I’m always super excited when my favorite authors to agree to do the 3Q’s because then I feel like I’m able to get a small, sneak peek into what they’re working on or how they craft their tales.

Today’s guest is a personal fav of mine. D.W. Gillespie has put out some of the best and most frightening books over the last few years and having had the privilege of reading an unpublished piece of his (hopefully released soon!) which is phenomenal, I’m so happy he was able to stop by!

Please, welcome D.W.!

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?
DW: I’ve written the majority of my books in my car during my lunch break! That was always my go to time to write when I worked in the office. I used to hate the fact that I didn’t have a nice writer’s nook with a mahogany desk and a door I could shut, but the truth is, if you want to do it, you make it work.
Since the pandemic, I’m able to get my words in on the couch instead. I still like to write around lunch though. If I go for it too early or too late in the day, I don’t feel like I’m firing on all cylinders.
I’m also living proof that you don’t have to write every single day. I almost always write in sprints with long breaks in between. When I’m officially working on a new draft, I consistently hit about 10k per week. That’s a nice pace for me, and it lets me knock out a draft in a few months.

Steve: You end up at an estate sale and discover an unpublished manuscript from an author you love.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?
DW: I could imagine my mood changing on this depending on how my writing is going. I’ve got a lot of unpublished books myself, but the early ones will stay that way on purpose. There’s something a bit ghoulish about rifling through someone’s things and holding them up for all to see, so I think my initial answer would be no.
BUT…I’m also in the middle of a dry spell, and all I want is for these books that keep piling up to grow wings and fly away. It’s a little heartbreaking to watch them just languish on a laptop. I’ll make a deal with you Steve. If I drop dead tomorrow, you have permission to drop my unpublished books out of an airplane over the city of your choice. (Steve – DEAL!)

Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!
DW: It’s a couple years old now, but One by One is a haunted house novel about (tell me if you’ve heard this one) a family moving into a fixer upper. They end up finding a hand drawn picture on the wall that looks suspiciously like them, and soon enough, people start vanishing.
I always love stories that bounce between something paranormal and real world, leaving the reader not quite sure what’s really going on. Hopefully, it’ll keep you guessing till the end!

Steve: Bonus Question! You wake up in a comic book. What is your comic book character and what is your super power?
DW: I’m The Human USB…I don’t fight crime or anything, but I have a thumb drive port in my head. All I have to do is plug in, and all the books I want to write are just automatically downloaded. Not the most exciting comic book, but pretty handy for a writer.

Ha! That’s hilarious!

Thank you again, D.W.! I really appreciate!

To find more of his work, come check the links!

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/D-W-Gillespie/e/B00GS2WU20/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dw_gillespie

Website: http://www.dwgillespie.com/