Winter Writers: R.R. Virdi

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OMG, I have a Dragon Award Nominee on my blog! This is amazeballs! His hair is bigger and more awesome than mine. And what better interviewee for Winter Writers than a guy who has just released book one in a series called The Books of Winter? No better, that's what! Okay, so here's a bit about Mr. Virdi for those who don't already know. 

​R.R. Virdi is the Dragon Award—Nominated author of The Grave Report, a paranormal investigator series set in the great state of New York. He has worked in the automotive industry as a mechanic, retail, and in the custom gaming computer world. He's an avid car nut with a special love for American classics. 

There are rumors that he wanders the streets of his neighborhood in the dead of night dressed in a Jedi robe and teal fuzzy slippers, no one knows why. Other such rumors mention how he is a professional hair whisperer in his spare time. We don’t know what that is either.

You can sign up as a minion and read stories at R.R. Virdi's website, and follow him on Twitter.

His hair's so awesome, he has his own meme. And that's Autum Author E.A. Copen's book!

D.P- ​What's your favorite song for writing?
R.V.- I don’t listen to songs per say while writing. I listen to music without lyrics.

D.P- ​Do you have a writing routine?
R.V.- I used, I need it back again. My life has been abhorrently disruptive of late. I used to write 2k a day without a break.

D.P- ​Beach or woods?
R.V.- Beach

D.P- ​Coffee or tea or something else?
R.V.- Tea

D.P- ​Share a guilty pleasure with us.
R.V.- I like lying down to day dream a lot. 

D.P- ​Cake or pie? 
R.V.- Yes

D.P- ​Breakfast, brunch, or lunch? 
R.V.- Yes.

D.P- ​Who is your favorite TV or movie character and why?
R.V.- TV, animated batman, or, John Constantine. Movie, I honestly don’t know. And, why? Because animated batman...nuff said.

D.P- ​Who is your favorite character of all time and why?
R.V.- Batman. He’s a normal man who’s pushed himself to be the absolute best. Speaks dozens of languages, mastered so many martial arts, is a genius level person and a polymath having studied nearly every discipline known to man.

D.P- ​What's the scariest thing your villain of choice has done?
R.V.- Clichéd, but, trying to end the world. Think about that for a second and what it entails. It’s comical because of how much it’s been done...but trying to end all life on the Earth!? That’s terrifying and cold.

D.P- ​What's the funniest book you've read and why?
R.V.- Spiderman comics.

D.P- ​What's the food or drink you always tell other people to try?
R.V.- Bubble tea, taro slush with bobba

D.P- ​What book do you recommend the most?
R.V.- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

D.P- ​Where is the one place you think everyone should go?
R.V.- To bed ;)

D.P- ​Who is one person you'd like to meet from any point in history and why?
R.V.- Tesla, honestly, I don’t know why, I just do.

D.P- ​Which genres do you write and what's your favorite one?
R.V.- I write most genre fiction, but urban fantasy is my favorite.

D.P- ​What do you do if you see your idea has already been done?
R.V.- Do it anyways. No one can do it like you can.

D.P- ​What's the best advice you've gotten about writing?
R.V.- Write anyways.

D.P- ​Tell us about your plans or ideas for a new-to-you genre in the future.
R.V.- ​Finish my current novel. At the moment my life’s so stressing I can’t think past that. 

R.R. Virdi has a YouTube channel where he talks about writing, does what we like to call "the motivates." and plays video games. Here he is unboxing the hardcover version of Dangerous Ways!