MY INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR TONY BURY

 

 

What’s your name and what genre would you consider your books to be?

Tony Bury… I am currently working across various genres. The Alex Keaton series ( 4 Books so far ) is a detective novel. The Edmund Carson Trilogy is a horror written in the first person. Ane the Last Witch is a childrens book. Predator Island due out this year is a WHO DONE IT. I am also working on poetry books and new adventures for Alex and Ane.

 

Tell me about your book. How did you come up with that (story, angle, idea)?

Alex Keaton was my first novel. It started with the idea of IVF and grew from there into a world of serial killers. Somehow Alex took over and she has ended up dealing with the Whitehouse.

Edmund Carson came about whilst thinking about serial killers I wondered if it could write it from their point of view and in their shoes which was a lot of fun.

Ane is the name of my niece and I told her I would write a story for her. I also wanted to try my hand at witches and wizards as it is my favorite genre to read.

Predator Island was again born out of another idea on serial killers and where they would all go. 

 

 

How did you get interested in writing this particular genre (historical novels, mysteries, sci-fi, children’s books, etc.)?

I am interested in all genres. I don’t think I have settled on one yet that I prefer.

 

What kind of research did you do for this book?

Oddly very little for any of the books. I am not sure how other writers write but I tend to sit down and the laptop and let the characters take me on the journey too. Sometimes I am shocked at where they end up. Especially Edmund.

 

Can you tell me about your Series?

The Alex Keaton series is a down on her luck detective who discovers a suicide victim. She quickly gets sucked into the suicides victim’s life and what he was up too. This takes her out of her comfort zone and all across the world. With so many twists and turns and case after case. Alex is a true heroine.

The Edmund Carson trilogy is about the world’s greatest serial killer. Written in the first person you get to be the serial killer and think like he does.  

 

Do you have a favorite book out of this series?

The Intervention in the Alex Keaton Series is my favorite as I think she is really at her best in that book.

Inside Edmund Carson in his trilogy. It is the beginning and a really great start to his story.

  

 

Was it always meant to become a series?

The Alex Keaton Series was I knew that she always had more to say. Most of my readers always mention that it is written like a TV series. I didn’t mean to do that but after writing the fourth book I can see it.

The Edmund Carson Trilogy was purely due to the fact the I stated he killed over 200 people… I was 400 pages into the first book when I realized I was at number 45… There had to be more books.

 

What’s a typical working day like for you? When and where do you write? Do you set a daily writing goal?

I have a day job. So writing is crammed in whenever I can. Mainly at weekends trying to get at least 10 hours in of a weekend.

 

Do you have a new book in the making and if so, what’s the name of your upcoming book?

So many. I have eight books out now and my Ninth Predator Island will be out in Dec.

Along came a mouse… Poetry ( 2019 )

The Institution…Thriller ( 2019 )

The Seven Steps… Family love story ( 2019 )

Justification … 5^th of the Alex Keaton Series

The Fluffies… Poetry

The Door… Childrens adventure.

Ane and the princess mermaid….Childrens book.

 

 

 

How important are character names to you in your books? Is there a special meaning to any of the names?

With so many books I sometimes struggle to produce names. I am lucky enough to have a lot of friends who want to be in the books so they are all in there. Recently I auctioned a part for charity in one of my books and it went for £250 which is also a good way of getting people involved.

 

Where do your ideas come from?

Good question. I have so many. Everything I look at has a story. I also think my brain downloads them every night as I often wake up and write down my dreams as a potential next best seller.

 

Is there a genre that you’ve been wanting to experiment with?

All of them. I would like to try them all one day.

 

What is the hardest part of writing for you?

Editing has to be the hardest point. Edit Edit Edit I see the benefit but it is a long process. That and Time. If I had more time I would write all day everyday.

 

What do you think of book trailers? Do you have a trailer or do you intend to create one for your own book?

I have 6 trailers out so far. They are really good and really seem to help people take notice.

 

 

What do you consider to be your best accomplishment?

 I don’t think I will ever forget the first. Intervention Forgiven. The first time a publisher says yes let’s do it is the greatest feeling in the world and then seeing it in Waterstones was amazing.

 

What’s the best thing about being an author?

