The Zone is a book which explores that mythical place we end up in when we perform at our peak. It also explores what happens when the wheels come off the bus and life becomes hard. It is really a book about healing though and how we can evolve to a new state of being where life becomes effortless and enjoyable.

What genre is it?
Non-fiction and specifically philosophy, self-help and personal transformation and development.

We interviewed you about This We Know. We – and many readers – loved that book. Who will this book appeal to?
Those who feel stuck in a rut and who are pushing water uphill and want to know how to go with the flow and to live a magical and charmed life.

Tell us a bit more about  “zones”.
My ‘main character’ is a hexagon. Each zone is described as having six degrees or shades. When you join zones together we can then create Super Zones. We can also use this technique to neutralise Danger Zones.

Why a hexagon?
It has the highest resilience and packing density of any geometric object – ask any bee.

And magicians don’t use the word ‘hex’ by accident.

How would you like the reader to feel as they read the last word of your book?
Empowered, on path and walking along with a swagger.

We like that! This book is a bit different from This We Know. How did it come about.
I wanted to write a self-help book of general interest and asked my partner for an idea. She said that I am really good at getting people in the zone so I looked online and remarkably, nobody had seemed to tackle that theme. As it brought threads from all my previous works together, I started writing in on the Spring Equinox and, as I was in ‘the zone’, it was published by the Summer Solstice of the same year.

What other books have you written?
If you like The Zone, you will like Flavours of Thought, The Art and Science of Light Bulb Moments and This We Know.

Tell us about yourself.
I am one of seven children and from Manchester in the UK. I now live in the Surrey Hills with my life partner and a writer’s best friends, two dogs who will go walking at the drop of a hat.

I have an honours degree in Electronics and started my career as a broadcast engineer at the BBC. By the time I was 33, I had built and sold my own broadcast manufacturing business. By 40, I had built a second business in Internet technology.

At 45, I got bored with corporate life and thought there had to be something more to life. On holiday I wrote a book of poetry called 100 Years of Ermintrude and before I knew it, a new career as an author’s mentor and writer’s unblocker arrives. I did not and could not have planned it.

At nearly 55, I now love the work I do so don’t consider it work as such. I find myself acting in a multiplicity of roles such as a healer, inspirer, sage, author’s mentor, writer’s unblocker and business catalyst. People also call me the wizard of light bulb moments and a modern day mystic.

Do you have a website where we can keep up with your work?
To find me, go to www.tomevans.co and also see www.thezoneshow.com

How can we follow you on Twitter and/or Facebook?
@thebookwright
https://www.facebook.com/thebookwright

What’s next?
I have launched and online TV and podcast channel called The Zone Show where I will be interviewing writers, artists, musicians and healers about their experiences both in and out of The Zone.

A year after the publication of This We Know, I will be publishing its sequel, This We Are.