MWG Writes on Q
June 2015
Featured Author
From books that have already been published by other authors, which book do you wish you had
written?
I love George Orwell’s Animal Farm and its message, and I wish that I had written this one, since its
message is still very relevant today. When I read the book in grade nine, for a class assignment, its
message did not fully dawn on me until I finished it, and realized what a perfect metaphor it was for
our modern, democratic society.
We still see blatant examples of those individuals that consider themselves (insert politicians,
celebrities, business moguls, etc.) 'more equal' than the rest of us, and therefore, not subject to the
same restrictions as the rest of us, or feel that they are ‘above the law’.
How do you market your books?
I mainly market my print books through authors’ meet-and-greet forums, writing group gatherings,
and talks that I may give to the public. I should be doing more to sell my books, but I am just too
busy writing this three-book series (one book left to go). Smashwords.com and Amazon.com, and
their respective affiliates, market my eBook very well, so I have quite a web presence and sales have
been moving along nicely.
Any new release? If yes, what is it about?
My newest release (Dec. 2014) is a sequel to my first book, THE BLACK SUN ASCENDANT: An
Assassin’s Tale, c. 2011, and is called: AN EARTH ECLIPSED: An Assassin’s Revenge, c. 2014. The
Black Sun Series of books follows the adventures of an assassin by the name of Victor Colvin, and the
female archaeologist, Dr. Ahu Eser, whose lives are inextricably tied together in the first book.
Book blurb
Dr. Ahu Eser, archaeologist, is missing and presumed kidnapped, while the charred remains of her
colleague have been discovered in a burned out SUV in London, England. Artifacts unearthed and
subsequently stolen from an excavation in which the deceased worked, prompts the authorities and
the archaeological community to wonder if these incidents are related.
Follow Victor Colvin, assassin and associate of Dr. Eser, as he searches for the missing academic,
battling to find her before her captors no longer require her expertise.
At the same time, diplomacy in the Middle East deteriorates as the tension between Israel and her
Muslim neighbours’ increases - pushing all involved closer to war. When a maniacal business tycoon,
with a penchant for archaeology, and her associates position themselves to benefit from the coming