 Talking about my books. Listening to someone talk about my characters as if they are real. I love that. I love it when they are happy or upset about what they have read.

 

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Still working, still writing. Writers do this as much for themselves as they do for the readers.

  

Have you always liked to write?

I have always wanted to write. From 2005 to 2015 I wrote 5 chapters. But it is true what they say. The more you write the better you become. So since 2015 I have written in excess of 10 books.

 

 

 

What writing advice do you have for aspiring authors?

Write something every day. Even if it is not a book. But it is a skill that you learn the more you read and write.

 

If you didn’t like writing books, or weren’t any good at it, what would you like to do for a living?

I have worked in Supply Chain my whole life so I guess I would still be doing that.

 

Do you read reviews of your book(s)? Do you respond to them, good or bad? How do you deal with the bad?

I do I want to know what people think. Even the bad is good as they often point out what they didn’t like and it is great to get feedback…

 

What is your least favourite part of the writing / publishing process?

 Back to Editing… It is necessary it really is… because as the writer you always know what is going on and sometimes don’t put that on paper…. EDIT EDIT EDIT.

 

 

 

What are you working on now?

The Fluffies. This is a real labor of love for me. It a poetry adventure book that I already have 12 poems written for… Some as many as 3000 words.

 

Can you give us a few tasty morsels from your work-in-progress?

There is a world evolving on an old windowsill,

In a deserted warehouse at the top of a hill.

On the sill is an old vintage clock,

Sadly it’s been a while since we heard its tick tock.

 

The time has always been a quarter past eight,

And the 27^th of July has always been the date.

Since they locked the doors to the huge warehouse,

Nothing has moved, not even a mouse.

 

The warehouse has been silent and ever so still,

All except for the evolution on the windowsill.

You see the Dust had built up over many a year,

And if you take the time, you can just about hear.

 

Small voices coming from the windowsill,

If your eyesight was really good it’s not really still.

For this is our setting as our stories wrote down,

I would like to welcome you all too Dusty Town.

 

Now dust is a thing as anyone knows,

If not cleaned or moved it builds and it grows.

On this windowsill it grew into a town and a land,

Where our friends, the Fluffy’s live a life that is grand.

 

Now it is back to our story early this Saturday,

With our new friends Q, T, Z and J.

Now you should be happy and know where we are,

And as I promised our story hasn’t gone too far.

 

 

Why did you choose to write in your genre? If you write in more than one, how do you balance them?

I think I just want to try them all. But some characters keep drawing you back to them so they get another story…

 

Do you have any favorite authors or favorite books?

Catch 22 is my favorite book. Closely followed by The Lord of the Rings , The Chronicles of Narnia. Anything by Terry Prachett.

 

Of all the characters you have created, which is your favourite and why?

 Edmund Carson is my favorite. To write as a serial killer in the first person is just about the most freedom you can have as a writer… You can say and do anything.

 

 

 

Does writing energize or exhaust you?

 Always energize. I feel so much better after I have written that day.

 

Do you try more to be original or to deliver to readers what they want?

Always. I thought everything I wrote was different until I wrote Ane the Last Witch… My publisher said she loved it but she knew it was me writing. I took that as praise and also a concern that I have a style that covers different Genres.

 

What other authors are you friends with, and how do they help you become a better writer?

On Twitter and Instagram and Facebook I have a few contacts and everyone in the writing world is very supportive.  

 

 

If you were writing a book about your life, what would the title be?

Carpe Diem. The moot I try to live my life by.

 

What question have you always wanted to be asked in an interview? How would you answer that question?

Are all writers a little bit mad?

The answer I think is yes. We do see the world a little different than most people it is what makes us driven to tell the stories we have inside us.

 

Where can your fans find you and follow??

 FACEBOOK- https://www.facebook.com/tony.bury.9/media_set?set=a.1610899910911&type=3

FACEBOOKS PAGE- https://www.facebook.com/tony.bury.9/media_set?set=a.1610899910911&type=3

Twitter- https://twitter.com/bury_tony

GOODREADS- https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14550652.Tony_Bury?from_search=true

AMAZON- https://www.amazon.com/Tony-Bury/e/B01KS3Q4IA/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1541566872&sr=8-1

 

 

Thank you for taking your time to do this interview ❤️