Joey Paul
Swindon, UK
Good morning, Joey, and welcome back to Vision and Verse, the Place for Art and Authors. What have you been up to? I hear you have a new book coming out this month.
Yes. I write young adult
crime/mystery, paranormal though I have also written a young adult romance and
contemporary book. I have nine books published, with another two coming out
this month. One is the fifth in series – Dying Thoughts – and the other is a
standalone which is mostly crime/mystery.
What is your favorite
genre to write?
I love writing crime and
mystery, but I also find that alongside that I do love me some paranormal!
Favorite food.
Probably should say
chocolate! But I also do love macaroni cheese! Yum!
Tea or coffee?
Tea, I'm
actually allergic to coffee!
Pizza or ice cream?
Pizza, ice cream is a favorite but it needs to be at certain times.
Wine or beer?
Neither, I
don't drink alcohol because it messes with my meds.
Where would you like to
visit?
Oh so many places! Right now I'd like to be somewhere warm like Hawaii.
Favorite
musical artist.
Busted
Do you listen to
music when you write? What?
No, I prefer
to work in silence.
Me, too, Joey. That's why I prefer to write early in the morning or late, late at night. What makes you laugh?
A
lot of things, I actually have a good sense of humour, but I love jokes and
hanging out with friends and making each other laugh.
Favorite work of art or
sculpture.
Starry Night by Van Gogh
How old were you when you
started writing?
I was 13, but I didn't properly start until I was 19.
Describe your perfect
evening.
Snuggled up in bed, with a thunderstorm outside by nice and warm
inside. My tablet on my lap and a good book on my Kindle.
Where do you get your
inspiration? Everywhere! I'm serious, it comes at me from the strangest places
but at the same time, I just have an over active imagination!
What do you do when you
get a writer's block?
I push through it. I've not had it for a while [touch
wood] I know that it'll come, and when it does I just have to keep going.
Who is your favorite
author?
Oh I have so many, but one I always want to read? Harlan Coben.
Best book you ever read.
There are so many, so so so many, it's like Sophie's choice with books!
Last book you read.
Detour by Devorah Fox
What would you do for a
living if you weren’t a writer?
I actually don't think I'd be doing anything
else. I have such limits on my mobility and energy and all the rest of that,
that if I wasn't writing I probably wouldn't be doing anything at all!
Who is the one person who
has influenced your personal life the most and why?
There's two people. My best
friend B, she's been my best friend for over 21 years now, and we get on so
well. She became my carer when I got sick, and I am guardian to her daughter
and we all live in the same house, just the three of us.
The other person is my
good friend, Kim. She helped me to see that I could be a writer and an author
and I could do all of this and for that, she has changed my life.
If you could sit down and
have a conversation with ONE person, living or dead, real or fictional, who
would it be and why?
Probably my great Nan, she died in 2011 before I really
got going with indie publishing and such and I'd love to talk to her, show her
how much I've achieved, and just see her again.
What advice would you
give someone who aspired to be a writer?
It's a hard road, but keep going.
Writing that first page is something to be celebrated, as is the first chapter
and the second and so on. Keep going, it's hard, it's difficult and it can be
soul destroying, but you are the only one who can tell that story the way you
do, so keep going!
Thank you for being with us this morning, Joey. We at Vision and Verse wish you continued success in all your writing endeavors.
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Facebook: http://bit.ly/1VhLrWjAmazon (US): http://amzn.to/1VhLHog
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Blog: http://www.joeypaulonline.com
