The 2018 Author Interview Series Featuring Tom Gould

This week’s author interview features author Tom Gould.

On a side note, though the initial response was gratifying, I find myself running out of interview subjects by  the end of September. If you haven’t been interviewed, or even if you have and you have a new release coming out, please feel free to contact me to be interviewed at don@donmassenzio.com. I will send you the information and get you scheduled.

You can check out the 210 author interviews I’ve conducted thus far on my Author Directory page HERE.

Now, let’s meet Tom Gould.

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Do you try more to be original or to deliver to readers what they want?

I try to do a bit of both. I prefer to write for myself first and foremost and worry about what people think about it later.

If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?

Be prepared for a lot of hard and unrewarded work for many years. But always keep writing as sometimes you can get recognition along the way and when you e-publish it is a really good feeling.

What’s your favorite under-appreciated novel?

The Meaning of Night: A confession by Michael Cox. It is absolutely superb

Do you read your book reviews? How do you deal with bad or good ones?

Disappointingly I haven’t received any yet so I am hoping that this may reverse that trend.

Do you hide any secrets in your books that only a few people will find?

No not really I think that everyone should be allowed to interpret stories however they wish to.

Do you Google yourself?

No

What is your favorite childhood book?

The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

If you had to do something differently as a child or teenager to become a better writer as an adult, what would you do?

Write more of the kind of stories that I do now.

How long on average does it take you to write a book?

Two months to write the first draft and then ages to polish it.

Find Tom’s Book:

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