| Author Page: John Trevillian |
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* Author of The A-Men, The A-Men Return and Forever A-Men.
* Nominated finalist in the 2009 YouWriteOn Book Awards.
* Fully trained Native American Shaman in the Lakota Sioux tradition.
* Fully trained Bard, Ovate and Druid in the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids.
* Creator and designer of AEs Mail Adventure, the award-winning interactive writing game and head of the AEs Society, an international group of shared-world authors and writers.
* Freelance writer and contributor for international clients including Microsoft, AOL/Time Warner and various other magazine and writing projects.
* Voted most negative IT journalist in the Miller Freeman's PR Audit guide to UK IT scribes entitled Know Your Journalists.
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What inspired you to write?
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My mother was given a Smith-Corona typewriter and she let me play on it from the time I was four. By six I'd typed my first (four-page) novel! When I read I have always enjoyed either hardboiled science fiction or mythic fantasy, and this story began with a setting to cross the two. I had also watched for too many noir movies and one in particular (Somewhere In The Night) sparked the idea of a man with no memory battling with three questions:
- For what possible reason would you pay to have your memory erased?
- How can you enact revenge on someone you cannot even remember meeting?
- What would you do if you found out that your greatest enemy was yourself?
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What genre do you write in?
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Speculative fiction (science fiction mostly, some fantasy)
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What books have you written?
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The A-Men
The A-Men Return
Forever A-Men
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What is the address of your official web site?
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www.trevillian.com
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Who are your favourite authors?
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Stephen Donaldson, Richard Morgan, Peter Straub, JM Barrie, Lewis Carroll, Chuck Palahnuik, William Goldman, TM White, Robert Holdstock, Bret Easton Ellis, Cornell Woolrich --- a weird mix.
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What are your top five writing and/or publishing tips for budding authors?
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- Know the ending before you begin.
- Spend more time focussing on your characters than anything else.
- Write what you know and, more importantly, what you love.
- Write in the same way you'd train for a marathon: at least every other day until you're bushed.
- Never think you're not good enough.
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Any final words of wisdom?
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"To be a writer is everything. To be known as a writer is nothing. If you learn nothing else, learn this – and your heart will be in the right place when you begin." |
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