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What inspired you to start writing?
My doctor said I would be lucky to live another 3 months, all due to 50 years of Cocaine and meth addiction
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
It's the story of my life, and what sent me down the road of self-destruction.
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How do you create your characters?
Every character was real
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What does your typical writing day look like?
I would wake up at 4 am for some strange reason, have a cup of coffee, and start writing everything I could remember about my life. The funny thing is, I always hated waking up early until I retired and started writing, now, I wake up at 4:00 am to 4:30 am, and have no idea why.
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What has been the most rewarding part of being an indie author?
When people tell me that they want to write a book, I always tell them just to sit down and start typing, and you will improve as you write. I rewrote my book 3 times over a year, but I took a lot of breaks, but finally finished it
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What’s one challenge you’ve faced in your writing journey?
It was hard to come up with the money to publish it when you're retired and living on $1,200.00 a month, but I found a payment plan.
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Do you have any favorite writing tools or apps?
I couldn't have done it without Grammarly, and I didn't know how to type or spell that well.
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What advice would you give to new or aspiring indie authors?
I don't know about most people, but I didn't get it right the first or second time, and actually wanted to quit, but I refused to give up my dream of becoming an Author.
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How do you handle book promotion as an indie author?
After being scammed 3 times and losing $10,000.00, I finally found a Publisher I could trust to do my Marketing.
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What’s next for you? Are you working on a new book?
My next book will be called Sequel To My Success, but I have to become successful first, lol. So I'm also working on marketing an Invention I have, and who knows what will happen, you never know until you try.
