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Tell us something unexpected about
yourself!
Most
people see something of a nerdy-guy, which I certainly am. They’re always
shocked to find that I have tattoos.
How did you get into writing?
Tolkien’s
The Hobbit was given to me as a gift and really opened the castle gates of
fantasy to me. Suddenly, there was a whole world of swords, magic and
fantastical creatures to meet. Immediately after I finished, I took all the
money I had and biked down to the bookstore to buy everything else Tolkien had
written. I had no idea I was getting the seminal fantasy series: The Lord of
the Rings.
I’m
compelled by any world where dragons can make an appearance. They don’t have to
show up, but the idea that they can? Please and thank you. I also like any
world where a woman is as strong or stronger that most of the men around.
Personally, I prefer a woman who can go toe-to-toe and sword-to-sword with
anyone else. So my preferred genre is fantasy, but I’ll take urban fantasy,
science fiction and even historic fiction off the shelves for those reasons.
What are your top 3 books of all time?
The
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, A Different Light by Elizabeth Lynn, The Last
Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell.
Where did you get the inspiration for your
current book?
Straight
from the Bible. I was doing some research on demons for a demon-hunter series I
was thinking about, when I stumbled on a passage from the Genesis that talked
about Nephilim—the children of angels and humans. They were described as giants
among the mortals, and there was quite a bit about them that I hadn’t realized
was in the Bible, as well as a few of the non-canonical books, like Enoch. From
there, it was a short run to a back history of an immortal, doomed from her
birth, and forced to work for the highest power there is.
How long did it take you to write this
book?
TEARSOF HEAVEN started all the way back in 2000. I finished it and had it ready for
publishing in 2012.
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