Chainsaw Exorcism With Mark Weir Author Of Randall Crane and the Whitechapel Horror
Tell me about yourself and your writing? My name is Mark Weir and I am the wrong side of forty but the right side of forty-five. (So that’s forty-four then) I live a very happy life with my artist wife, Julie and my two grown up kids. Writing has always been a passion, ever since I formulated the kernel of an idea after reading a Stephen King novel back when I was a kid. That kernel became the basis of my second novel, due for publication around Christmas 2014. King was a massive influence, as was Dickens, Lewis Carroll and Kipling. Enid Blyton was another favorite. These brilliant writers sparked something in me. I think that I have always been a word man, even when I listen to my favorite songs, I am always looking for the great lyric or the fantastic wordplay. If I hear it, I have to memorize it. The tune is almost secondary to me and the greatest tunes can be ruined by poor lyrics. That’s how I see people, either you’re a tune person or a lyric person. Lyric people are often f