SATURDAY EVENING POST/VISITING DIGNITARY BRAD SINOR

ALL RIGHTY GUYS -- The "rain" has let up.  SO I can now post a bonus Visiting Dignitary.  I give to you a wonderful guy and terrific writer.  BRAD SINOR (WILD APPLAUSE AND CHEERING PLEASE).


Hi Brad!  It's been a while, but Ihope you and Sue are doing well.  Thanks for stopping by theblog.
I'm glad to be here
So, what have you been up to lately?
Writing like a madman at times. It seems like I finish one story and there are several more that are waiting to be done. I'm currentlyediting a novella, attempting to get a long delayed collaborativestory finished, working on another collaboration (my collaboratorjust sent me her additions to the manuscript), I have one novelwaiting to be edited, another waiting to be finished and I'mresearching and outlining another. Spare time? Hmmm…isn't thatbetween 3:10 and 3:15 a.m.?
Any new projects out? 
Ihad a new collection of stories come out last year, along with a Where The Shadows Began and Other Stories from Merry BlacksmithPress, along with a bunch of short stories in various anthologies;like the revived Heroes in Hell series
What's your calendar like for the nextfew months?
I have a story in The Many Faces of Arsene Lupin (BlackCoat Press) coming in the next couple of months, I'll also have astory in the next entry in the Heroes in Hell series, Adventurers inHell which will be out soon. There are several other things but Idon't have release dates for them yet.
You have a pretty substantial backlist,when did you start writing?
The earliest thing I canremember writing was scripts for comic books when I was in gradeschool. I started submitting stuff in high school but that all gotrejected. Thankfully copies of what I was writing then no longerexist.
Can you give us a link to your fullbacklist and where we can get copies? I'll be setting up a newwebsite in the next few months and will have a full bibliographythere.
Right now you can find most of my stuff through Amazon. Alsoif you check the Grantville Gazette website, which is part of the1632 series created by Eric Flint you will find stories I have done,in collaboration with the highly talented Tracy Morris, in variousissues.
If you had to be stuck on a desertisland for say, a week, with one of your characters, who would it beand why?
Now that's a tough one. Probably itwould be Lancelot du Lac (yes, the dude from Camelot). I've done 5stories about him and have more planned. Yes, he's a vampire but Idon't hold that against him. Besides he's survived for over 1,400years so he would have to have some serious survival skills, not tomention some really neat stories to tell; he did hang out with KingArthur and Merlin after all!
Who are some of your favorite authors? 
You mean besides myself or Sue? (Grin). Seriously though inSF/Fantasy that would probably be C.J. Cherryh.. In mystery/thrillerthat would have to Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. In the horrorgenre Christopher Golden, Brian Keene and Jonathan Maberry.
 What draws you to their work?
Theycreate characters that you care about, that you want to see surviveeven though the world itself is teetering on the brink, and in somecases has gone over the edge, of totally insanity.
Do you listen to music when youwrite?  Very rarely.

If so, what?
When I do it's usuallyinstrumental stuff, Celtic and jazz with a mixture of some moviesound tracks thrown in.
What one bit of advice would you giveto aspiring writers? 
Write, write and then go back and writesome more. Don't try to look at a market and see what the hot trendis, write the story that you want to read.
Would it be all right if I post thisonto the website I share with Cathy?
Of course.
I have to admit I had huge fun doingThe Rosie Hughes Project (for those of you who don't know what itwas, I did a "blog ring" with Brad, Sue,  CathyClamp, Rachel Caine and Jackie Kessler that was based its veryown vampire mythos.  It was a HOOT.  You can follow it bylooking in my blog for "The Rosie Hughes Project" andfollowing links). 
I had a blast doing my part of it.Maybe at some point we can come up with a way to do a print versionor perhaps an e-book.
What other fun things have you beendoing with other authors, if any? 
Actually I am. Sue and I arecollaborating on a new story. Tracy Morris and I have started workon the 5th story in a series we are doing, people keeptelling me its funny and I credit that all to her.
Will you be at any of the cons thisyear for appearances?  (Note to readers -- 'Rosie' was cooked upin the computer room of one of the cons.)
Sue and I will be attending ConDFW inFeb., then there will be several cons in May and June.
Thanks so much for coming by. Hope to see you and Sue soon!