How long have you been writing? I resumed writing in 2008, approximately fifteen years later. I discovered Japanese yaoi mangas online and became fascinated, then I found fan and original online serials. The stories were both amusing and heartfelt, despite some of the author’s tentative grasp on the English language. Soon I began to write what was to become Dragon & Crow online, and then I learned of M/MRomance genre here in America.
When did you first know you could be a writer? This almost a trick question and my answer is not because I am a smart alec. As soon as I learned the alphabet, learned to read and how to string words together to form a sentence. I’m a big believer in “if you can see it, you can be it.” Now whether anyone else considers me a writer, lol, that is on them.
What inspires you to write and why? Life and it’s happenings inspire me to write.
I write to amuse myself, to release stuff that’s inside that I need to get out, to play God, sometimes. In a world where I control little, I can make my characters do what I want to.
Honestly? It’s a selfish pursuit on my part, allowing me to express parts of my imagination that I can’t express elsewhere. I do think of the reader in that I try to take them to the expected places in unexpected, but agreeable ways. But mostly I write to give a jolt of happiness to subdue life’s pain.
What genre are you most comfortable writing? Fiction. I live my life pretty seriously, so fiction lets me escape and relax.
What inspired you to write your first book? I’ve always been curious about what strangers are like behind the image they project. I also love martial arts. In Japanese manga, often characters are depicted as students of martial arts. I wanted to imagine the life style of those students and happen to be a student of Shotokan… so Dojo Boys: Dragon & Crow was born.
Who or what influenced your writing once you began? Wow, loaded question. Every book and author I’ve ever read has influenced my writing, from Cinderella, the first story I tried to read at age five to Asimov, Vonnegut, and Ayn Rand to name a few. I’m a voracious reader.
What do you consider the most challenging about writing a novel, or about writing in general? Number one for me would be Outlining. I love to weave [a story] and it is very daunting to “know” and “see” all aspects of the tale you want to write, but then have to outline it so that you give the reader enough information without giving the climax away. When I realized an outline is like a business plan, it got much better.
Number two would be, learning that the way I think, in pauses and exclamations, does not correlate to good grammar and punctuation. Or should I say… writing does not use the same patterns, as thinking or speaking. That was a tough one for me, but thankfully it is something that I can learn… the nuances of writing. Have I mentioned, I love my new editor?
Have you developed a specific writing style? According to my readers, I have a style, lol. I’ve been accused of being “flowery” while someone else compared me to J. K. Rowling, whom I have never read. Right now, I think I write with the imagination and style of an eleven year old who wants to be twenty-five.
What is your greatest strength as a writer? I’d have to say emotion, I “feel” deeply, as do my characters.
Have you ever had writer’s block? If so, what do you do about it? I wouldn’t call it a block, more like avoidance. But I have learned that sometimes you avoid because a story or passage is percolating. Knowing the difference is the challenge.
If you aren’t sure, you sit down and write… anything, the passage you were supposed to be working on, whatever. If you lose yourself in a half hour, it was truly avoidance. If you have one bad paragraph after thirty minutes… go meditate, the passage is still percolating, forget about it for a while, it will come.
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Genre – M/M Romance
Rating – R
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