#WriterWednesdayInterview with Darrell Newton

I’d like to welcome author Darrell Newton to the blog this week for #WriterWednesday!

Things you love about writing:

I can share the voices in my head with other people. Yes, these characters take on a life of their own.

Things you never want to run out of:

Time, but I know that day is coming. Time makes the best things in life precious. Oh, and caffeine. I never want to run out of caffeine, but that day too may come. :)

Something you’re really good at:

Analyzing problems and finding solutions. I’m an engineer by trade and nature.

Something you’re really bad at:

Underwater judo. I’m incredibly slow underwater. Is that true for you too?

The last thing you regret buying:

A heavy duty one-hundred-foot hose. It only lasted one use. I pulled on it after screwing it onto the faucet and it snapped off. It happened again after I bought the replacement.

Things you always put in your books:

A conflict that matches the character’s personality or history, a conflict with no easy answer.

Things you never put in your books:

Erotica. Sorry, that’s for my wife.

People you’d like to invite to dinner (living):

Dr. Jordan Peterson. With his clinical and teaching experience, the conversation could easily go past my bedtime.

Most daring thing you’ve ever done:

Bought a house at an auction. The closer we got to the final bid, the more it felt like an out-of-the-body experience.

The funniest thing to happen to you:

This is one of those you’ll-look-back-at-it-and-laugh moments. We raise chickens, and one year we had a problem with predators. No matter how many traps we put out, we couldn’t catch the predator. Late one night, we heard frantic squawking from one of the chicken pens. Man, I was going to get this thing. Everyone in our house got up to catch it. I ran full tilt down the stairs and out through the big garage door. The next thing I knew, I was flat on my back with a welt across my forehead. In the darkness, I didn’t see the garage door was not rolled up all the way.

The coolest person you’ve ever met:

He may not be the coolest person, but this may be the best person-I-met story. I applied for a job while going to college in California. After a phone interview, I was asked to come to this residence in the Hollywood hills. After I was let through a security gate, the guy who hired me told me I was working for Marlon Brando … at his house. So, now I can say I got through college working for the Godfather.

About Darrell:

Born in Simi Valley, California, Darrell Newton attended twelve different schools until he finally got it right and graduated from a high school on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The Cypriots soon realized it was in their national interest to ship Darrell back to the United States. He meandered through college until the administration bribed him to leave with two apparently contradictory degrees: Theology and Electrical Engineering. He is currently working as an electrical engineer, robotics programmer, landlord, part-time farmer, and father of seven. Sometimes he even writes a thing or two.

Darrell is the author of historical science fiction short stories and novels based on questions like:              

What would you do with a stone that heals anything?    
If you could look like anyone, who would it be?
What happens when time travelers lose their tools?

Let’s Be Social:

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