Tell us about yourself and what inspired you to start writing.
I am a full-time student, part-time author and occasional philosopher. Ever since I have been able to write at all, I have been striving to do so creatively. As a small child, I was stapling together masses of paper in order to start my next great saga. Now, I am making very real sagas, and I do not intend to stop anytime soon.
Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
I must say that my writing process is rather like everyone else’s. I figure out my main story ideas, collect them into notes, make an outline, flesh it out, write it down and refuse to stop until I finish. There is, however, one little quirk to my writing process, and that is that I am only ever able to write at night. It is almost as if some malevolent spirit of the sun prevents me from writing while the world is still bright.
Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
My debut novel, The Plight of a People, is an immense fantasy epic stretching over several centuries and three separate parts. Each of these parts follows a different leader of the Roesanian people as they struggle against the overwhelming forces of a world lush with catastrophe. Its sequel, The Agony of an Age, is my newest work. It takes place in the same world and is made up of three more parts following three more leaders. Each of these leaders is from a different nation, though, with an experience of unrelenting misery uniting them all. Filled to the brim with towering conflicts, political intrigue and personal perseverance, it is a tale unlike any other of our era.
Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Originally, I tried to entertain myself with the many choppy, fast-paced stories that line the bookshelves of many a store and library today. These are rarely able to intellectually challenge their readers, though, leading me to gravitate towards older works. Nowadays, I hold Homer, Lovecraft and Tolkien all in high regards, for I feel they have all introduced me to different parts of the overall craft I would be blind to otherwise.
Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
As mentioned, I enjoy reading classical literature more than anything else. It just possesses this unique quality of grandiosity that modern fiction overwhelmingly lacks. This is the style I attempt to emulate in my own novels, and so I naturally like to study it as much as I can. I would say my favorite books have been the Iliad, the Bhagavad Gita (although I have never tackled the whole Mahabharata) and The Lord of the Rings series.
What are you reading now?
Currently, I’m reading Dante’s Divine Comedy. It is an intriguing work, and its flowering prose keeps me quite happy as I read on.
What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I do like to keep busy. On top of writing, school and a part-time job, I also enjoy reading, adventuring outside, drumming, meditating and working on my political projects. I feel like the only way I may waste my life is by living it like everyone else. Thus, it bothers me not to live in the largely unorthodox way that I do.
Are you working on a current project?I just started my work on the third and final installment of my first series. Also, I am continuing the earliest phases of my work on a new political effort of mine, which is detailed in “A New Political Paradigm” on Medium, HubPages and my website. After my first series is finished, I know not what I will write, but I’m sure I will continue writing for as long as I can. And, eventually, I know I’ll be writing some kind of epic poetry. There’s no better way to stick out and get yourself noticed than to do something nobody else is doing.
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