J.B. – FEEN Magazine            C.L. Thompson – The Author

 

J.B.: When did you first, without hesitation, call yourself a writer?

C.L. Thompson: Well, I use to write songs for recording labels, but when this certain music executive; I won’t mention any names, told me to stop writing songs so deep and detail. He said people are too stupid to get it and I should keep it simple if I wanted to keep a job in this business. I knew at that point… I was a writer.

J.B.: How do you work with an editor without the pride thing getting in the way?

C.L. Thompson: Working with an editor for me is the easy part of it all. It’s a humbling experience for me.
 

J.B.: When you hear from your readers, what do they say?

C.L. Thompson: My readers usually ask when the next book is coming out. Most say every time they read my books they get a different out-look and catch something that they missed. They keep it positive for the most part.
 

J.B.: What do you think about the big publishing houses in the world today?

C.L. Thompson: Big publishing is like The Federal Reserve for most authors. And like The Federal Reserve, they do a lot of things wrong or backwards. Look, I have at least 50 ways for big publishers and authors to blossom and evolved to meet the ever changing needs of today's market in this era. But big publishers don’t have time or don’t want to listen.
 

J.B.: Do you think self-publishing has opened or closed doors for creative people?
C.L. Thompson: That’s a good question. For me it opened a lot of doors, but I’m not your traditional author either. If you are that habitual, not thinking-out-of-the-box, following the already paved road author, your door is now closed.
 

J.B.: What genre does your book fall under?
C.L. Thompson: Historical fiction

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J.B.: What one word best describes you?
C.L. Thompson: Rational…