Interviews With Writers

Author Interviews from Writers Around the World

  • Home
  • Advertising
  • Contact Us
  • Interview Submission
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sites in the BookGoodies Network
You are here: Home / Interviews / Interview with Author – Dan Lawton

Interview with Author – Dan Lawton

By Interviews With Writers


Author Bio:
Dan Lawton is an award-winning literary suspense, mystery, and thriller author from New Hampshire. He is an active member of the International Thriller Writers (ITW) Organization and the New Hampshire Writers’ Project.

His fifth novel, The Green House—a Bronze Medalist in the Adult Fiction E-Book category for the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards), a finalist in the Fiction category for the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, and a finalist in the Mystery category for the 2020 Book Excellence Awards—will be released on 7/30/20.

Dan’s fourth novel, Plum Springs, won the 2019 New Hampshire Writers’ Project Readers’ Choice Award for Fiction. His first novel, Deception, was named one of the best thriller novels of 2017 by the Novel Writing Festival.

What inspires you to write?
Simply, I just love it. Reading other books, watching movies, and everyday events can be sources of inspiration for me. Whether there's any commercial success or not doesn't impact my inspiration—you never know if/when something will pop.

Tell us about your writing process.
Generally, I am a seat of the pants writer. The most recent book I wrote did have a top-level outline of where the story was going, but it changes so much as I write so it would truly be a waste of time to outline everything out ahead of time. When I do outline, I keep it simple: I make a chart in Word, along with my notes. Nothing fancy.

For Fiction Writers: Do you listen (or talk to) to your characters?
I've never talked to them, per say. My interaction is watching them evolve as the words are typed, really. How they react in certain circumstances is entirely organic and can alter the scene or future scenes or any plans I had for the book—hence why I don't spend too much time outlining.

Who are your favorite authors?
My favorite authors are John Hart and Harlan Coben. There are countless books that have kept me up at night, though, and not necessarily by John or Harlan. Some recent examples: Mystic River by Dennis Lehane; The Night Before by Wendy Walker; The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides; A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler; No One Knows by J.T. Ellison; Starting out in the Evening by Brian Morton; and The Editor by Steven Rowley.

How did you decide how to publish your books?
I tried to get a literary agent for my first book but failed, so I self-published. For my second, I did the same and also indie publishers, and while I had an offer to publish, I chose to self-publish again. For my third, I almost got an agent but wasn't quite there, so I published with an indie press. I had an agent for my fourth, and though I didn't get a "big deal," I published with another indie press. For my fifth, I signed with another indie press—and I intend to have them publish my next three books as well, if they'll have me! Self-publishing for me was a good way to get introduced to the industry and learn about all aspects of it. It was a good transition to an indie press, then an agent, then bigger and better presses.

What do you think about the future of book publishing?
While the industry is competitive and becoming a digital world, I don't think print books are going anywhere. Personally, I prefer reading print books still, and I sell more print than digital—which surprises me, frankly. I do see advances from publishers going down and more independent presses and self-published authors making a serious run at relevancy. I feel like it takes too long to market for the big publishers, especially for those writers who have other books an an audience; the readers want more content, not to wait two years for the next book.

What genres do you write?
Thriller, Mystery/Suspense, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Psychological Fiction

What formats are your books in?
eBook, Print, Audiobook

Website(s)
Dan Lawton Home Page Link
Follow Dan Lawton On Amazon
Link to Author Page on Instagram

Author’s Social Media Links
Goodreads
Facebook
Twitter

All information is provided by the author and is presented as it was submitted so you the reader get to hear the author’s own “voice” in their interview.

Filed Under: Interviews, Mystery Tagged With: award-winner, Dan Lawton, emotional, inspirational, literary, mystery, suspense, thriller

Follow Us!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Search our Site

Featured Books

Featured Book: Secret Babies for the Mafia Doctor by K.C. Crowne

About Featured Book: Secret Babies for the Mafia Doctor by K.C. Crowne A dark and enticing invitation, On a yacht overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. I allowed a complete stranger to dominate me. And he gave me a gift that changed my world forever. I assumed we’d never meet again. And I certainly didn’t expect to […]

Featured Book: Who Will Accompany You?: My Mother-Daughter Journeys Far from Home and Close to the Heart by Meg Stafford

About Featured Book: Who Will Accompany You?: My Mother-Daughter Journeys Far from Home and Close to the Heart by Meg Stafford Award-winning memoirist Meg Stafford has an adventurous spirit, and this time she takes us along for the ride. When her daughters venture into terra incognita—one of them meditating in the Himalayas and the other […]

