Book Goodies

Find great books, bargains and freebies!

  • Home
  • Authors: Tell Readers About Your Book
  • Advertising
    • Buy Home Page Features
    • Advertise Your Bargain Book
    • List Your Free eBook
    • Feature Your PermaFree Book
    • BookGoodies Multi-site Landing Pages And Book Buyer’s Guides
    • Author Advertising PrePay and Save!
  • Deals Newsletter
  • Featured Books
    • Buyer’s Guides
  • Book and Kindle Sleeves
  • Free Printable Bookmarks
  • Sites in the BookGoodies Network
  • Inspirational Thoughts and Affirmations
  • Free Books
  • PermaFree Books
  • Featured Free and Bargain Books
  • Bargain Books Under $3
  • Buyer’s Guides
  • Interviews With Authors
    • Podcasts with Authors
  • Authors Start Here
    • Authors: Tell Readers About Your Book
    • BookGoodies MEGA Submit Book Buyers Guide
    • Submit Your Interview
    • Feature Your Free Books
    • Feature Your Bargain Books
  • Giveaways from BookGoodies
You are here: Home / Interviews With Authors / Interview with Author – Brian Wilkerson

Interview with Author – Brian Wilkerson

By Book Goodies Leave a Comment

540008_2950287636246_1233017701_32237565_1886201046_n
About Brian Wilkerson:
I grew up playing Final Fantasy and watching Power Rangers. Then one day I sat down to watch a programing block called “Toonami” and my life was never the same. It exposed me to Anime and later inspired me to write my first fanfic. That led to fanfiction.net. One night I thought, “I’ll write my own story from scratch. I’ll be a published author.”

What inspires you to write?
I have a playlist that I turn on for writing periods. These are high energy songs that get me moving (in fact, one of them popped into my head while I wrote this) and my creative juices flowing. Enjoying the stories of others (be it book, show or game) also helps. It’s like brain food.

Tell us about your writing process.
I try to outline but it rarely works for me. The stuff that I end up writing is always (always!) different from what I outline. It’s the nut and bolts that shift a story away from what I imagined. On the other hand, purely pantsing doesn’t work either. I had to overhaul the initial draft of Journey to Chaos book 2 because it had no sense of unity; just a series of events happening to my protagonist. I’ve decided to become a hybrid by keeping a rough idea of arcs and plotlines while charging ahead with the characters.

For Fiction Writers: Do you listen (or talk to) to your characters?
Sometimes I feel like I’m a scribe for Tasio the Trickster. It’s an eerie feeling to write his dialogue without knowing where he’s going with it. On occasion, he’ll break the fourth wall.

What advice would you give other writers?
A numbered list:
1. You are not original. Any idea you’ve written about has already been written by a dozen or more people. Tvtropes has established this as unquestionable reality.
2. Hire an editor because you can’t proofread your own work. It’s not a question of willingness to put in the time and effort. It’s a question of distance and authors are too close to your own work.
3. Write what you enjoy; what you would want to read. A trend is likely to pass by the time you publish a work catering to it but if you’re having fun, then readers will pick up on that.

How did you decide how to publish your books?
I was initially attracted to self-publishing by the degree of creative control afforded to independent authors. The typical royalties given to traditionally published authors was another encouragement to self-publish. What finally pushed me over the edge was the length of the process to traditionally publish. The prospect of getting turned down repeatedly by agents and publishers over the course of years was frightening.

What do you think about the future of book publishing?
I think self-publishing will continue to grow. There is infrastructure for them from editing to cover design to distribution of both digital and physical to advertisement. As time passes, “whose your publisher” will be asked less and less because it will no longer be assumed that all authors have one.

What do you use?: Professional Editor, Professional Cover Designer, Beta Readers

What genres do you write?: Sword and sorcery fantasy, urban fantasy, action/adventure,

What formats are your books in?: eBook

Website(s)
Brian Wilkerson Home Page Link
Link To Brian Wilkerson Page On Amazon

Your Social Media Links
Goodreads
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn

All information in this post is presented “as is” supplied by the author. We don’t edit, to allow you, the reader, to hear the author in their own voice.

Filed Under: Interviews With Authors Tagged With: Mage, magic, monster, quest, sword and sorcery


Free and Bargain Books delivered to your email daily, subscribe now to find great new books every day.

Are you looking for ebook deals? We have them! We also have free ebooks - check them out!

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Sign up for our Featured and Bargain Books Newsletter

Fiction

  • Fiction
  • Action & Adventure
  • Drama
  • Fantasy
  • Historical
  • Horror
  • Mystery/Suspense
  • Paranormal
  • Romance
  • Romance – Erotica
  • Science Fiction
  • Women’s Fiction
  • Fiction Audio Books

Listen to Your Favorite Books

Nonfiction

  • Art/Photography/Coffee Table
  • Biographies & Memoirs
  • Body/Mind/Spirit
  • Business Books
  • Cooking and Food Books
  • Crafts and Hobbies
  • Educational/How-to
  • Essays
  • Faith and Religion
  • Gardening Books
  • Health & Fitness
  • Humor
  • Inspiration and Photography Books
  • Pet and Animal Books
  • Science and Math
  • Travel
  • Nonfiction Audio Books

More Good Stuff

  • Featured Books
  • Children and Young Adult Books
  • *Reading Room
    • Interviews With Authors
    • Audio Books
      • Nonfiction Audio Books
      • Fiction Audio Books
  • Spanish
  • Giveaways from BookGoodies
  • Readers: What Podcasts Do You Listen To?
  • Readers: What Devices do You Use to Read eBooks?
  • Readers: What Do You Like on an Author’s Website?

For Authors

  • Authors: Tell Readers About Your Book
  • Author Interview – Tell Us About Yourself
  • BookGoodies MEGA Submit Book Buyers Guide
  • Advertise Your Bargain Books
  • Advertise Your Free eBook
  • Advertise Your PermaFree Book
  • Universal Link Tool for Amazon Books
  • Subscribe to Our Newsletters
  • BookGoodies News

Copyright © 2022 BookGoodies Network