{"id":376,"date":"2020-11-28T13:03:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T13:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/?p=376"},"modified":"2020-09-30T19:22:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T18:22:46","slug":"author-qa-with-asif-sardar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/?p=376","title":{"rendered":"Author Q&#038;A with Asif Sardar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Author Q&amp;A with Asif Sardar<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*This post contains affiliate links*<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-112\" src=\"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Black-and-White-Beauty-Quote-Pinterest-Graphic-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Black-and-White-Beauty-Quote-Pinterest-Graphic-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Black-and-White-Beauty-Quote-Pinterest-Graphic-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Black-and-White-Beauty-Quote-Pinterest-Graphic-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/elizabethhollandauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Black-and-White-Beauty-Quote-Pinterest-Graphic.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Asif M Sardar was born in the Punjab in Pakistan, emigrated to England as a small child and grew up in the Midlands in Birmingham.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He originally worked as a Medical Research Scientist before cross-training to work as an IT Consultant, initially with the British Ministry of Defence and then the Japanese IT company Fujitsu.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He enjoys reading a wide range of contemporary literature, is a keen student of cinema and his favourite directors are Howard Hawks, David Lean and Stanley Kubrick and his favourite actor is Clint Eastwood.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>His comic heroes are the Marx brothers, especially Groucho, the late Irish comic writer &amp; performer Spike Milligan, and the British comedy group Monty Python. In addition, he is also an avid comic book reader and collector with a deep and trivial knowledge of the Marvel universe; he has referenced these influences and interests in his writings.<\/div>\n<div>His first book &#8220;Colin Thorson Teenage Superhero&#8221; was published in April 2012 and he has continued to write books in a variety of genres, usually with a humorous flavour.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=elizabethholl-21&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B009ZLRYWW&amp;asins=B009ZLRYWW&amp;linkId=cd2f164fbeab1b407f655e9385170985&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=ehollandautho-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B009ZLRYWW&amp;asins=B009ZLRYWW&amp;linkId=afa55cbed57cda37dfa539ab414d8f98&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h3><b>1. Tells us about your writing\/ published book(s)<\/b><\/h3>\n<div>I got into writing as a teenager, just loved writing sketches, Star Wars. Star Trek, the usual popular culture stuff.<\/div>\n<div>I always had ideas for books but couldn&#8217;t see how I&#8217;d get them published.<\/div>\n<div>I started posted sketches on various internet forums about superheroes and I got a lot of positive feedback which encouraged me to carry on.<\/div>\n<div>I eventually collected &amp; published those sketches as 2 volumes of Sex &amp; Spandex.<\/div>\n<div>I realised I need to create original characters and storylines. so that&#8217;s what I focused on.<\/div>\n<div>The first prose book was Santa Clown which eventually became a trilogy with Santa Down &amp; Santa Flown; the finale title is actually a tongue-twister.<\/div>\n<div>I also did a range of different contemporary books, focusing on the Anglo-South Asian experience, both in the UK &amp; Pakistan.<\/div>\n<div>The biggest undertaking has been the Charlotte Holmes mysteries, a re-imagining of the Great Detective and his partner as Charlotte Holmes, a traumatized woman, and her companion Dr Watan, an Indian doctor, as they investigate nefarious activities and a conspiracy to bring down the British Empire at the dawn of the 20th century.<\/div>\n<div>In A Christmas in Calcutta, Charlotte, a brilliant yet erratic polymath, is escaping from an enforced confinement whilst being pursued relentlessly by her husband when she encounters Dr Watan on board the Calcutta Tiger Express.<\/div>\n<div>In A Passover in Peshawar, our heroes undertake an epic, perilous journey to the Khyber Pass to thwart foreign agents, foil a blood-thirsty Warlord and determine the provenance of a miracle child, prophesied to herald the End of the World.<\/div>\n<div>In A Berth to Bombay, Charlotte &amp; Watan continue their adventures as they deal with a supernatural event as the pregnancy becomes dangerous for both mother and child when she is haunted by the ghost of her dead child.