3Q’s – Felix Blackwell is the anti-hero!
It’s interesting to see how online groups and sites can help a book gain exposure and get readers. Such is the case with today’s guest. Felix Blackwell’s ‘Stolen Tongues’ exploded through Reddit/Books of Horror and Tik Tok exposure and has created a ton of fans!
I love seeing how each person comes about finding their readers and Felix definitely found his!
Please, welcome Felix!
(Due to personal reasons, Felix has asked me not to use an ‘official’ author photo. I have respected that request and in place of his grinning mug, will use the cover of his most well known book)
Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try and write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?
Felix: For me, writing is divided into three distinct phases: my favorite is the first phase, when I just sit down and free-form write a ton of ideas in prose and bullet points in a spiral-bound notebook. I love doing this for several weeks / months in the park near my home, or in the woods. I can always tell whether I’ve got a book or just an idea depending on how quickly and easily that journal fills up. The second phase is organizing all of those notes on the computer. This process is painstaking and requires a lot of meticulous effort. But if I do a good job at that, the third phase – writing the manuscript – is super quick and easy. I don’t have a writing schedule, but I’m a creature of habit and I always find myself writing a few times per week, a few hours at a time. I don’t try to hit word counts; I just stop when I feel I’ve moved the ball forward in a significant way.
Steve: You end up at an estate sale and discover an unpublished manuscript from an author you love. Do you keep it just for yourself or do you share it with the world?
Felix: If that author was alive, I’d email that person and ask if I could share the manuscript (or if they wanted it back). If they were dead, and if the surviving family wasn’t concerned, I’d share it with the world!
Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!
Felix: My forthcoming novel (due some time in late 2023) is the prequel to Stolen Tongues. I haven’t announced the title yet, but it takes place on Tiwé and Nathan’s reservation on Pale Peak, long before either of them were born. The story follows their people’s experiences with the dark presence that haunts the mountain, and examines the collisions of their culture and lifeways with unwelcome outsiders. It’s bigger in scope than Stolen Tongues, and will have a ton of surprises. Readers who finished ST with a lot of questions are going to find out if they really wanted to know the answers…
Steve: Bonus Question! You wake up in a comic book. What is your comic book character and what is your super power?
Felix: My comic book character’s name is Deathcult and he is an antihero who sets out to demonstrate to the world how easy it is to masquerade as a prophet and lead the desperate masses astray, only to lose himself in the grip of power and become something truly evil.
Hey that’s great! Thank you again, Felix!
To find more of his work, check the links!
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Felix-Blackwell/e/B01MEF1RC7
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/felixblackwellbooks/
Website: https://felixblackwell.com/
