Zach Ellenberger interview

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

When did your love of books begin?

I would say it began around the age of 15 when I really fell in love with books and storytelling. I would have to credit writers like Poe, Stevenson, and Lovecraft as being major influences. Before that, I read a lot of comics and used to try and illustrate my own.

When did you start to have the wish to become an author?

That came pretty much at the same time as my love for books. By then, my focus was playing music and writing songs, but it was a life goal to eventually write some kind of novel at some point in my life.

How have you found the process for becoming an author?

It has been a full-time job! With being an indie author, there is much more to the process than just writing the book. It involves managing yourself and your material, marketing and promoting your online presence, searching publications to find the right one for your story and generally just putting yourself out there which can be really difficult for people like me with high anxiety. That doesn't even include the work put into self-publishing your book: the constant editing and revising, inner struggles of artistic direction, formatting, etc. It's tiring just writing it out. But part of the passion of writing is the struggle, I suppose.

Tell us about your book/books:

My first book is a historical fiction called "Potato Kingdom." The story follows 2 Irish brothers who are exiled from Ireland and end up on opposing sides of the Ameican Civil War, available on Amazon in paperback, hardback, and ebook. I'm currently working on final edits of my second novel "No Refunds," Which follows a burned out musician looking to rekindle his former music career. I've also published several horror short stories in various online magazines and anthologies such as "The Lost Librarian's Grave: Tales of Madness, Horror and Adventure" released by Redwood Press and also available on Amazon.

What do you love about the writing/reading community?

Hands down the support. With the amount of rejections that are received, it can be tough to find the motivation and support to keep going. Hell, if not for the writing/reading community, I might've given up on writing a long time ago. But I've made a lot of contacts and acquaintances through both communities that I've come to significantly value.

If you could say anything to your readers what would it be?

"THANK YOU!"

Where can people connect with you?

You can connect with me through my website www.zachellenberger.weebly.com or through social media. Connect with me on twitter at @zak4prez911, instagram at @words_of_the_bergermeister or Goodreads.