CLASSIC INTERVIEW WITH VINTAGE AUTHORS[Completed]

Interview with @PrincessCat2002

Hello everyone, Welcome back to another session with Divya! Well guess whom do we have on board today? The person who loves to read and write about grouchy ladybug & the Cat in the Hat, also loves all things to do with Disney & a lot of Broadway musicals, Bonanza, Matlock, The Lone Ranger etc. By now you would have known the person. Her stories are one of a kind. Let's not waste any more time and invite Cathy sis on board PrincessCat2002

Welcome sis, First of all welcome to the interview, Thank you for accepting our offer. It means a lot to us. Myself Divya here to interview you today.

1. Real name ( if you don't want to disclose its okay!)

Catherine Keena. I usually go by Cathy

That's a great name sis.!

2. Age

Adult with the sprit and sometimes mindset of a eternal child. 

That's true, age is just a number. When we have a passion for something age doesn't matter.

I hate having to act my actual age.

3. When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? And how old were you?

I've always loved writing for as long as I can remember however, I've never felt that I was a good writer because my teachers and foster parents always discouraged me. Telling me I'd never get published because of my grammar and that the stories just weren't good enough.

I won a writing contest in middle school and had two works published in my high school literary magazine. I took a college credit course on creative writing after I graduated.

That's absolutely amazing Mam. Oh! But every author need not be perfect in grammar and others. They can always learn. Nobody is perfect in this world.

When I write I try to follow my writing teacher's advice. A good chapter should contain at least 5k and not exceed 15K. However I find this often causes problems on Wattpad as judges find my chapters "too long". She actually said later that a really good chapter should be 20-25k.

4. What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books?

That the stories have a lot of reads

Oh okay!

Though I often feel sad that the readers aren't leaving comments on the chapters.

Mam please don't be sad. One day definitely you will gain a recognition which you deserve for sure.

The story that means the most to me that I hope to someday publish is my The Many Adventures of Detective Catherina Mackeena

But sadly, that story doesn't have many reads and someone on Wattpad gave it a really bad review which I felt would discourage others from reading it.

Mam, without facing the problems we can't succeed. You will definitely succeed mam.

Exactly which is why I didn't focus too much on that Review especially since other readers enjoy the story.

The other thing I often get surprised by is the scores I receive on my stories that I enter in contests. Even if they don't win the scores are usually really high.

5. Do you think someone could be a writer if they don't feel emotions strongly?

They probably could but I think it would be difficult to create characters that the readers could relate too.