Interview With... Victoria Kinniard
To all who are reading this,
Join me on this journey in search of the paranormal as we meet Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly author
Victoria Kinniard and learn about her debut novel, The Red Sun Rises.
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Name: Victoria Kinniard
Age: 25
Location: Glasgow
Hi Victoria, thanks for joining me! So what are three interesting facts about yourself that you'd like to share with the readers?
1. I once travelled from the UK to Las Vegas for one day, to see My Chemical Romance play on the Honda Civic Tour.
2. I was born in Germany.
3. I help run the worldwide street team for my favourite band!
What made you want to be a writer?
I've always been an avid reader, and when I was around eight or nine, I started doodling little stories into the backs of my books. I was so inspired by the books I was reading. I just knew I wanted to make books of my own, without even realising what that meant.
What motivates you to write?
It depends on what I'm writing, but usually it's the actual characters and the story that motivates me. Before I stated writing The Red Sun Rises, I knew I wanted to write a YA vampire book and I wanted it to feature a very flawed, human teenage anti-hero figure. Then one day this character, Eren Anderson, is in my head fully formed, name and all and he really drove the book forward. In general, I'm also really inspired by music, films and other books.
Do you have a particular writing process?
I write by hand first, then I type that up. The handwritten version serves as my first draft, so by the time I'm typing it up, I'm already editing it as I go.
How do you manage the deadly problem that is writers block?
I don't know if I really manage it at well, I find it really frustrating. Usually, I just take a break, listen to some music, do a little bit of scene visualisation if I'm stuck on a certain point and then go back to writing.
What is a piece of writing advice that you will always remember?
There is a quote that I write into the front page of all my notebooks that I think is my favourite piece of writing advice and it goes like this:
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all." - Oscar Wilde.
What is the most influential book you have ever read, and why do you think so?
I think the most influential book I have ever read was probably The Catcher in the Rye. I know it's a bit of a cliché answer, but I think the reason it's talked about so much is because it really does have a massive influence over generation after generation of writers. What The Catcher in the Rye taught me is that you don't need to write about a perfect person to have them be a hero and that if your protagonist is honest and human and real, the reader will follow them anywhere. I think that was really important in The Red Sun Rises, because it deals with vampires and magic, I wanted people to still be able to connect with my characters and the best way to do that was to show them at their weakest, instead of showing them at their strongest.
Have you ever derived any inspiration from your home or from anywhere you have visited?
Well The Red Sun Rises is set in a small fictional town called All Hallows, so it's not directly inspired by anywhere I've been, although I suppose the whole small town mentality is inspired a bit by where I grew up. The sequel is set in Paris and London though, both of which I have been to so I was really inspired by them both.
Your first major publication is The Red Sun Rises. Have you had any publications prior to this?
Nope, The Red Sun Rises was the first novel I ever finished, so I'm really excited to see it published!
What is The Red Sun Rises all about? It certainly sounds interesting!
Thank you!
The Red Sun Rises is about a 17 year old boy called Eren Anderson. His dad is part of a nature worshipping secret society called The Order who have harnessed the ability to cast spells. Eren has always been told that he doesn't have that power because his mother (who be believes to be dead) wasn't a member of The Order. He starts to rebel against his dad's strict rules and runs into a bit of bother with the master of the local coven. Throughout the book, he dies, is reborn as a vampire, falls in love and discovers that he has incredible power - but he has to decide what to do with it. So it's like a coming of age tale, but with fangs!
What drove you to write about the paranormal?
That's just what I grew up with! I was always drawn to paranormal books. Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles were some of my favourite books growing up, and I was obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They say write what you know, so I did!
On your Facebook author page, you feature the soundtrack that you used to write with. Do you feel that it is important to have one when writing or is this a personal quirk?
I think it depends on the writer. I've noticed that a lot of writers seem to have soundtracks to their novels, so I think it's definitely a growing trend but if music is not what inspires you, then you don't need to have one. For me, music is such a massive inspiration and subconsciously, there were songs that always seemed to conjure up characters and scenes in my head so I decided to put those songs together and use it as a writing aid.
What does the future hold for you as a writer?
Well The Red Sun Rises comes out September 6th, so I'm really looking forward to that. I'm writing the sequel at the moment, and when I'm finished with that I'll be moving on to the third book in that series. After that, who knows?
Thanks for such a fantastic interview Victoria!
Be sure to check out The Red Sun Rises on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com on September 6th!
