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<\/a><\/p>\nAloha Gang, the amazing Scott Bury has a new book out on November 24 – available now for preorder on Amazon – but did I ask him some intelligent questions about it? Heck, no. I asked him Five Stupid Questions and he was silly enough, er, I mean, kind enough to answer them!<\/p>\n
His new book, Echoes: A Hawaiian Storm Mystery<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0 is wonderful! It is FBI Special Agent Vanessa Storm\u2019s last case and I am giving away a free copy to one lucky winner so please comment on this post to enter the draw for the giveaway.<\/p>\n Purchase Link: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2nvutvew<\/strong><\/p>\n In the meantime, ponder some of his thoughtful answers here!<\/p>\n Gin and tonic. Good gin. With ice. Stir it, shake it, I don\u2019t care.<\/p>\n So, what\u2019s going on? Well, I just had a hernia repair operation. It went well, but everything is still tender, so experimenting with any of the positions mentioned in your books is out for the time being.<\/p>\n What else? For the past year and a half, most of my writing time has been taken up with my podcast, Beyond Barbarossa\u2014the first English-language podcast in the world that focuses on the Eastern Front of World War II.<\/p>\n However, I have just finished the fourth installment of my Hawaiian Storm mystery series. It\u2019s now with the editor. Next, I\u2019m doing a clean-up of my first novel, The Bones of the Earth, whose editor, it turns out, missed a lot. I\u2019m also commissioning a new cover.<\/p>\n Whew. All that made me thirsty. Where\u2019s that G&T?<\/p>\n 2. Yum! Who do you know that is most likely to have been abducted by aliens?<\/strong> 3. If you could go back in time and be anybody in history, who would it be?<\/strong> 4. Oooh, I loved his book The Name of the Rose<\/em>. But I digress. You\u2019re stuck on a deserted island after a three-hour tour which goes awry. Name six people alive or dead you\u2019d enjoy being marooned with \u2013 and what would be your fantasy castaway meal?<\/strong> The meal would have to be varied to accommodate this broad range. So I\u2019d start with fresh fish roasted on an open fire on the beach, with local vegetables as sides. Also, pepper steak (love a pepper steak), roasted shrimp, wine, and for dessert, walnut torte (Roxanne makes an awesome walnut torte) and espresso.<\/p>\n 5. I want to be marooned with you! Last question. If you were all stuck for some time, which of your guests would you all eat first?<\/strong><\/p>\n Boudicca. She\u2019d be the most dangerous.<\/p>\n Scott Bury: Everyone who knew me as a child has pointed out that I \u201calways had my nose in a book.\u201d<\/p>\n Writing style has always been important to my taste. I liked writers who could describe a setting, situation or emotion in visceral ways. Also, writers who had unique ideas.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve also always been a writer, myself. My favourite class in grade and middle school was Composition, where I could write stories. My high school yearbook published three of my stories.<\/p>\n After university, I became an editor and journalist, a career I pursued for over 20 years. Being an editor of books and magazines taught me how to lay out these products, and also the value of spare and tight writing.<\/p>\n I always loved stories about dragons.\u00a0My Father\u2019s Dragon\u00a0was one of the first books I remember reading, and I loved\u00a0The Hobbit. When my sons were children, I wanted to get them some good dragon stories, but I was unhappy with most of such books on the shelves at the time. All the dragons were way to friendly, tame mounts for humans. I thought, no, dragons represent the deepest power of nature. They have no time, nor interest in giving humans rides. So I set out to write a dragon story that fit into that idea, which became\u00a0The Bones of the Earth.<\/p>\n Since then, I\u2019ve published another 15 titles in a broad range of genres, from fantasy to mystery and biography.<\/p>\n I live in Canada\u2019s capital city, close to nature, with my wife of 41 years, two cats and the least obedient dog in history. My two mighty sons live nearby, thankfully. I have one grandson, who lives in the U.S. with his mother.<\/p>\n I still love to read, and creating stories is one of my favourite things to do. I actually love the process of writing. And once I\u2019ve fully healed, I look forward to getting back to outdoor activity like cycling, skiing and canoeing.<\/p>\n Next book is one my wife really wants me to write, because she says I\u2019m the leading authority: \u201cHow to Drive Your Spouse Crazy.\u201d I\u2019m deep into the research now, so I\u2019d love to hear from any readers who have tips of their own on the topic.<\/p>\n Scott Bury\u2019s links:<\/strong><\/p>\n Echoes: A Hawaiian Storm Mystery<\/em> Purchase Link: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2nvutvew <\/strong> Twitter: @ScottTheWriter<\/p>\n\n
\nI think my brother, Brent. He really has his own perspective, and isn\u2019t hesitant to tell anyone about it.<\/p>\n
\nI don\u2019t want to go too far back in history. Not before antibiotics, certainly. So I guess, Umberto Eco: respected author who lived in Italy and got to be a university professor in a field he invented. Italian food and wine every day!<\/p>\n
\nSix people, living or dead: my wife, Roxanne; Gordon Lightfoot; Denis Diderot (the French compiler of the first encyclopedia); Sophia Loren; Boudicca; and Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n
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