This week we are talking with Oliver Frances, the author of The Crystal Ship.
Tell us something unexpected about yourself!
Well, what nobody knows, at least, not many people, is my passion for flying. It was the reason for taking flying classes in order to pilot a plane, and, in this way, to fell the experience of being in the sky but having the control of this experience in my hands: apart from developing the skills of piloting a plane.
What kind of books do you write?
I have written books of different genres. At the very beginning, I wrote romance, after political drama and now spiritual books.
What inspired you to write?
To write for me is to have an ideal. An artistic ideal mirrored in my daily existence. Then, writing is expression of myself.
What makes your writing stand out from the crowd?
The underlying truth conveyed in the plot, which is controversial and refutes all the conventional beliefs.
Fo you, what is the hardest part of writing?
Nowadays, to find the hours to write.
Don't we all feel that way? If thats the case, what is your routine when you do get to write?
I always write in my studio. And, I usually do in the night. But, everything depends on my mood and the period through which I am going through. Then, I can write in the early hours of the morning or a place different from a studio. Or as I have done before that I wrote in different countries where I had lived.
Aside from flying and writing, what do you do? Do you have a day job?
Yes, I have a job as CEO of a digital publishing company, which is time consuming.
Do you work with an outline or just write?
I work with an outline. All my writing is planed before I sit in front of a typewriter or take a pen to write.
What advice would you have for other writers?
Write… Write… And write. And, above all, market yourself everyday.
So both marketing and social media must be very important to you then ?
Essential nowadays. Because through marketing and social media you make your books and yourself known. Without these tool your books and ideas can pass unnoticed. And, it is a pity that a great book is not taken into account cause of that the publisher or writer did not use these tools to promote and display it to the world.
What's your next step?
To publish and write more books.
The Crystal Ship by Oliver Frances is available here.
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