Featured Book: So Shall The Tree Grow by Ninie Hammon

About Featured Book: So Shall The Tree Grow by Ninie Hammon Free from 1/24/2023 through 1/31/2023 Family loyalties, deadly feuds, and international drug wars are brought to life in Ninie Hammon’s new intergenerational tale set in present-day Kentucky, four decades after the rise and fall of the Cornbread Mafia. When Ruth Hannacker finds a “just-in-case-anything-happens-to-me” […]

Featured Book: The Island by Sean Platt

About Featured Book: The Island by Sean Platt Free from 1/23/2023 through 1/31/2023 From the multiple best-selling author team that brought you Pattern Black and Burnout comes a brand new transcendent mindfuck of a fantasy novel. Two powerful and fierce immortal gods are trapped on an island, endlessly pursuing a Sisyphean task that must be […]

Featured Book: Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination by Peter J. Boni

About Featured Book: Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination by Peter J. Boni How a journey of self-discovery unearthed the scandalous evolution of artificial insemination By his forties, Peter J. Boni was an accomplished CEO, with a specialty in navigating high-tech companies out of hot water. Just before his […]

Categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • Activity Books
  • Audiobook
  • Audiobooks
  • Autobiographies
  • Bargain Books Under $3
  • Biblical Studies
  • Biographical Fiction
  • Biographies & Memoirs
  • Birds
  • Body/Mind/Spirit
  • Book and eReader Sleeves
  • BookGoodies Network Merch
  • Business Books
  • Buyer's Guides
  • Children and Young Adult Books
  • Children's – Education & Reference
  • Children's Activity Book
  • Children's Books
  • Children's eBooks
  • Christian Fiction
  • Christian Non-Fiction
  • Clean Romance
  • Coloring Books for Adults
  • Coloring Books for Kids
  • Comedy
  • Comic Books
  • Cowboy Romance
  • Cozy Mystery
  • Devotionals
  • Dogs
  • Drama
  • Educational/How-to
  • Erotic
  • Erotic Science Fiction
  • Erotica
  • Essays
  • Fairy Tale
  • Faith and Religion
  • Fantasy
  • Featured Books
  • Features
  • Fiction
    • Romance
  • Fiction Audio Books
  • Fitness
  • Gifts for Book Lovers
  • Giveaways
  • Health & Fitness
  • Heat Level 1 – G Rated Clean Read
  • Heat Level 2 – PG
  • Heat Level 3 – PG-13
  • Heat Level 4 – R Rated
  • Heat Level 5 – NC-17
  • Historical
  • Historical Fiction
  • Historical Romance
  • Horror
  • Humor
  • Humor (Fiction)
  • Inspirational Books for You
  • Interviews
  • Journal
  • Journaling
  • Kindle Unlimited
  • Kindle Unlimited eBooks
  • Kindle Vella
  • Kindle Vella Serial
  • Limited Time Free Promotion
  • Love and Marriage
  • Magic
  • Memoir
  • Military Science Fiction
  • Music
  • Mystery
  • Mystery/Suspense
  • Mystery/Thriller
  • New Age
  • News
  • Non-fiction
  • Nonfiction Audio Books
  • Nonfiction Audiobooks
  • Paranormal
  • Paranormal Romance
  • Permafree
  • PermaFree Books
  • Personal Growth
  • Pet and Animal
  • Poetry
  • Print
  • Print Books
  • Prophecy
  • Regency Romance
  • Romance – Erotica
  • Romantic Suspense
  • Science Fiction
  • SciFi
  • Spiritual Growth
  • Thriller
  • Time Travel
  • Travel
  • Urban Fantasy
  • Western Romance
  • Women's Fiction
  • Women's Health
  • YA – Action and Adventure
  • YA – Fantasy
  • Young Adult

Podcasts with Writers

Inferno! by Tom Gormley

Interview with Author – Ubong Ekpo

Interview with Author – Jill Mattson

Interview with Author – Endri Shqerra

Interview with Author – Susan Abraham

More Posts from this Category

Featured Books

Featured Book: Veilfall by Adron Smitley

Featured Book: Timberwolf by Tom Julian

Featured Book: Taunt Her by Caitlyn Dare

Featured Book: The Third Rail by Tommy Handsome

Featured Book: Pretty Broken Bastard by Jeana E. Mann

More Posts from this Category

Around the Site

  • Home
  • Advertising
  • Contact Us
  • Interview Submission
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sites in the BookGoodies Network

Copyright © 2023 · A BookGoodies Partner Site · Powered by WordPress and Genesis