Q&A with Qwantu Amaru discussion

1. I'm a novelist, poet, and spoken word artist (check out my free spoken word album Mic Check on reverbnation!)
2. I also have an MBA in marketing and spent 12 years working in the pharmaceutical industry before striking out on my own
3. I started writing One Blood when I was 23
4. I gave up coffee two years ago
5. So now current my fix is Starbucks chai latte!
6. I have OCD therefore I only allow myself to buy and play one video game on one game system
7. I get very nervous before performing or speaking in public
8. I can play four instruments: oboe, bassoon, baritone sax, and clarinet
9. I collected 16 manuscript rejections before starting my own publishing company The Pantheon Collective with Stephanie Casher and James Lewis
10. I've shaken hands with Andre Braugher, Denzel Washington, Frankie Faison, and Colin Powell
11. Some of my favorite authors are Stephen King, Harper Lee, Richard Wright, Tananarive Due, Anne Rice, Michael Connelly, and Wilbur Smith
12. I do my best writing at night between 8 and 10 pm
13. I aim to write stories that will entertain, provoke thought, and spark discussion
14. So far I have lived in Pittsburgh, PA; Charleston, WV; Tallahassee, FL; Detroit, MI; Lake Charles, LA; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Philadelphia, PA; and Jersey City, NJ
15. One Blood has won 6 Awards to date!

I don't think that is odd that you do your best writing at 8 to 10pm. I know most writers do their writing early in the morning. Personally, through my experience I don't know when mine will hit so I have grasp if or when I can.

Funny that you have OCD, I do too. I am an insomniac so I am up when others should be sleep, thats when I pen, literally. I like to hand write then I transfer to the digital age. Congratulations on the awards, what a blessing that is. Blessings to you.

Lyn wrote: "Funny that you have OCD, I do too. I am an insomniac so I am up when others should be sleep, thats when I pen, literally. I like to hand write then I transfer to the digital age. Congratulations..."

Thank you so much Lyn!