Ask the Author: Nina Milton
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Nina Milton
So glad you loved the Shaman Mystery Series. I'm afraid number four is still under production and isn't available yet. Sorry about that!
Nina Milton
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Nina Milton
That's right! Lovin' Short Stories is a Goodreads Group for people who (guess what...) love short stories. I want to start discussion on favourite authors, classic and modern, forgotten and just started, and on individual short stories.
Such a lot can be packed into a little short story, and I think this group will be lots of fun, but also interesting, and informative. You can find it by going to the dropdown 'community', choosing 'Groups' and typing in Lovin' Short Stories.
Such a lot can be packed into a little short story, and I think this group will be lots of fun, but also interesting, and informative. You can find it by going to the dropdown 'community', choosing 'Groups' and typing in Lovin' Short Stories.
Nina Milton
I do like to have honest sex in the books I read (and write); which means, I guess, that I don't like the opposite, which would be gratuitous sex, written just to get the reader going.
The same would apply to violence. I'm reading The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan, and I'm finding it hard going because of the descriptions of inflicted pain and torture in the book. What Flanagan wanted was to document what happened to Australians in the 2nd WW, but to do so he needs to be very graphic.
So; the same with sex, really. If what you want to say in your story requires very graphic sex, go for it. But don't forget there is a 'Bad Sex Award,' given every year for the worst sex scene. It's the one prize you don't want to win.
The same would apply to violence. I'm reading The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan, and I'm finding it hard going because of the descriptions of inflicted pain and torture in the book. What Flanagan wanted was to document what happened to Australians in the 2nd WW, but to do so he needs to be very graphic.
So; the same with sex, really. If what you want to say in your story requires very graphic sex, go for it. But don't forget there is a 'Bad Sex Award,' given every year for the worst sex scene. It's the one prize you don't want to win.
Nina Milton
At the moment, I'm reading The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. There was a lot of hype around the release of this book, partly becuase it's been 10 years, partly because he admitted his wife told him to 'start again' when she read the 1st draft and partly because he refuses to admit it's a fantasy.
I am a huge Ishiguro fan (have you read my essay on 'The Unconsoled' on my Reading Page at http://kitchentablewriters.blogspot.com?) and this book is, so far on reading, his most deeply thought yet. It's tense and beautifully described with remarkable characters. It has that special Ishiguro magic that leaves you wondering just what is going on while knowing that, once you find out, your world view will be changed.
Look out for my review once I've finished it!
I am a huge Ishiguro fan (have you read my essay on 'The Unconsoled' on my Reading Page at http://kitchentablewriters.blogspot.com?) and this book is, so far on reading, his most deeply thought yet. It's tense and beautifully described with remarkable characters. It has that special Ishiguro magic that leaves you wondering just what is going on while knowing that, once you find out, your world view will be changed.
Look out for my review once I've finished it!
Nina Milton
Be careful with your heart, Lee, Sabbie already has a hunky boyfriend. Well; for now, anyway.
Yes, the third book is well on the way. Like all the others it will be published and released in the US in September 15 and in the UK in October 15.
Watch my blog for details of the title and cover; all will be revealed soon!
Yes, the third book is well on the way. Like all the others it will be published and released in the US in September 15 and in the UK in October 15.
Watch my blog for details of the title and cover; all will be revealed soon!
Nina Milton
Get yourself a writing buddy; someone who can read your work and comment honestly, and someone who has fallen into all the writing pitfalls you’re likely to encounter. It should be someone who can buy you a consolitary drink when there’s bad news and join you in champaign cocktails when there’s good news!
Nina Milton
The best thing is the sheer creativity and the way you can lose yourself in the writing when it’s going well. The worse thing is sitting on your butt for so long! (Especially when the sun’s shining.) It’s good to get out, meet other writers, go to events.
Nina Milton
I'm now putting the finishing touches to the third in the Shaman Mystery Series. Sabbie Dare features, as always, and I'm excited by my editor's reaction to this book. Very soon I'll be revealing the cover and the title on my blogsite http://kitchentablewiters.blogspot.com
Nina Milton
As it was the follow-up to In the Moors, featuring the same investigator, Sabbie Dare, I wanted to explore further difficult issues, as I did with the first Shaman Mystery.
Initially, I'm looking at the way people migrate in the EU, and are often exploited by employers as they move countries. As the book moves on, I approach forms of exploitation that alarmed and sickened me, and I wanted to expose such goings on. As with the last, this book is set in sleepy Somerset in the UK, where it might be surprisingly easy to hide such subterranean goings-on...
Initially, I'm looking at the way people migrate in the EU, and are often exploited by employers as they move countries. As the book moves on, I approach forms of exploitation that alarmed and sickened me, and I wanted to expose such goings on. As with the last, this book is set in sleepy Somerset in the UK, where it might be surprisingly easy to hide such subterranean goings-on...
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