Name: Tom Carter
Book Title:
"Nashville: Music and Murder"
Amazon Link to
Book: http://www.authortomcarter.com/
1) Thanks for
letting us interrogate you! Can you give
us a go-for-the-gut
answer as to why you wanted to be an author?
In 1987, I left a
17-year-old job as a reporter and didn't want
to affiliate with
another newspaper. I decided to try my
hand at
writing a
book. I collaborated with singer Ronnie
Milsap to
write his
autobiography. The book was a moderate
success. My
second
collaboration, "Memories - the Autobiography of Ralph
Emery," rose
to number-two on the New York Times
best-sellers
list, and
remained on the survey for twenty-six weeks.
Writing books was
the right thing to do, I decided. So
here I
am, the writer of
eighteen books, seven of which were New York
Times best-sellers and two USA
Today best-sellers. Life is good.
2) Tell us (we
won't tell, promise) is it all cracked up to be?
I mean what are
the perks and what are the demands?
It's easy. Sit down. Let your fingers tickle your
computer's
keyboard, and
wait for the money to arrive. If you
believe that,
I have some ocean
front property for sale in Arizona.
3) Which route
did you take - traditional or self-published -
and can you give
us the nitty gritty low down on what's that's
like? Tell us for real what your family feels about
your
spending so much
time getting your book written, polished,
edited,
formatted, published, what have you?
I've been
published by traditional publishers. More
recently, I
wrote two self-published
books mostly because my self-publisher
paid twice as
much as conventional publishers, and I didn't have
to argue with an
editor about content control. My family
is my
wife. She helped me with the writing, production,
and promotion
of my
forthcoming, self-published books. She
therefore doesn't
resent my
overworked schedule as she’s' a part of it.
4) This is for
pet lovers. If you don't own a pet, skip
this question.
But do your pets actually get their food on time or do they have to wait until you type just one
word?
Anyone who'd post this simplistic question
really thinks that professional writing is easy, and really
believe I actually own ocean front property in Arizona. Perhaps the writer here should spend two years writing a book, and
then flash it all over social media, thinking its title and a
six-word description will sell the book.
Let me know how that works for you.
5) In writing your book, how did you deal with
the phone ringing, your family needing dinner or your
boss calling you saying you're late?
These questions are as trite as asking how
many vehicles
comprise a two-car motorcade. I'm through with this silly
exercise.
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