Grey Gecko author Steven P. Locklin got interviewed by Fiona McVie. Check out the full text on her blog, and get the intro below:

Name: Steven P Locklin
Age: 55
Where are you from: Miami, Fla.

A little about yourself (ie your education Family life etc): Grew up in New England (Massachusetts and Vermont), graduated from Boston University and have worked as a journalist for 33 years. I have lived and worked in a number of different states in the eastern U.S., but have lived in South Florida for the past 16 years.

 

Fiona: Tell us your latest news?

My first novel, Beneath Hallowed Ground, published last year by Grey Gecko Press, earned a bronze medal in general fiction from the Florida Book Awards a few months ago. I am writing a sequel right now.

 

Fiona: When and why did you begin writing?

I was always a reader growing up. I would read anything and there were always novels, encyclopedias and other reference books in the house. When I was older I started reading Alistair MacLean novels and they got me interested in adventure thrillers and then my interest grew from being a reader to being a writer.

 

Fiona: When did you first consider yourself a writer?

I think when I completed the first novel, even before it was published. If a person can sit down and see a project through to completion, then another, and have a desire to tell stories through words, then you’re a writer. It doesn’t matter whether you get validation through others, it’s the work itself and what you wanted to say.