They say writing is one of the loneliest of occupations. I have to respectfully disagree. Yes, you’re usually alone when putting pen to paper or fingertips to keyboard, but how can you be alone when you have a whole host of characters in your head to keep you company?
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Pride Publishing talks to the authors featured in the Aim High anthology, exploring the stories of men who work in the Air Forces.
The world is a funny place. Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, something happens and you see a whole other side of it. Things that once made sense suddenly are as alien and confusing as another planet.
What drew you to write for the What’s his Passion? series?
I wanted to explore passion but not in the sexy sense. This imprint gave me the ideal opportunity. My characters have a different kind of passion—to just live a “normal” life, but first they have to deal with pasts that aren’t “normal”.
Three books on my keeper shelves:
Duma Key, Joyland, Under the Dome —
Why did you want to write about hurting to save the one you love?
Because it’s something I would do. I just wanted to apply it to paper to see how it worked out. It was interesting as it threw up many emotions. Hopefully I got them across in the book!
You used to be an editor, so how much has this aided your own writing process?
It helps a lot. I tend to write pretty cleanly, the first draft near enough being the last before submission apart from a final read through. All the rules seem to stick with me as I write, occurring naturally without me having to think about them…
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