February Featured Authors (Serban Andrei Mazilu)

Hello everyone! Welcome to February 2013.

Author's Name: Serban Andrei Mazilu
Book Genre(s): Dark fantasy
Book(s): The Angellove Society: CRUX (first book of the trilogy)


Questions

What inspired you to write?

What inspires me to write, in general are...flashes. I can't assume all writers go through the same thing, but I believe it's a requirement for all fantasy authors; I'm usually hit by these mental images, showing me amazing things and I just HAVE to write them down. Speaking CRUX exclusively, it was a static revelation, showing me a crystal desert under a liquid orange sky. I just...kept going from there.

What gets you in the mood to write?
My mood is direct link to coffee and cigarettes. I know it's not a healthy way to get creative, but oth nicotine and caffeine are brain boosters. I'm not flaunting when I'm saying I don't need them - because I already have a hyperactive imagination and I have had it ever since I was four years old - but I enjoy the extra book especially since I have approached this particular genre.

Do you prefer Ebooks or Physical Books?
I've had two other people asking me the same question in their interviews. I will say it from the start: I can't give you a proper answer because I have never read an E-book nor do I think I will in the immediate future. I don't own a Kindle or any type of tablet / reader, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't give it a try. So I can't really express myself on the matter, as you're asking me to give an opinion about something I haven't experienced yet. Even so, I can tell you that in a selfish way I prefer printed books because you can hold them, smell them and they look beautiful on my shelves, but I am also a minor environmentalist (meaning that I love plants and animals, and do what I can to recycle), so if there was a global vote to replace all physical publications with electronic versions, I would always vote YES.

What are you currently working on?
Right now? I'm working on my image, on promoting this book and getting to be known. And that's even more difficult than writing on Book 2. But that's what you wanted to hear about, right? The two are interdependent, as if would be silly of me to launch the sequel immediately...I have over fifty pages of HELLBENT written down and even corrected, but I'm postponing any more progress until I'm sure the fantasy fans get to know me.

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