INTERVIEW: Sci Fi Author J. A. Duxbury

J.A. Duxbury

USA

Good Morning, J. A., and welcome to Vision and Verse. 

What have you written? 

I have written Dark Dimensions and Heart of Deception.

Legacy of Risks is being released on 22 Feb.

What is your favorite genre to write? 

I like to write in Sci Fi, but I also write from my dreams.

Pizza or ice cream? 

Ice Cream.

Wine or beer or soda or what? 

Tea and soda.

Where would you like to visit? 

I can't make up my mind. 

There are so many places I'd love 

to see.

Favorite musical artist. 

Oooh, hard one. So many, Queen, 

Hazel O'Connor, Katie Perry, 

David Bowie and so many more.

Do you listen to music when you write? 

What? 

Depends on what I'm writing. I have a fight playlist, a 

flight playlist and if it's an epic battle, then 

I'll listen to 1812 Overture

What makes you laugh? 

A lot of different things. Cats, dogs, myself.

Favorite work of art or sculpture. 

Van Gogh's in there along with The Thinker by Rodin

How old were you when you started writing? 

Wow! I think I was about 10

Do you plan out your book with outlines and notecards? 

Or just write? 

I do a bit of both, however, I've just done the first draft of 

35 000 words all just writing as it came 

with no planning or anything.

Describe your perfect evening. 

Writing

Where do you get your 

inspiration? 

All sorts of places. Mainly my 

dreams

What do you do when you get a 

writer's block? 

I watch my favourite shows.

Who is your favorite author? 

Again, so many. Andre Norton, Anne McCaffrey, 

Kelly Blanchard-Dale, Julian May.

Best book you ever read. 

Actually, it's a series - Julian May's Saga of the Exiles and 

the Millenium Trilogy

Last book you read. 

Again, a series - Tails of the Dragon by Craig Halloran

What would you do for a living if you weren’t a writer? 

Probably be sitting in a call centre.

Who is the one person who has influenced your personal 

life the most and why? 

My mother. She had an open mind on virtually every 

subject.

If you could sit down and have a conversation with one 

person, living or dead, real or fictional, who would it be 

and why? 

Michael De Notre Dame - just to 

find out what order his work was 

supposed to be in!

What advice would you give 

someone who aspired to be a 

writer? 

Do it. Don't listen to those who say '

get a real job, writing will never 

pay your way'. In the latter 

half of my life, my niece died from 

our family illness and it suddenly 

dawned on me - what if 

writing did pay my way? So, go, do it. 

Write until you can't write and then write some more. Don't 

listen to negativity but always listen to constructive 

feedback. Dissect all feedback to look for its 

gems.

Do you have some links for us to follow you?

Author page - facebook

https://www.facebook.com/jaduxbury1

Facebook group: J A Duxbury's Weird Words

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3357069671029525

Twitter

@JADuxbury1

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-duxbury-0462153b/

Website

https://jaduxbury.com/

My books:

dark dimensions

https://www.amazon.com.au/Dark-Dimensions-Clans-

Conflict-Book-ebook/dp/B08P6N5C22

https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Dimensions-Clans-

Conflict-Book-ebook/dp/B08P6N5C22

 

heart of deception

https://www.amazon.com.au/Heart-Deception-

Consequences-Book-1-ebook/dp/B098PMXY76

https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Deception-

Consequences-Book-1-ebook/dp/B098PMXY76

 

legacy of risks

https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09PKM87ZZ

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PKM87ZZ

 

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