I recently got my hands on Lex H. Jones, author of Nick & Abe, The Other Side of the Mirror, and The Old One and the Sea. Now, yes, it’s been a while since I’ve rolled up my sleeves and got to work on a fellow author, making them lie for a Wrong Answers Only Interview … *sigh* What can I say? Sometimes my hobbies need to take the backseat as I do all the writerly things. But I thought it was about time I treated you all a little something-something.
I have to warn you, things got a little nasty during this interview. At first, Mr. Jones, thought he could be all sweet and nice and honest. *gags* I showed him, though. I showed him good and proper. Muhahaha
So, please enjoy Lex H. Jones’ reluctant interview, which is not at all truthful, but it makes for perfect procrastination material.
Tick-Tock, Mr. Jones …
What inspired you to start writing?
The fact that it was an absolute, cast-iron guaranteed way to make me a millionaire.
If you weren’t a writer, what would you be?
Gravedigger. It’d just tie in nicely with some of my hobbies.
How do you handle writer’s block?
I just violently threaten the person who actually writes my books until they get over it and start writing again.
How do you develop your plot and characters?
I watch people in public, find someone who looks interesting, then follow them home to film them secretly through their windows. Then I just write down what I saw to make them seem real.
What is the most surprising thing you discovered while writing your book(s)?
The fact that people can actually write just as fast with one hand chopped off if you properly motivate them.
Where do you draw inspiration from?
Whatever is popular and selling well at the time.
Who is your favourite author and why?
Monique Snyman. She told me I had to say that or she’d beat me. Not in a good way either, I checked.
What is your favorite book?
The Hungry Caterpillar. I think it does the best job of detailing the existential angst of the twentieth century that I’ve ever read. It’s powerful stuff.
What were the key challenges you faced when writing this book?
Avoiding the police, hiding the bodies, finding new ‘volunteers’ at the shelter to ghost write for me. The usual boring writer stuff.
On a typical day, how much time do you spend writing?
Not as long as I spent writing the answers to this.
About Lex H. Jones
Lex H Jones is a British author, horror fan and rock music enthusiast who lives in Sheffield, North England.
He has written articles for premier horror websites the ‘Gingernuts of Horror’ and the ‘Horrifically Horrifying Horror Blog’ on various subjects covering books, films, videogames and music.
Lex’s noir crime novel “The Other Side of the Mirror” was published in 2019, with his first published novel “Nick and Abe”, a literary fantasy about God and the Devil spending a year on earth as mortal men, published in 2016. His latest release is “The Old One and The Sea”, released 1st November 2019, which is a children’s weird fiction book centred around the reimagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s mythos. Lex also has a growing number of short horror stories published in collections alongside such authors as Graham Masterton, Clive Barker and Adam Neville. He is due to release his first solo collection of short ghost stories, titled “Whistling Past The Graveyard”.
When not working on his own writing Lex also contributes to the proofing and editing process for other authors.
You Can Find Him At:
The Old One And The Sea
Now Available
Sinister Horror Company presents a children’s book about the secret childhood of a young boy called Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
Howard is a lonely, isolated boy who lives in the run-down seaside town of Innsmouth. Most of the town’s men left to fight the Great War and didn’t come back, and those that did, like Howard’s neighbour Mr Derleth, brought their own scars and strange stories with them. None quite so strange as what is about to happen to Howard, however.
An undersea earthquake brings a strange black reef to the surface just off the coast of Innsmouth, and with it something else. Something old, and forgotten, and every bit as lonely as the young boy who discovers it. What follows is a unique and secret friendship that will change the life of both Howard and his bizarre new friend forever.
