Ngaire Victoria Elder |
In the name of Don Quixote, what the
heck was it doing there! I blamed the kids, and the kids blamed the dog … you work it
out!
Anyway, what does this have to do with today’s guest, Keith
Nichols? Absolutely nothing. I was going to tell you about the dead cat I
picked up by the tail (its tail came off), but I‘ll save that tale for another
day.
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Talented and multi-genred author, Keith Nichols |
Need to move on dear Wizardwatchers, here comes the Ed with
his bendy wand!
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Lovely
to see you here. Keith, tell the Wizardwatchers a bit about yourself?
A bit about myself. I was born a poor Irish lad, on the lost
island of Scotlandia. At the age of 15 I migrated to the US and taught myself
how to read and speak English. No, not really. I was born in Tacoma Washington.
I grew up on a wheat farm in Colorado. My father was a scientist and artist. My
mother is an artist as well. I am the youngest son of 16 children.
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Keith Nichols |


What are you working on now?
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Non fiction.. |
My current projects are numerous. I am working on a book
co-authored by my cat. I am working on a parody of everything that has been
popular for the past ten years called 'Best selling Book'. I am also plodding
away at a space opera parody thingy.
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...to making stuff up.. |
Keith you write both fiction and non-fiction, which do
you prefer?
I prefer to write non-fiction, mostly because it’s so much
easier for me then all that tedious making stuff up. Although, making things up
is actually a lot of what I call non-fiction.
E.G Too Writ
(Ed says: I read this book a few weeks back. Non fiction. All about writing, writers, publishers and editors. For 77p and/or $1 its an informative read. Had an author I know read this before he mithered me unmercifully about the publication date of his short story, he might still be part of an anthology I'm compliling. Definitely worth a gander. Okay, back to the show.)


Keith Nichols - much more comfortable with tug boats than tug books. The highly rated Virginia X |
I read Virginia X, Keith. I really enjoyed it.
I enjoyed that one, Ngaire. I'm partial to tug boats.
If you
had to go back and do it all over, is there any aspect of your novel(s) or
getting it/them published that you would change?
I suppose I would
change the part where I don't get a huge advance.
How
would you react to a bad review of your book?
Often I manage to completely ignore a bad review for days
before I am forced to comment on it. And usually this comment is something
along the lines of 'You are a big doodie head'.
What
type of writer are you, Keith, a 2000 word a day scribbler or a ‘whenever,
wherever’ writer?
I am a whenever whatever writer. Sometimes I will go months
with barely writing anything. Then I will write a book in a weekend.

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A book Keith could have written. |


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Isaac Newton's first telescope |
Who
is/are your favourite author(s) and why?
My favorite author of
all time was Tolkien. Because he was Tolkien. I love Douglas Adams. Alastair
Reynolds is writing the best sci-fi in 20 years. Terry Pratchett makes me
giggle in public.
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Top Sci-Fi from Alistair Reynolds. A comeback for the genre overdue? |

If you
could invite 2 famous people to dinner who would they be and what would you
discuss?
I would invite David
Morell and Tom Cruise over to dinner and we would talk about espionage
thrillers and their impact on monastary recruitment.
Do you
get road rage? What pisses you off the most about other drivers?
I get awful road rage, but oddly it’s often directed at me.
I drive lots of strange cars, from the Frankentruck to the MG Midget. I get
flipped off a lot. The thing that other drivers do that really gets to me is
driving on the road.
Keith spots the troll who dissed his zombie short while in a traffic jam, |
You and
a couple of friends have resurrected the Virginia X from her watery-grave and
overhauled her. Armed with your food and drink supplies you set sail.
Unfortunately you didn’t brush up on your navigational skills and hit a rocky
seabed, tearing a small hole in her hull. What 3 books, 2 dvds and 1 cd did you
pack to ease your boredom whilst your shipmates pumped out the bilge.
I would take all 3 of
the Revelation Space Series, by Reynolds.
Clutch Elephant Riders is the cd...
...and
both Expendables movies.
And
finally, where can fans of Keith Nichols find out more?
I have a good authors page on Amazon, and of course my Facebook
page is a very good place.

Contact:
my youtube channel
my amazon authors page
NB: The editor of the Wizard's Cauldron would like to point out that the road rage attack picture above is entirely fictional and nothing whatsoever to do with Keith wearing an outlaw mask during this interview. Honest, guv.
and Ngaire
Can I come to dinner when you host Tom Cruise - seriously, great interview.
ReplyDeleteWiz, you outdid yourself here ... interview nicely put together. It was fun chatting with Keith ... a great laugh n x
ReplyDeleteGreat Interview! I love how he doesn't get up till his wife tells him too,lol
ReplyDeletehee hee, enjoyed this very much.
ReplyDeleteso apparently my cat is pretty mad because i didnt mention his name, just that he is my co-author on the next book. he has a death panther grip on my leg, so i better correct that. his name is Midnight the Rescue Panther. there, happy, let go. let go. i will get you a tuna treat. let go. good panther.
ReplyDeleteKeith, perhaps we can make it up to Midnight and have on The Wizard's Cauldron ... looking forward to reading Midnight's debut scribbles!
ReplyDeletewe can certainly do that. midnight has written many short stories, he is pretty talented. he is working on a series with a certain handsome cat detective named Midnight the Cat Detective. (he paid me to say those things.) ow ow ow
DeleteYou have my vote to interview Midnight :-)
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