Interview with John Horan

Published 2016-05-12.
What is your writing process?
I get up late, in the afternoon. I wonder what I'm doing with my life. I drink some coffee. I try and meditate and I wonder if this some cosmic dream I'll wake up from some day. I browse the internet, I listen to music, I watch TV. Eventually I feel tired and want to go bed. Then, nudged by conscience, I decide to do some writing for 15 minutes.
Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you?
I remember the were collections of Hans Christian Anderson and Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales in my room when I was a child. They were the gateway to falling in love with stories.
How do you approach cover design?
I thought 'I can't do this' so I asked someone that could.
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in Kerry, Ireland. It perhaps influenced my writing as growing up in Ireland you feel rebellion to establishment is a natural way to pursue life.
When did you first start writing?
I wrote an essay when I was 12 in school that my teacher made a big deal out of. It made me feel special, so it lit the flame of the dream of being a writer.
What motivated you to become an indie author?
Rejection!
What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
It just a slightly ecstatic feeling I get sometimes when I'm doing it. In an abstract the way, the idea of touching someone else's heart with my writing gives me joy.
Who are your favorite authors?
JD Salinger, Jack Kerouac, Haruki Murakami, E Annie Proulx, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
Sunlight, usually.
What do you read for pleasure?
I like to read literature, I like to read the best stuff. It's like a diet of the mind, I want to be eating at 5 star restaurants all the time.
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Books by This Author

A Vagrant At The House Of Love
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 26,180. Language: English (Irish dialect). Published: May 12, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Visionary & metaphysical
A Vagrant at the House of Love is a novel about love, obsession, memory, dreams, alienation, addiction and madness, a rage against the heavens shot through with pitch black humour.