Interview with 8mj26

Published 2014-09-18.
What are your five favorite books, and why?
Too many to count, gosh! I don't read fluff, so, Nausea, by Sartre, Importance of Being Earnest by Wilde, The Host by Camus, A Confession by Tolstoy and Great Expectations by Dickens.
What's the story behind your latest book?
It's semi-autobiographical. It's cryptic, read it.
What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
Knowing that the reader will be brain dead after reading one of my pieces.
What do you read for pleasure?
War and Peace, haha! Okay, maybe some Grisham and Archer. Dan Brown!
What book marketing techniques have been most effective for you?
Know that your product is worth selling first. If you don't people will see that. Market to everyone and anyone.
Describe your desk
Computer, papers, printer and post-it notes. Sometimes there's a cat there.
When did you first start writing?
When I was in Grade 7. I was a poet back then.
What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
My workout schedule, hunger and my cat's butt in my face...
What are you working on next?
A collection of short stories that I started my first year of university called The Small Things.
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Books by This Author

Aria
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 11,770. Language: English. Published: September 18, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
The author's debut novella, fast, but dense, features a young woman reconciling with several ends, new unwanted beginnings and loss of hope. Torn between two loves, psychological duress, and a constant nagging crisis of personal identity, Aria regresses deeper and deeper into herself. The reader will be thrown into a turmoil of complexities complete with a final question of who's who?