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Today I am pleased to welcome Oak Tree Press author J.S. Quelch to Twelve Question Tuesday.
a. Music is my first love.
Listening to, writing, and playing it. Writing Karl and the Kooltones, a life story of a musician, was a natural
extension of that.
b. I am a jack of all trades,
a master of none.
c. I believe social media makes
people less social and is the greatest time waster of our time.
2. Are you a dog person or a cat person?
Neither. Allergies run high
in my family.
3. Tea or coffee?
Coffee with freshly roasted beans
from Up Café http://www.upcafe.com/ I
grind myself.
4. Boxers, briefs, boxer-briefs, or commando?
(Either what you prefer or what you prefer on others.)
Boxer-briefs in winter,
commando in summer.
5. What was the first thing you ever wrote?
The first copyrighted piece I
wrote was a song called $7 Fine about 20 years ago that I still play with my
band Woodshop (like Woodshop The Band on Facebook). The song tells the story of
a trip to the Indianapolis 500 that is also loosely chronicled in Karl and Kooltones.
6. When did you finally decide to call yourself
a writer?
After I signed a publishing
contract with Oak Tree Press.
7. Which of your works are you most proud to
have written?
Definitely Karl and the Kooltones. It was a project
I worked on for over seven years.
8. What is the scariest thing that has ever
happened to you?
My second son was born with
complications. The first 30 seconds after he was born he wasn’t breathing, and
it was like I couldn’t breathe either. Fortunately the nurses resuscitated him
and he’s a fine young teenager now.
9. How did you end up getting published?
I did a lot of research at
the library and on the internet and identified a large number of publishers. I
did more research and narrowed down the list to publishers that specialized in
newer authors and literary/urban fiction. I sent out about 15 queries and
decided to select the offer from Oak Tree Press.
10. Would you be food or fighter if the zombie
apocalypse were to happen?
Fighter. I’m an avid
sportsman and quite prepared for any kind of apocalypse.
11. What is the most daring thing you have ever
done?
Picking up and moving to Montana
for a summer in my twenties. I had no money, no job, and nothing to lose. It
turned out to be one of the greatest adventures of my life.
12. Would you rather be rich or famous--and you
could only have one-- and why? The fame
would be based on something good, not something like being the best serial
killer or anything like that.
Rich. Not because I’m greedy
or need the finer things in life, but because I value privacy famous people
don’t enjoy.
J.S. Quelch
Author
of Karl and the Kooltones
Available
at Oak Tree Press http://oaktreebooks.com/
Like him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006774224722&fref=browse_search
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4 comments:
J.S., thanks so much for joining me here today. It's always interesting to learn more about other writers.
I thoroughly enjoyed this interview with our new musician/writer! Fun photo, too.
What a fun interview. J.S. sounds like a person who lights up a room when he enters it. I also agree with him about social media, even though I participate in it regularly. Well done.
I hope that after I get over the hump of publishing and promoting my first novel, mainly by social media, I can get back to writing my next novel and not have to spend so much time on it. After looking at a computer most of the day at home, I find it very hard to get back on it when I get home, but then again, I wouldn't have had the chance of meeting you nice people!
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