An Audiobook Giveaway and Interview with Author TW Brown

Meet Author TW Brown author of The Zomblog Series, DEAD Series and That Ghoul Ava Series.

And don't forget to enter the contest below to win a free audiobook download of That Ghoul Ava and The Queen of the Zombies from Audible.com

Welcome to MY world...

A few minutes with author TW Brown.
Tucked away in the Pacific Northwest with my wife Denise, a Border Collie named Aoife (I pronounce it EYE-fa as opposed to the proper Irish EE-fa, just because I think it sounds prettier), a guitar collection, and an increasing number of aquariums sporting a variety of fish (cichlids are my new favorites), I live for football season when I can cheer on the Oregon Ducks and be disappointed by my Seattle Seahawks once again. I am a fan of Cookie Monster, KISS, and Dr. Who (along with most things British).

I had the wonderful opportunity to narrate the voice of Ava in That Ghoul Ava and The Queen of the Zombies. Have a listen:

A few questions I had for TW Brown:

1. Tell us about an entity that supported your writing when you started out.

My biggest support comes from my wife. There have been times when I felt like throwing in the towel, but she always makes me see that I am fortunate to do what I love for a living. She was the one who convinced me to walk away from my day job and take it up full time.

2. How did your fascination with Ghouls, Zombies and other assorted undead come about?

I saw the original Dawn of the Dead when I was 14. A girl two rows ahead of me got sick into her popcorn. Vomiting girl plus zombies multiplied by teenage boy equals hooked. Still, as time went on, I just got so sucked into the whole thing. I was a big fan of horror, and the whole apocalypse thing is fascinating. A giant global reset…what would you do if your entire slate was wiped clean and everybody started from scratch? It is an endless supply of material.

3. What was the biggest surprise to you when you first heard your work professionally narrated?

I was terrified. I was taking the story that I had in my mind and letting somebody else put emphasis on words maybe different that I imagined. Just sticking to Ava since that is our baby, I put on my headphones and just closed my eyes. I heard “her” in all her glory. The wit and sarcasm, the somewhat selfish nature…all there. It was like seeing my son take his first steps or reliving a first kiss. As the writer, you sometimes forget little moments after you write them, but when you hear them…it is absolute magic, and that was how I felt listening to Ava.

4. In your That Ghoul Ava series, who is your intended audience and why should they read or listen to your books?

I will openly admit that I am after the female demographic with Ava. The reality is that women read more than men, and they are smart readers as well as fiercely loyal. Hooking the female audience is my goal. I think that I give them somebody with more “realness” than a Sookie or many of the other female characters that dot the crowded paranormal landscape. She is not some wilting rose or the kind of girl that needs a man to save her, but she still has a certain fragility. Plus, I think women have amazing senses of humor that get overlooked way too often.

5. Tell us about the main character in That Ghoul Ava. How would you describe Ava?

Ava is in her mid to late 30s and is still in love with the 80s era. But she is finding out some things about herself and society as a whole. She is seeing the world for the first time in a lot of ways and discovering that she is much more than she gives herself credit. Also, she is very anti-PC. She speaks her mind, and is learning to trust herself more as she goes along.

6. Can you tell us about any upcoming books/projects you’re working on?

I am hoping for a good run with my That Ghoul Ava series. I just finished the 6^th and final book of my Zomblog series (which comes out October 30^th) and just released book 7 of my DEAD series (DEAD: Reborn). I have about a half dozen projects on the table in the upcoming year, including a bleak story that is about a full scale modern day race war in the United States.

7. How can we contact you or find out more about your books?

The best ways are my Amazon Author Page (http://www.amazon.com/TW-Brown/e/B00363NQI6) There is a button you can click that supposedly send you an update from Amazon when my stuff comes out. My Author TW Brown page on Facebook is where I run most of my giveaways (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-TW-Brown/). And last but not least, my blog (http://twbrown.blogspot.com) where I host interviews (like the wonderful voice of my Ava series), review books, films, and television, give away SWAG, as well as toss in sneak peeks at my works in progress.

8. And finally, my daughter wants to be an author of young adult fiction when she grows up. Can you offer her any advice?

Write every single day, but do it because you love it. It is a lot like exercise—the more you do it, the better you become. Read, read, read! No writer can live in a vacuum. You have to see what others do, and study the mechanics like punctuation…English is tricky and has a lot of rules. Also, get a thick skin because, no matter how good you are, there will be people who will not like you. (Read reviews of your favorite authors’ books and see how something you love totally missed the mark for somebody else.) 

Thank you TW Brown for stopping by Audiobooks by Pamela!

His blog can be found at:

twbrown.blogspot.com/
You can contact him at:
twbrown.maydecpub@gmail.com
You can follow him on twitter @maydecpub and on Facebook under Todd Brown, Author TW Brown, and also under May December Publications.

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