Interview with Author Boe Healy

1. When did you start writing?

I think it was umm … the first Thursday when I was 3 years old, I started drawing to remember my stories since I couldn't write letters yet.

2. What was your journey towards becoming an author like?

Hmm… um … I don’t know. Spooky, I guess? I just made stories and told my daddy to make them books but I always played games and made characters

What can you tell me about your latest book? (Feel free to include an excerpt.)

The window? I like the cover. I like Christy. She's really nice. I like Jason Momoa. He was in Minecraft. I hope he reads it.

What sort of methods do you use for book promotion?

I sign it. I draw monsters. I tell people and play the story with my friends.

5. Where do you get your ideas for stories?

I don’t know. I just play. I draw. I imagine scary things coz I like scary things. Then I tell Daddy so he can write them down.

6. What are you working on right now?

I have soooooo many stories that need to be books. Tell Daddy to hurry up. Hahaha. The next one is The Cursed Baby.

7. Any advice for other authors?

Just think of it like a game coz you want games to be exciting. Death Digger came from a game I played in the backyard. Imagine the scene like your shed is a barn full of children in bags and the garden is where he buries the babies and you have to run and avoid him and get your baby back and you yell and and laugh and have fun and then when you're done playing, you're like, I want more of this story, so you write it down or tell your dad. That's it. Sometimes it's from my dreams, but you have to write those down fast or you forget them, so I draw pictures because I can't wait for Daddy or I'll forget. That's it. Yeah. That's it.

ABOUT BOE:

At six years old, Boe Healy has written two books, has five stories in anthologies and all of it is in the same universe that he plays his games in. He has a lot more coming. He loves Sprunki and Huggy Wuggy and Garten of Banban and Little Nightmares. He likes scary stuff.