We got chatting to R.A. “Doc” Correa, author of Rapier to ask him a few questions about himself and how he writes.
Tell us something unexpected about yourself!
I'm a retired US Army master parachutist and I'm qualified as a military parachutist in the British and Canadian armies.
What novels affected you the most growing up?
Starship Troopers, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land
Where did the idea for your current book come from?
My love of space science fiction stories and a secret desire to be a pirate.
Do you think there's any way you could ever run out of ideas for books?
No.
What is your routine for writing and has this method changed over the span of your career?
I tell the story to a friend of mine with her acting as one of the characters. She injects her comments and responses to actions in the story. That becomes my outline which I flesh out into paragraphs and then chapters. Once I'm done a book is the result.
How important is marketing and social media for you?
Critically important, more so than I realized
What advice would you have for other writers?
Don't give up, you're writing because you have to write
What are you reading now?
The Fifty Shades trilogy
What's your next step?
To finish Razor, the sequel to Rapier
Follow R.A. “Doc” Correa on Twitter – @RADocCorrea
