1: What is the most productive time
of the day for you to write?
I’ve always been a night person,
so I get most of my writing done late at night after the rest of my family has
hit the sack. Even if I lived
alone, I’m sure that my routine would be the same.
2: Do you start your projects
writing with paper and pen or is it all on the computer?
I may be an old-fogy about a lot
of things but not about technology.
It’s 2011, and I use a computer—period. I rarely hand-write anything anymore.
3: What do you draw inspiration
from?
Good writing inspires me. When I read Russell Banks, John Irving,
or Ron McLarty—when I am moved by the complexity of their characters and by
their wonderful storytelling—it makes me want to write. In my wildest dreams, I could never
hope to reach their level, but they do make me want to try. I also draw inspiration from real
life. Although I write fiction
exclusively, I look to my own experience and knowledge for the basic
characterization of my novels as well as some plot details. To me, fiction is always better than
non-fiction, but all fiction is based to some degree on real people and events.
4: Do you set goals for yourself
when you sit down to write such as word count?
No, not at all. I don’t use outlines either. My wife is an English professor, and it
drives her crazy that I rely so little on structure. I don’t like feeling constrained. Specific plans for word counts, page numbers, plot details,
or whatever else some folks might be inclined to map out in advance are too
restrictive for me. I prefer just
to sit down and go wherever the words lead me.
5: Are you a published or a self-published
author and how do you come up with your cover art?
I self-published my first novel
and will do the same with my second.
My POD publisher is Infinity, and their art department designed my first
cover. In all honesty, they absolutely
nailed it. I truly could not have
asked for any better, so I’m confident that they will do a good job on the
second as well.
6: What drives you to choose the
career of being a writer?
I don’t know that I make enough
money to call myself a “professional” yet, but I do hope that writing will one
day be my true career. I’ve had
several, and hopefully this will be my last. I’ve always taken great pride in my writing, but I never
really thought that I could tell stories.
I wrote to inform—not to entertain. Although my first book hasn’t sold particularly well, the
reviews have been outstanding, and now that I know that I can indeed tell
stories that people enjoy reading, I want to keep going. Career-wise, I don’t think that
anything has ever made me feel better than someone telling me how much he or
she enjoyed my book. Hopefully
they like the second as well—and the third and the fourth and so on.
7: Do you own an ebook reading
device?
I just got a Kindle for Father’s
Day. I’m such a newbie that I
can’t say much about it, but I think I’ll like it in the long run. Like it or not, people are going to
have to get with the program.
E-books are the future of this industry.
8: Who are some of your favorite
authors and what are you reading now?
I have a lot of favorites—Russell
Banks, John Irving, Ron McLarty, Joyce Carol Oates, Jodi Picoult, Maeve Binchy,
Wally Lamb, and too many others to list them all. I just started Ron McLarty’s Art in America—my very first Kindle read. McLarty has such an incredible gift for creating memorable
characters, and this book is starting out very well. I’m already hooked.
9: What do you think of book
trailers and do you have any plans to have any?
I have a book trailer for my
first book, and I intend to create one for my second as well. I like them, but I don’t think that they
particularly help sales. There’s
only a very weak correlation between my trailer views and my sales. Even so, they’re pretty cool and not
very expensive, so I don’t see any reason not to use them.
10: How did you come up with the
title of your latest book?
The Education of Clint Buchanan (my second novel, still in edits)
is a sequel to The Legend of Sasquatch. Sasquatch/Clint has moved on to the
next chapter in his life, which involves attending college, but it involves
other life lessons as well—dealing with love, loss, and deception and hopefully
learning from those profound experiences.
Education (formal and informal) is the underlying theme, so it seemed
natural to include it in the title.
11: What are you working on now
that you can talk about?
I’m not really working on
anything at the moment, although I should be working on the aforementioned
edits to The Education of Clint Buchanan. Life has thrown me several curveballs
in recent months, but hopefully I can get on the stick, finish those edits, and
get the book published sometime this year.
LINKS:
Website: http://www.williamtprince.com
Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/txsasquatch
Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/-9ix124qXts
Amazon (Paperback): http://amzn.to/kL925U
Amazon (Kindle): http://amzn.to/mtX7P6 (On sale for a measly 99 cents!)
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B&N (Paperback): http://bit.ly/l99kKQ
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