You can also find Victoria here:
www.facebook.com/victoriakinnairdofficial
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Yours, with eternal ink,
Zoe
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Currently reading: Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky
Join me on this journey in search of the paranormal as we meet Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly author
Victoria Kinniard and learn about her debut novel, The Red Sun Rises.
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---Name: Victoria Kinniard
Age: 25
Location: Glasgow
Hi Victoria, thanks for joining me! So what are three interesting facts about yourself that you'd like to share with the readers?
1. I once travelled from the UK to Las Vegas for one day, to see My Chemical Romance play on the Honda Civic Tour.
2. I was born in Germany.
3. I help run the worldwide street team for my favourite band!
What made you want to be a writer?
I've always been an avid reader, and when I was around eight or nine, I started doodling little stories into the backs of my books. I was so inspired by the books I was reading. I just knew I wanted to make books of my own, without even realising what that meant.
What motivates you to write?
It depends on what I'm writing, but usually it's the actual characters and the story that motivates me. Before I stated writing The Red Sun Rises, I knew I wanted to write a YA vampire book and I wanted it to feature a very flawed, human teenage anti-hero figure. Then one day this character, Eren Anderson, is in my head fully formed, name and all and he really drove the book forward. In general, I'm also really inspired by music, films and other books.
Do you have a particular writing process?
I write by hand first, then I type that up. The handwritten version serves as my first draft, so by the time I'm typing it up, I'm already editing it as I go.
How do you manage the deadly problem that is writers block?
I don't know if I really manage it at well, I find it really frustrating. Usually, I just take a break, listen to some music, do a little bit of scene visualisation if I'm stuck on a certain point and then go back to writing.
What is a piece of writing advice that you will always remember?
There is a quote that I write into the front page of all my notebooks that I think is my favourite piece of writing advice and it goes like this:
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all." - Oscar Wilde.
What is the most influential book you have ever read, and why do you think so?
I think the most influential book I have ever read was probably The Catcher in the Rye. I know it's a bit of a cliché answer, but I think the reason it's talked about so much is because it really does have a massive influence over generation after generation of writers. What The Catcher in the Rye taught me is that you don't need to write about a perfect person to have them be a hero and that if your protagonist is honest and human and real, the reader will follow them anywhere. I think that was really important in The Red Sun Rises, because it deals with vampires and magic, I wanted people to still be able to connect with my characters and the best way to do that was to show them at their weakest, instead of showing them at their strongest.
Have you ever derived any inspiration from your home or from anywhere you have visited?
Well The Red Sun Rises is set in a small fictional town called All Hallows, so it's not directly inspired by anywhere I've been, although I suppose the whole small town mentality is inspired a bit by where I grew up. The sequel is set in Paris and London though, both of which I have been to so I was really inspired by them both.
Your first major publication is The Red Sun Rises. Have you had any publications prior to this?
Nope, The Red Sun Rises was the first novel I ever finished, so I'm really excited to see it published!
What is The Red Sun Rises all about? It certainly sounds interesting!Thank you!
The Red Sun Rises is about a 17 year old boy called Eren Anderson. His dad is part of a nature worshipping secret society called The Order who have harnessed the ability to cast spells. Eren has always been told that he doesn't have that power because his mother (who be believes to be dead) wasn't a member of The Order. He starts to rebel against his dad's strict rules and runs into a bit of bother with the master of the local coven. Throughout the book, he dies, is reborn as a vampire, falls in love and discovers that he has incredible power - but he has to decide what to do with it. So it's like a coming of age tale, but with fangs!
What drove you to write about the paranormal?
That's just what I grew up with! I was always drawn to paranormal books. Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles were some of my favourite books growing up, and I was obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They say write what you know, so I did!
On your Facebook author page, you feature the soundtrack that you used to write with. Do you feel that it is important to have one when writing or is this a personal quirk?
I think it depends on the writer. I've noticed that a lot of writers seem to have soundtracks to their novels, so I think it's definitely a growing trend but if music is not what inspires you, then you don't need to have one. For me, music is such a massive inspiration and subconsciously, there were songs that always seemed to conjure up characters and scenes in my head so I decided to put those songs together and use it as a writing aid.
What does the future hold for you as a writer?
Well The Red Sun Rises comes out September 6th, so I'm really looking forward to that. I'm writing the sequel at the moment, and when I'm finished with that I'll be moving on to the third book in that series. After that, who knows?
Thanks for such a fantastic interview Victoria!
Be sure to check out The Red Sun Rises on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com on September 6th!
You can also find Victoria here:
www.facebook.com/victoriakinnairdofficial
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Yours, with eternal ink,
Zoe
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Currently reading: Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky
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