Featured Interview With Christopher C. Meeker
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Christopher C. Meeker is a writer, husband, and father of three based in beautiful Central New York where he enjoys the experiences of each new season, especially fall and winter.
After graduating high school Christopher attended Onondaga Community College and the Onondaga Cortland Madison County Career Training Center where he received his certification in Electro-Mechanical Drafting and CAD. He has also earned numerous certificates in the field of information technology. But Christopher’s true passions are languages and the written word.
When Christopher isn’t busy working on his next novel he likes to relax by watching movies (science fiction and fantasy mostly), reading, or playing video games, an activity which has garnered him several world records.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve loved books ever since I can remember. I think my fascination with them began when I was first read ‘The Littles’ by my grandmother when I was around six or seven years old.
I began writing off and on as early as twelve but only dedicated myself to serious writing over the last ten or so years.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors are Edgar Allan Poe, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Bradbury, Issac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, J.R.R. Tolkien, Piers Anthony (his Xanth books literally saved my life), Orson Scott Card, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Drew Karpyshyn, and others.
My favorite genre to read is science-fiction and fantasy, but, I’ve been known to read a mystery or two.
Who inspires me to write? George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Benjamin Franklin.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
HAWTHORNE: Chronicles of the Brass Hand is the story of young Edgar J. Hawthorne who sets out on a journey to the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa in 1835 after reading of an incredible discovery in the Edinburgh Journal of Science, submitted by close family friend John Herschel.
Traveling with the Royal Air Brigade on the Stratos, England’s newest and most advanced airship, pride of the British fleet, Edgar and the crew are caught unaware and attacked in the early hours of dawn by a flotilla of marauding airships. Outnumbered the Stratos is forced down into the deep jungles of Africa.
With the Stratos crippled and in need of repair Edgar, along with the first officer and a portion of the crew, set out to locate provisions. What Edgar discovers in the jungle, however, convinces him there are other forces involved in the downing of the Stratos. In the attempt to discover the truth behind the attack, Edgar unearths an unbelievable and far-reaching secret.
Finding himself caught up in a conflict that has raged for centuries, Edgar is thrust into a world of which only a handful are aware. With the aid of a mysterious girl and an unlikely ally, Edgar must do the impossible: prevent humanity’s extinction.
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