David Stevens is today's interviewed author on One Thousand Worlds. David first featured on this blog in October 2013. You can read that post here.
Tell us
about your latest book.
My latest books published are Vampiric
Retirement & A Trainspotters Guide To Other Earths.
Vampiric Retirement in its simplest form, is a
world encompassing war led by the vampire elders, intenting to seek and obtain
world domination over humanity. The tale is told in a trilogy with each being a
story in its own right, but each leading into the next. For more information
you could read the prologue and opening on Amazon.
A Tainspotter’s Guide to Other Earths is a Sci
Fi of the weird kind. The story centers around a Trainspotter, an alien She and
a race of insane genocide intent aliens. It regales the reader with the why,
where, how and everything. I always say if you loved Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
by the late Douglas Adams, you will assuredly like, if not love, this very
different but equally unbalanced tale. I describe this book as being a Marmite
book (Vegemite) they say 50% love it & 50% hate it!
I have been asked what exactly is a
Trainspotter?
The answer is simple to answer but not
necessarily to encompass, if you imagine a plane spotter or bird watcher they
each desire to view and collect the details of their chosen prey. The
Trainspotter is a typically British geek, often associated with anorak’s (pull
over water-proof jackets) duffel bags (a tube bag with draw string that hangs
over the shoulders). Coupled with the insistent desire to note down, having
seen, every train number of every train ever produced and still in service.
These heroes to the geek world often involve
themselves in other activates such as stamp collecting. If you need to know
more might I suggest that the best way would be to read the book.
How many
books have you written?
Well let me say that currently & ready for
publication I would say there are seven completed. Two more published, with two
more due march 2014 if all goes to plan.
What are
you working on at the moment?
I am glad you asked this question. The answer
as some of you will already know is The Foundation Of A Kings Legend. A fantasy
fiction tale. This is one of the two expected out 2014. It is book 1 of a
trilogy with book 2 being edited now & book three plotted ready for
writing.
What are
the most important attributes to remaining sane as a writer?
Believable characters, a good story and an
endless supply of coffee & biscuits.
How much
impact does your childhood have on your writing?
I am severely dyslexic, I remember being asked
what I would like to be when… You know its that question! My reply of being a
writer tickled the teachers immensely! That set my path & thanks to
computers & great support from my wife & the Trolls (Editors) I have
achieved some of what I set out to do.
There is much more detail on my blog than I
can reasonably say here, which you might like to view, I can assure you it
kills 99% of all boredom, it is at :- davidstevensbooks.wordpress.com
What was
the greatest thing you learned at school?
Frankly not a lot, other than if you want to
achieve something badly enough you will, one way or another.
If you
could meet any of your own characters, who would it be?
A book waiting to be published is called
Transgressions (currently) it is a transsexual love story & I would like to
meet the three main characters over coffee, their lives are fascinating.
Do you
have a favourite character among the ones you've invented?
I like all of the characters I have created,
good bad or plain ugly, they all have something to recommend them. Admittedly
in some cases you would need to look very hard but it is there, buried deep
down just waiting to be discovered by the reader.
My none book
favourite is a Dragon called Robert, he is young & a typical
teenager in all respects, he can be found on Twitter at :- DS_Books.
What do
you want to be when you grow up?
What is this growing up?
If you
could trade places with any other person for a week, famous or not famous,
living or dead, real or fictional, with whom would it be?
I would not like to trade places but I would
very much have liked to meet Isaac Asimov,Arthur.C. Clark & Clive Cussler
amongst many others.
What do
you think about when you are alone in your car?
Mostly what the hell is he/she/they (other
drivers and pedestrians) going to do next!
What
song best describes your work ethic?
Shine on you crazy Diamond, or Bat out of
Hell.
You can buy A Trainspotters Guide To Other Earths at:
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