Ian Hooper
Season 2 Episode 7 and Episode 8
Conversations with guest Ian Hooper. (aka Ian Andrew)
Episode 7 focusses on what Ian has learned about Mindfulness and how it has impacted his work life balance.
Episode 7 An opportunity to play in Ians world and learning about his worldbuilding style.
Ian Hooper Author Bio
Ian Hooper grew up in the coastal town of Larne, Northern Ireland. He joined the Royal Air Force at age eighteen and worked initially as an aircraft technician before being commissioned as an Intelligence Officer. After serving for two decades, he and his Australian wife relocated to the southwest of Western Australia.
In 2014, writing under the pen name of Ian Andrew, his first novel, A Time to Every Purpose, was released to critical acclaim, and in 2018, the first of his ‘Wright and Tran’ crime series, Face Value, won the Publishers Weekly Booklife prize for fiction. In 2024, his poem, Just Enough won the Shore Lines writing for performance prize.
He is now the executive director of independent publisher, Leschenault Press and its imprint, The Book Reality Experience, as well as being an author, editor and ghost-writer. In addition, he is the co-founder of the international series of independent author book fairs. A fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, he holds qualifications in management, training, and learning design as well as a master’s in creative writing.
Living in rural Western Australia, surrounded by a resident mob of kangaroos, he is currently working on the next novel in the Wright & Tran series of detective stories.
Mindful Show Notes
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Ian was the go to for farewell poems and short stories.
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Started writing first story on the train
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Chose self publishing thinking only a few people would want his book.
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Ran training courses for others to self Pub
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Still provides assistance to other Authors through Book Publishing Experience
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Started writing first as Ian Andrew (first and middle name)
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Chose to have female leads in his detective series.
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Mindfulness means to be present
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Recommends App called ‘Balance’
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Reward to see Authors open their books for the first time.
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Reward self – Travel to Europe
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End of day Decompress = Bourbon and Coke.
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A part of Indie Author Book fair series.
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Discussed alternate perspectives of Indie publishers internationally.
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Superpower = Rewind button
Worldbuilding Show Notes
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• Different depending on the books you're writing.
• Explanations have to make things sound feasible.
• Don't need to build today's world.
• Interactions need to be realistic. Jargon has to be realistic for those who are knowledgeable. Need to balance knowledgeable readers and readers not with that experience.
• Don't dump all info, but give enough.
• Touch points of where the world should go but can grow in between - key points already known.
• Horror - hero up
• Franklin's shadow organisation - high-integrity - reset wrongs
• Layers are important - multi-sensory experience - don't layer it so thick that the story is lost
Interview Accompaniment
Episode Transcript
Season 2 Episode 7
To be release soon
Season 2 Episode 8
to be released soon
What's in the Treasure Chest?
Two Books for to choose from. Something serious or something fun?
