Dragon Soul Press took the time to interview Tim Anderson, an author featured in The Hunt anthology.

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I am a former daily newspaper journalistand PR manager who started writing fiction four years ago. Since then I have had more than 50 stories placed in a wide variety of
genres and publications.

1. What prompted you to begin writing?
   • I have always written as part of my job but after retiring I decided to start writing fiction. I have also read widely and eclectically throughout my life – about three books a week
     since joining the local library at eight – and wanted to see if I could give other people the same pleasure as I have had.
2. Do you have a favorite story or poem you’ve written? What’s it about?
   • I love all of the things I have written for different reasons as I generally try to do something different story. Some are (fairly) straightforward genre pieces while others are experimental based on some of the avant garde writers I like.
3. How many projects do you have planned over the next few years? Tell us about one.
   • I have a couple of novels in the editing stage and several pages of story ideas with their
     research notes. One of the novels is a science fantasy set in an alternative 1897 Paris
     where a group of young friends including the playwrite Alfred Jarry and the adopted
     daughter of Annie Oakley face terrorists, monarchist conspirators and occultists trying to
     destroy the Communal government.
4. What is your writing process like?
   • I tend to have a feel for the “shape” of the story which I then whittle away at as I write it.
     This generally includes the main characters and some key scenes, but I don’t plan out
     the whole thing. It will change as I write and as I do bits and pieces of fill in research as I
     go.
5. Where do you draw inspiration from?
   • The back stories of the characters tend to come from the lives of myself and friends and
     family placed in a setting that can come from almost anywhere -a title or first line that
     pops into my head, a submission opportunity prompt, a side thought on something I am
     reading. I am writing a story currently based on an anthology looking for gothic fiction.
     The title “The Usher of Fall House” popped into my head and the story flowed from
     there.
6. Who is your favorite author / what is your favorite book?
   • A bit like my favourite of my own writing, this changes day by day depending on my
     mood. I love lots of authors from the French avant garde tradition – especially Jarry – as
     well as many post modernists, and within genres I love mostly authors who draw
     inspiration from outside their own genre.
7. What is one goal you have for your writing future?
   • To get some of the novels published.
8. What do you hope readers enjoy most from your work?
   • The characters, the ideas and the jokes.
9. Where can readers learn more about you?
   • On my blog, Facebook, Amazon, Goodreads and Instagram.