Brandon
Luffman resides in North Carolina with
his wife and his three children.
He began writing in 6th grade. “ During high school, I began to consider
writing as a career, but upon graduation that fell by the wayside. I played
around with writing off and on over the years, doing NaNoWriMo and such, as
well as an abortive attempt to write a novel in my mid-twenties. But it’s only
been in the past few years that I’ve finally jumped into writing as a serious
pursuit and managed to make it stick.”
He is a
writer. Works part-time as a janitor for a local dialysis center and runs a
online retail business selling tabletop gaming supplies. He is a self-published
author. Brandon says, “I had originally thought to go through the
classic process of trying to find an agent and then seeking a traditional
publisher. However, as I learned more about self-publishing, I constantly found
myself asking WHY anyone would go through all that when self-publishing offers
the author so much. There ARE some good reasons to seek traditional publishing,
but those reasons didn’t really work for me personally, so I’ve gone the indie
route.”
“ I
generally think of myself as a “horror author”. My writing is primarily
intended for an adult audience, although I don’t overdo violence or gore unless
it serves the story – which it sometimes does. So, my writing is often graphic,
but not gratuitously so. In the case of Frostwalker, there’s plenty of violence
and gore, because that’s what the story calls for, but those aspects aren’t the
important part of a horror story.”
Brandon’s
favorite authors right now are Dean Koontz and Stephen King, but is influenced
by them and others, “ I think writers take inspiration from everything and
everyone. We’re the ones who see something perfectly mundane and then ask
ourselves “What if?”. That’s how we take the boring world that we live in and
make fantastic stories from it. But, a few specific individuals who have helped
spur my love of storytelling are Dean Koontz, Stephen King, and Tad Williams,
among many others. Koontz and King are probably my favorite authors right now.
I’m also a fan of many others, of course. As for favorite novels, some of my
favorites are King’s Dark Tower series, the Dresden Files books by Jim Butcher,
the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy from Tad Williams, the Lost Fleet books
from Jack Campbell, David Weber’s Honor Harrington books… Too many to list!
Brandon
claims to not be a very interesting person. “One reason writers write is
because reality is so mundane and boring sometimes. As we grow older, we begin
to realize that everyone, from the guy who bags our groceries to the most
famous of celebrities, everyone is just a person. There are interesting people
out there, of course, but I think my work is more noteworthy than I am myself.
That’s part of why I write it! But, a little about me for those who are
curious: I’m a geek, a fan of science (especially physics and astronomy),
computer programming, video games, tabletop gaming (roleplaying and wargaming).
I’m into all sorts of music, but consider myself a metalhead – especially fond
of thrash and speed metal from the 80’s, preferably the stuff with a melody to
it like older Megadeth.”
Frostwalker
is his newest novel. “My
latest release is my first novel-length work, entitled Frostwalker, and
it is a survival horror story. Set in a small town in rural northwestern North
Carolina, Frostwalker is a bit of a zombie tale, although the creatures
in the story aren’t your traditional zombies – nor are they the biggest threat.
At its heart, the book is the story of a young man and his friends finding
themselves in the middle of a horrific situation and struggling to step up to
the challenges they face.”
Blog/Website: http://brandonrluffman.wordpress.com/
(Email available through
blog contact page.)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BRLuffman
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrandonRLuffman
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