<\/div>\n<div>In The Whore of Lahore, our heroes investigate a new courtesan who may be a Maharaja&#8217;s illegitimate daughter and discover the terrible secret of the Graveyard of Girls. Old adversaries make an unwelcome return as loyalties are tested and friendships are shattered in the conclusion of the Calcutta Quartet of the Charlotte Holmes Mysteries.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Those 4 books complete the first arc, I&#8217;m currently planning the next quartet &#8211; The Kensington Quartet &#8211; set in Europe during the Great War and explores the Asian experience in the conflict.<\/div>\n<div><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=elizabethholl-21&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B084P3B2M8&amp;asins=B084P3B2M8&amp;linkId=474d9335a459f9a78cfd6a25580dcb97&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=ehollandautho-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B07PB65JDR&amp;asins=B07PB65JDR&amp;linkId=b3043bba80a9b4d13d8c260af2e89f6d&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><b>2. How do you approach starting a new book? <\/b><\/h3>\n<div>I usually have so many ideas I have to ration my time, decide which book should be my next project.<\/div>\n<div>I usually go for an idea which has good potential for character &amp; plot developments allied with a writing challenge, something different i haven&#8217;t done before.<\/div>\n<div>For example; in the next Charlotte Holmes book it includes a young woman&#8217;s diary, a little parody on Wuthering Heights, which works well in the context of the narrative.<\/div>\n<div><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=elizabethholl-21&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B0868V8L5F&amp;asins=B0868V8L5F&amp;linkId=6f21185191c00b98a4e1b9eb301a4c5a&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><b>3. How do you choose your book\u2019s title(s)?<\/b><\/h3>\n<div>Unfortunately, I have a very bad habit of choosing alliterative titles or puns. It&#8217;s a shameless hangover from my comic book days, it&#8217;s silly I know but it accurately conveys the tone of the books &amp; I like it.<\/div>\n<h3><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=elizabethholl-21&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B00KKDEHLA&amp;asins=B00KKDEHLA&amp;linkId=3d79d827a39c72827083cd1d1b8473f4&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=ehollandautho-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B00KKDEHLA&amp;asins=B00KKDEHLA&amp;linkId=881057ad3e481669399b9baef2f775b1&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/h3>\n<h3><b>4. What advice would you give to someone wanting to write their first book?<\/b><\/h3>\n<div>Just write. It&#8217;ll be hard but words on paper are gold dust and words in the head are just fantasies about being a writer.<\/div>\n<div>If you&#8217;re inspired by other writers, don&#8217;t avoid it, see what appeals to you and give it your own colour.<\/div>\n<div>If you&#8217;re bored writing your book then you can bet your reader will be equally (if not more) bored; self-edit all the time.<\/div>\n<div><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=elizabethholl-21&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B07GD4XGRB&amp;asins=B07GD4XGRB&amp;linkId=26a96bc6631cc6dff91b25969602214f&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=ehollandautho-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B07GD4XGRB&amp;asins=B07GD4XGRB&amp;linkId=a8288e68f154ff661e930573f4b18283&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><b>5. How do you fit writing into your everyday life?<\/b><\/h3>\n<div>Writing is me time. The sheer luxury of inventing characters, situations dialogue, of finding links between characters &#8211; it&#8217;s not a chore it&#8217;s a pleasure.<\/div>\n<div>The tedious part of editing, correcting and versioning can drag but the end result is worth it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=elizabethholl-21&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B01N9IB43F&amp;asins=B01N9IB43F&amp;linkId=c5eab815f8d2effdfcf79a8010256571&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=ehollandautho-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B01N9IB43F&amp;asins=B01N9IB43F&amp;linkId=9888f4f798fd1a61e21c7bb72c3f7208&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><b>6. Tell me about your current work <\/b><\/h3>\n<div>The current book I&#8217;m working on is the 5th book in the Charlotte Holmes series, A Wedding in Winchester.<\/div>\n<div>The story is set 10 years after the last book and deals with reconciliation &amp; forgiveness &#8211; a sentiment you&#8217;ll understand if you&#8217;ve read the last Charlotte Holmes book.<\/div>\n<div>In Winchester, Annabelle Holmes, elder sister of Charlotte, is getting married but the bridegroom is missing and our heroes must solve the mystery to ensure the wedding goes ahead.<\/div>\n<div>Book also explores the main characters background &amp; looks deeper into storylines started in the first arc as dark family secrets are revealed and brutal truths confronted.