Ask the Author: Joseph Busa
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Joseph Busa
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. The Welfare of the Nations by James Bartholomew. The Queen's Conjurer: The Science and Magic of Dr. John Dee, Adviser to Queen Elizabeth I by Benjamin Woolley. Enochian Magic in Theory by Frater Yechidah.
Joseph Busa
Star Wars and travel the universe.
Joseph Busa
She woke at the regular time but felt a strange numbness in her face as she wiped the sleep from her eyes. It was only as she looked in the bathroom the mirror that she saw the hole where her nose had been and the tall man wearing a medical mask standing behind her.
Joseph Busa
I read when I can't think of anything to write. However, this tends to result in my going off in tangents.
Joseph Busa
It has made me much more aware of what's going on about me.
I often find myself playing at being Sherlock Holmes - looking at people (hopefully without staring) in cafés or on trains and wondering what they do for a living and the types of lives they might be leading.
I often find myself playing at being Sherlock Holmes - looking at people (hopefully without staring) in cafés or on trains and wondering what they do for a living and the types of lives they might be leading.
Joseph Busa
I think that its a case of learning by doing and trying to write with the end in mind.
I've found that characters and the plot tend to write themselves.
I've found that characters and the plot tend to write themselves.
Joseph Busa
Nothing. I'm mulling over a few options at the moment.
Joseph Busa
Originally, I had a general interest in Jack the Ripper and came across a man who ticked many of the boxes attributed to the upbringing and background of a typical serial killer.
I'm lucky enough to have a Life Coach as a friend, so I get his words of wisdom for free. He convinced me to put my money where my mouth is. It was a case of putting-up or shutting-up. Having written a fact-based book I decided to put my research to good use and wrote a fictional novel based upon the life of the real life Ripper Hunter, Inspector Edmund Reid.
Now that I'm up and running, it's just a case of choosing the right idea. Ideas usually pop into my mind whilst reading non-fiction books, magazine articles, or watching the TV.
I'm lucky enough to have a Life Coach as a friend, so I get his words of wisdom for free. He convinced me to put my money where my mouth is. It was a case of putting-up or shutting-up. Having written a fact-based book I decided to put my research to good use and wrote a fictional novel based upon the life of the real life Ripper Hunter, Inspector Edmund Reid.
Now that I'm up and running, it's just a case of choosing the right idea. Ideas usually pop into my mind whilst reading non-fiction books, magazine articles, or watching the TV.
Joseph Busa
My latest book, a novella named 'A Place Beyond the Seas' is a story about the investigation by National Crime Agency investigator, Benjamin Rowden, into the deaths of a migrant woman and three children found washed up on the English coastline.
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