roll their eyes and think ‘here we Q: What would you like readers to
go again?’ A: They have always been supportive
know about this process? We’re living
- I couldn’t ask for a more supportive
in a digital age, an audiobook age, and
family. They’ve probably had a few eye-
getting titles onto bookshelves is a
rolling moments though and who could
constant struggle. Help our readers
blame them??? I want to write...I want to
understand
run a computer shop...I want to start up a
process is, how much of an endurance
publishing house...OOOO wait! I want to
race it is, and how much work goes on
act too! My wife puts up with a lot!
behind the scenes.
how
challenging
this
Tell us about how this idea was Q: Which of your books would you
birthed, became a novel, and grew up
advocate the most? And why? (We
to be available on every major book
know that every book is special,
platform, and now even Walmart is
but what makes this one the most
stocking Wild Wolf Publishing books.
treasured to you?)
Is this process a longterm one?
A: My very first novel - The King of
How long does it take for an author
America - will always hold a special
to create a novel and release it, before
place in my heart. It was over 10 years
it’s
in the making with countless re-drafts
You’re an Indie Publisher, which
and a love affair that began in school.
means you don’t have the huge budget
After that, Sinema: The Northumberland
for marketing and distribution used by
Massacre has to be a close second. I
the big guns in this industry. Talk us
poured my soul into the likeable serial
through this process. A:
killer, Han Whitman. He is me in many
finally
Once
available
we
have
everywhere?
accepted
a
ways (setting aside the mass murdering
submission there is a long process of
of course...).
editing and formatting the novel while a cover is created and we work on a
Q: How long did it take you to write
marketing strategy. The title, cover and
each novel?
blurb are as important to the success of the book as the actual story itself, so
A: Some of my novels have taken 16