Another super fun 3Q’s today with the always loveable TJ Tranchell! We connected some time back over on Twitter and it’s been great seeing his new releases come out and continue to attract more and more readers!

Please, do welcome TJ!

Steve: What does your process look like once you finish your first draft? Do you immediately dive back into it, or do you take some time away?

TJ: I tend to let short stories sit, mostly because I rarely know exactly what do to with them. I’ve only done a couple to meet requests, so I have the time to let them linger. For my three published novellas, I’ve turned into a revise as I go, so once I hit THE END, they tend to be done, but I will go back and see if I missed anything. Time wise, it’s more a matter of what else I’m doing rather than a certain length of time.

Steve: Do you believe cryptozoological creatures exist? If so, which one do you think has the best chance of being proven to exist?

TJ: There are places in the world that still not fully explored, so I certainly believe in the possibility of cryptids. My favorite is chupacabra, but I think we are more likely to discover a deep sea creature that we’ve never seen.

Steve: Of the books or stories you’ve released, which is your personal favorite and why?

TJ: That’s always a tough question. I think my newest, THE LAMENTATIONS OF BLACKHAWK, is my favorite. Not just because it’s the newest, but because it’s the one that is the most genuinely mine. It’s the one that sounds the most like me, the one that is purely me and not an homage to something else. That also makes it the hardest to compare to other books. There are experimental aspects to it that I think are successful but that I doubted along the way. It’s the book that most matches me at this moment in my life.

Steve: Bonus Fun Question – What was the best practical joke you’ve ever been involved in?

TJ: I still had some leftover fake blood when April Fool’s Day rolled around when I was in sixth grade. For PE, we would run around a huge field and one part of the run was over gravel. The gravel portion was also the farthest point away from where the teacher stood. When I got there, I bent down, spread the fake blood over my forearm then covered it with gravel. Then I screamed and ran back to the teacher and told her I fell. She bought it and I only revealed the joke once we were on the way to the school nurse.

Steve: Haha! Love it. That’s great!

Thank you so much, TJ!

To find more of his work – check the links!

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/T.J.-Tranchell/author/B01B75XFSA

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TJ_Tranchell

Website: https://tjtranchell.net/