Est. 2/17/2020
This addition of meet the authors is meant to allow readers to learn how their favorite stories originated. These interviews are surfaced around what went into each story. For example, what the reader struggled with writing, what insp...
Deadly Pretenders is set at a convention for horror and sci-fi lovers. I work in the theatre and film industry and the setting at a big event and a main character being an actor seemed like a nice way to tie in my expertise and experience into a story.
2 what is something you struggled constructing with your story?
The antagonists plan. They might be mysterious, but I still need to know where they are at all times.
3 what did you enjoy writing most of your story?
The characters have gone through a lot of emotional baggage, so there's an extra element to what they have to go through now and I like exploring psychological effects of trauma.
4 what's the overall response of your story from your readers?
People appreciate the characters more than anything, especially the way what they think differs from what they say and how they cope with pretending to be normal while struggling inside.
5 is your story a stand alone novel or a piece of a series ?
Standalone. Sometimes there's only so much you can put characters through.
6 what would you like your readers to take away from your story?
A sense of dread? An understanding of the ways different people process the same events?
7 what advice would you provide to fellow writers, when it comes to focusing on their own story?
An imperfect finished chapter is better than an imaginary perfect one.
8 does your main character share any similarities to yourself? Maybe more than anything a sense of humor. One of the most difficult things to write is a sense of humor that goes outside of your own, so I think all my characters have to borrow some of it from me. Everything else is an experiment in exploration.
9 what is something about your story you believe would draw in new readers?
Characters, characters, characters. A fun setting. Murder at a Comicon, Youtubers and actors trying to find a killer. That's the hope.
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