<\/div>\n<div>In addition, the book is setting up future plotlines as well, introducing characters which will be explored in this arc.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3307086700492762594Signature\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=elizabethholl-21&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B01HSD5HV8&amp;asins=B01HSD5HV8&amp;linkId=48296c64933cfb1cafa2dad04db573d9&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=ehollandautho-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B01HSD5HV8&amp;asins=B01HSD5HV8&amp;linkId=0bf346f9c2da5acc76c10d45fe7ce480&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3307086700492762594divtagdefaultwrapper\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>7. Tell me about your main character <\/b><\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Charlotte Holmes and Dr Watan started as avatars for the Great Detective &amp; his partner, but they&#8217;ve gone beyond that now after 4 books.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Charlotte is suffering from post-natal depression and fleeing from her in-laws as they want to lock her up. Not only does the miscarriage undermine her self-worth as a mother but her intellectual capacity is also questioned &amp; undermined; the books are her struggle to establish herself &amp; recover.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">In addition, she is a marginalised in society, as is Dr Watan, &amp; that acts as the spur to their actions. Exploring her sensuality is a fascinating in a character usually portrayed as fastidious &amp; bottled-up; it offers numerous narrative &amp; character possibilities.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=elizabethholl-21&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B00QO0TZBA&amp;asins=B00QO0TZBA&amp;linkId=b6c91049c636aa9675a577c49fe2973a&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=ehollandautho-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B00QO0TZBA&amp;asins=B00QO0TZBA&amp;linkId=2c30b4a7455c52bf4434a3fe386971b9&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You can find Author Q&amp;A with Asif Sardar at the links below:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenkim.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.zenkim.co.uk&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601572421713000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFP64NjgudG3oLhc3wh0BNWhFDT3A\">www.zenkim.co.uk<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Kindle: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s?k=AM+SARDAR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s?k%3DAM%2BSARDAR&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601572421713000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGeDBclNAgWeCskFzTSjyecMQ2Rng\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s?k=<wbr \/>AM+SARDAR<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Kindle Books:<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Charlotte Holmes Mysteries<\/div>\n<div>The Calcutta Quartet:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">A Christmas in Calcutta (Book 1)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\n<div>A Passover in Peshawar (Book 2)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\n<div>A Berth to Bombay (Book 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The Whore of Lahore (Book 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Other Books:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>A Murder in Multan<\/div>\n<div>Santa Clown (Santa Trilogy Book 1)<\/div>\n<div>Santa Down (Santa Trilogy Book 2)<\/div>\n<div>Santa Flown (Santa Trilogy Book 3)<\/div>\n<div>McCulloch&#8217;s Last Stand (Texas Trilogy Book 1)<\/div>\n<div>Cowboys &amp; Indians (Texas Trilogy Book 2)<\/div>\n<div>Sin &amp; the Single Hijabi<\/div>\n<div>Colin Thorson Teenage Superhero<\/div>\n<div>Sex &amp; Spandex: The Secret Lives of Superheroes<\/div>\n<div>Sex &amp; Spandex: The Quest for the Kai<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Q&amp;A with Asif Sardar *This post contains affiliate links* Asif M Sardar was born in the Punjab in Pakistan, emigrated to England as a small child and grew up in the Midlands in Birmingham. He originally worked as a Medical Research Scientist before cross-training to work as an IT Consultant, initially with the British Ministry of Defence and then the Japanese IT company Fujitsu. He enjoys reading a wide range of contemporary literature, is a keen student of cinema and his favourite directors are Howard Hawks, David Lean and Stanley Kubrick and his favourite actor is Clint Eastwood. His comic heroes are the Marx brothers, especially Groucho, the late Irish comic writer &amp; performer Spike Milligan, and the British comedy group Monty Python. In addition, he is also an avid comic book reader and collector with a deep and trivial knowledge of the Marvel universe; he has referenced these influences and interests in his writings. 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