1) What inspired you to write?
I bypassed kids books at school and went straight into adult adventure books and military history. Since then I wanted to write novels. It was deferred it until an enforced break from computer gaming, when the itch grew. I looked at seriously at it after I dinged 40. Then the learning process began.
2) Are you a reader? What are some of your favorites?
It depends on my mood. Old favourites are by Alastair Maclean, Black Company and Riyira. If I need a laugh I’d look at Sir Terry Pratchett.
Inspirational writers I’d look to are Michael Marshall Smith, Joe Abercrombie and recently Peter Maclean and Scott Lynch.
3) What is your newest work, and what is going to happen in the future?
My debut novel ‘The Tryphon Odyssey’ is available from Amazon, and is a nautical fantasy/adventure yarn. A further two books will follow in this trilogy, with plans for future trilogies and a couple of standalone novels. I’m currently working on Book two, which with one can be read as a standalone, with the final book wrapping the two together.
4) Do you have advice or tips for Indie Authors?
Patience. If I can do it, anyone can. The principal ‘but’ is you need to set time aside and work through the fun, the challenge and the frustrations. When time is the challenge, keep chipping away, the greatest source of stress will be yourself adding pressure.
5) What influenced you as a writer?
History, biographies and other fictional books. Worldbuilding the World of Sanctuary was a mix of Civilization & Warcraft gaming inspirations, with archaeological/historical references to keep it grounded as an evolution to ‘What if’. My novel is nautical fantasy in a medieval period, with a few twists due to environmental calamities. I’m hoping to explore other themes in later books.
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Samantha Evans--Author 