Welcome Back to Writerly Wednesday.
My Guest this week is Safdar Muttaqi
Safdar Muttaqi’s
Bio:
Part Myth
Part Legend
All Reality
Loved By Few
Hated By Many
Understood By None
The Dark Romantic Of The Night and the only guy on the planet who writes Unsophisticated Fiction For Those Who Don’t Belong.
Check out Safdar’s Website
Dark Musings | Ahh I Am Dead
Official Site of evil thoughts and badly written fiction by a guy who should be a best selling freaky author & radical poet
Interview:
1. What is your favorite marketing task that has resulted in a sale?
Advertising my website with a sinister visual on the back of one of my leather jackets. When it comes to writing – marketing – or whatever else I’m involved in – I like to think of myself as the walking definition of unconventional.
2. What do you like about your publisher or why did you decide to
Self Publish?
Traditional publishers weren’t interested in my style of fiction. Self Publishing was the next best thing.
3. What do you have under your bed?
Spiders – dust – a box of comics – and plenty of broken dreams that can’t be fixed with glue or a needle and thread.
4. Are you a plotter or a pantser when you are writing?
My brand of fiction is more about character and dialogue than plot. It’s a style of storytelling that only certain types of people will find entertaining. As a matter of fact – most critics would write my fiction off as – ‘All Style – No Substance.’
But that’s okay – my stories are designed to be read by those few individuals who are looking for something different and are sick to death of reading the same old crud the mainstream guys keep publishing.
5. Do you write in a bubble or do you prefer critique groups,
writing buddies or other companionship during the process?
I work with only music and a cup of coffee for company. When you’re the God or Goddess of your own fictional universe – you don’t need anything else.
6. When do ideas come to you and how do you capture them?
My ideas often come from comic books – late night B grade horror movies – music – and sometimes dreams. My most recent book – Safdar Muttaqi’s Forever Drifting Through The Great River Of The Sky was inspired by a woman I’ve never met but only seen on TV.
7. What is your favorite word processing program and what other
tools do you use, pen, notebooks, white board, index cards, finger on
fogged bathroom mirrors?
Microsoft Word on my laptop when I’m in the house. When I travel I usually stick with a pad and pen.
The Secret To Unsophisticated Thinking: The Love Misery Cycle – Book One
Blurb:
A love sick fool.
A writer with problems.
A young mum looking for answers.
A little girl dancing with death.
A dark force from the past.
THE SECRET TO UNSOPHISTICATED THINKING: LOVE MISERY CYCLE (Saf’s Unsophisticated Fiction For Those Who Don’t Belong Book 1) – Kindle edition by Safdar Muttaqi. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading SAFDAR MUTTAQI’S THE SECRET TO UNSOPHISTICATED THINKING: LOVE MISERY CYCLE (Saf’s Unsophisticated Fiction For Those Who Don’t Belong Book 1)
Second Title by Safdar Muttaqi
FOREVER DRIFTING THROUGH THE GREAT RIVER OF THE SKY: LOVE MISERY CYCLE BOOK TWO (Saf’s Unsophisticated Fiction For Those Who Don’t Belong 2) – Kindle edition by Safdar Muttaqi. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading SAFDAR MUTTAQI’S FOREVER DRIFTING THROUGH THE GREAT RIVER OF THE SKY: LOVE MISERY CYCLE BOOK TWO (Saf’s Unsophisticated Fiction For Those Who Don’t Belong 2).
Thank you for being my guest this week. Your’s was a great interview to celebrate the return of Writerly Wednesday.
Come Back Soon for Another Writerly Wednesday Spotlight and Don’t Touch Anything Sharp!