3Q’s Special – R.L. Boyle needs to prepare with garlic!
What a great one we have today! R.L. Boyle burst out of the starting blocks with her phenomenal debut, ‘The Book of the Baku.’ This one had me racing through it. I simply had to pester R.L. and ask her how she creates her dark fiction!
So, I am so happy to welcome R.L. as today’s 3Q’s Special Guest!
Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try and write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?
RB: I don’t have a word count, as many days I delete more than I write, or I’m researching something and so the word count doesn’t go up at all. But I do try and make sure I put about 20 hours of writing in a week, or around 3-4 hours a day and I try and take Sundays off, if I can.
It doesn’t always work out, and it’s much easier to hit those hours when I’m editing rather than drafting – I find drafting much more of a slog. I love editing, because I’m so full of self-doubt when I draft, and it’s such a relief when everything starts to come together.
Steve: You decide to host a writer’s retreat. One weekend in a luxury house on an island. What three other authors do you invite to come along?
RB: I’d invite Stephen King (of course), Elena Ferrante (because I want to be in on the secret and I adore her writing) and Guillermo del Toro, so we can talk about monsters and all the weird stuff.
Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!
RB: My debut, The Book of the Baku, came out last year with Titan Books. It’s a YA/horror crossover. I wanted to write a horror story that was terrifying as well as heartbreaking. Some people have said it scared them, others that it made them cry, and so that makes me happy. Hopefully, for some it managed both! It was shortlisted for a Bram Stoker, too, which was very cool.
Steve: Bonus Question! You receive an invitation in the mail from one of these two people. The invitation invites you to have dinner and spend the night in their home. Do you accept the invitation from Victor Frankenstein or Dracula and why?
RB: DRACULA! In a heartbeat. He has the gravity, charisma, wisdom, magnetism! And he’s been around so long, imagine the stories he would tell. Also, who wouldn’t want to visit Dracula’s castle?!
So yeah, Dracula. As long as I can drape myself in garlic beforehand, I’m good to go.
Great choice! And I can’t wait to see what you have coming next! Thank you for doing this!
To keep up to date with R.L.’s work, check the links!
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/R-L-Boyle/e/B08V9JDH7N/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rlboyley
Website: https://rlboyle.co.uk/
