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Oh boy! We’re in for a good one today! Top drawer!

Today’s guest is one of the most supportive writers out there. A master of the craft and someone who constantly ups the ante with each new release – please do welcome, Dave Jeffery!

Welcome, Dave!

Dave Jeffery

Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try to write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?

Dave: I’m fortunate enough to be able to write full time. However, that doesn’t mean that I dedicate all of that time to fiction. I also write essays, book reviews, develop and transcribe interviews, and genre magazine articles. I write from 07:30-10:30am and then stop. I do this every day and in that time can hit 1300 words of fiction, perhaps more for a non-fiction piece. As long as I’m hitting 1k per day, I’m happy.

Steve: You win the lottery and the only condition is that you need to fund another author’s book to be made into a movie. What book would you choose to be filmed?

Dave: There are so many great authors out there who I’d love to give a shoutout to, but in terms of creating something that would be provocative yet have something to say (my favourite type of story, be that on the page or on screen) would be Chris Kelso’s THE DREGS TRILOGY. It’s a transgressive and challenging read but someone like Cronenberg or Lynch would have a field day with it!

Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!

Dave: My latest release is TRIBUNaL (Demain Publishing) the fourth and final book in my A Quiet Apocalypse series. It’s dystopian fiction set in a world where everyone is now deaf. The series explores how people come to terms with loss and what that transition costs them on a moral and theological level, and how they rationalize their actions to themselves. The books are thought-provoking but they’re also pretty brutal in places, just to warn readers. I guess people should read TRIBUNaL to see how it all ties together as those who have committed atrocity are now asked to present their case to people determined to make them pay for their crimes. I’d always advise new readers to the series to start with book one, but like all the other books, TRIBUNaL can be read as a stand alone.

Steve: Bonus Question! If you could be an extra on any TV show, which one would it have been and why?

Dave: It would have to have been the original Planet of the Apes TV show from 1974. As a 10 year old kid, that show cemented my eternal love for the franchise. I’m an avid collector of early ‘ape’ memorabilia. I would just love to have met Roddy McDowell in his Cornelius/Galen make up. Heck, I would have loved to have met him, period! In my eyes, the guy is an absolute legend!

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