Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a writer, digital marketeer and transformational leader who recently completed a circle of lessons around artificial intelligence. My first book back in 2004 was entitled “Mathematical Models”. I have been thinking of literature since I existed in the army. I still remember the first script I wrote back then and I would feel delightful to bring it to life at its original dimensions, perhaps it can work as a screenplay! I am passionate with books and my library, reading all sorts of things. I have self-published 2 projects, a romantic drama entitled ‘The Words of Emily Logan’ and a fairytale fantasy entitled ‘When Magic Truly Happens’. The Words of Emily Logan is a screenplay. I have also completed the first draft of a second screenplay entitled ‘Krista’s Instinct’. Though I believe I can have lots of alter egos in art, I also believe in homogenizing all these multiple identities including my education in one, that is the belief in the world of letters.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
As I have said above my second self-published project is a fairytale
fantasy, a short story entitled ‘When Magic Truly Happens’ where it
mingles Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. What inspired it. First of all,
I wanted to create a title that bangs! Secondly, I was obsessed with
another fairytale which has initiated a series of trailers in YouTube,
dealing with bears at Christmas. The initial story with bears entitled
‘When Magic Really Happens’ has dominated the web and it has been my
motivation, in terms of just altering the title even though the story is
original and unique.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Things that you own end up owning you… As a web creator dealing with
time management, I should focus on being less intellectual and more
kinesthetic, meaning to deal with the entire, social, organic sense of
being a writer, acting or even better predicting and not just trying to
understand everything before by studying it…
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, having written The Little Prince has been a
major influence. As a writer, he has proved how can an aviator, not
being primarily a writer, managed to write a fairytale that has
influenced the entire world. A small story, easily digested, with plenty
of messages, proves that life can create the best stories ever… Also,
one of my major influences in fiction literature has been Philip
Pullman, having written the trilogy ‘His Dark Materials’. It’s amazing
in there how scientific and pseudo-scientific elements have been unified
with epic fantasy, storytelling and entertainment plus performing
acrobatics between religion and philosophy.
What are you working on now?
Although the first draft of Krista’s Instinct has been completed and I
will come to that in the future, I decided to quest my cinematic dreams
by submitting The Words of Emily Logan for screenplay coverage
evaluations at WeScreenplay, Hollywood’s #1 script coverage business.
So, evaluations, my though laboratory and rewriting have been my recent
thoughts. I am also looking forward for my next project.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Being an omni-channel campaign builder has been my creative initiative
so far, including using tools and websites targeting digital marketing
efforts. Some will say that writing the next project is the best
marketing method, even though I’m fond of creating a balance of lots of
things.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
I can drill this advice from what I am doing this period. The case, my
artistic debut, my first project in other words, has been submitted to
the best Hollywood office, to provide script coverage and foresee its
movie potential… The advice, if you writers believe that creative
success comes without hard work, without torturous advices and plenty of
sweat, pressure, notes, tones and lots of transformations, you are
completely mistaken, even if we’re talking about the first or your sixth
work. Writing is all about rewriting!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be yourself! All other roles are taken…
What are you reading now?
I am not actually reading but planning to read the book of a Greek writer, Helen Galinou, ‘On a black background’.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Having dealt with three projects and being entangled with the thoughts
of five, I believe reorganization is where I should focus after.
Meaning, to think of the future, of how I’d like to proceed and what it
means to be a writer is important.
What is your favorite book of all time?
The Little Prince of Antoine de Saint-Exupery. A book with lots of
messages about vanity, children and grown-ups, death and resurrection,
numbers, the fact that the universe listens, passions, although being
written for children it can speak to the heart of everyone!
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