Daniel Craig - Murder at the Universe Mystery Writer

I included some quotes from Daniel Craig in an earlier post called Take the Night Shift to Hawaii. As the general manager of the Opus Hotel in Vancouver, BC, he works at a career he loves that also provides a rich background for this aspiring writer. He spends his days in a resort hotel environment chock full of interesting people and unique characters. What fodder for an author!

About 10 years ago, he started getting up at 5 am to write for two hours before going to work. His first published book, Murder at the Universe, is about a hotel manager in New York who becomes a reluctant sleuth when a murder takes place on property and his colleagues become suspects.

Daniel has now been contracted by Midnight Ink Books to develop the premise into a series featuring this hotel-manager-turned-sleuth. He just finished the second installment and it will be released in June of 2008.

When asked to comment on his dual career, Daniel said,

“As a writer I can set my own schedule and am only accountable to myself. Although now that I have a book contract I’m accountable to my editor, plus there are the readers to think about too. My job as a hotel manager allows me to live a comfortable life and to have a social outlet and network while pursuing my lifelong goal of being a writer. I have a creative side that needs to write, but I also am social and like to travel and enjoy the finer things in life, so having two careers allows me to have it all. It just makes me a very busy person.”

On designing an ideal life, this energetic young man says,

“I meet lots of people who dream about pursuing a creative endeavor but can never find the time. If it’s really important to you, you must make the time. Don’t wait until you’ve done all your other activities and use whatever time is leftover to pursue your dream. There is never any time left over. As the Wealthy Barber says about saving money, pay yourself first.”

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