Interview with Darren Brown

Published 2015-08-04.
When did you first start writing?
Primary school stories and teenage ideas and poetry were used to fill a few pages of paper and with loss, madness and mayhem filling even more throughout my life to date.
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Major Australian Mining Town 600kms Inland from the Coastal Capital of Perth.
What do you read for pleasure?
I read the Bible, Poetry, Philosophy, Religious Writings, Sci-Fi and Fantasy the most.
What's the story behind your latest book?
A collection of various writing from online and other media, scattered through my life, now collating.
What motivated you to become an indie author?
God and Liberty
What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
Understanding that which I have written or am planning, with the knowledge that, The Lord creates the Fruit of The Lips in accordance with his Word. Researching or learning about the topics I am writing about.
What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
God and cigarettes lol
How do you discover the ebooks you read?
Search Engines and Online Repositories
Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you?
Illustrated Children's Christian collections, Lifelong and Everlasting
How do you approach cover design?
Searching for stock images online or others with creative commons rights or free to use. Then much mucking around with Photoshop and other paint / graphic apps and filters.
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