IBP Day 4: Interview Your Neighbor
This is Day 4 of the Indie Block Party Blog Hop, where participants would be interviewing their neighbors on the hop. What follows is an exciting tete-a-tete with Lindsey Gray, my neighbor on this hop, and a romance author and book reviewer.
When did you first consider yourself a writer?
It was when I published my first novel in December of 2010. I had been writing for years, but did not have anyone reading it. I finally felt once I had an audience to read it, I was a real writer.
Do you have a specific writing style?
I write in third person omniscient, which is a bit odd in the boom of first and multiple point of view novels. I feel it gives the reader a better grasp of the whole story. I also don’t think I can write a story in the mind of one or two characters. I have even the very smallest characters whispering in my head to give what I can of their voice.
What’s the best writing advice you have ever received?
It might seem old hat to some, but the best advice I’ve received is to never give up. You might feel blocked or uninspired, but just keep at it and you will get through it.
Tell us something about yourself that would make us go “Really?”
I have an irrational hatred for Kevin Bacon.
Do you prefer to work alone or with critique partners/beta-readers?
I usually work alone. It is an issue of trust with my work. With so many authors becoming the victims of piracy, it is hard to give over your work to anyone you don’t know personally. I have made a few close friends in the industry that I do trust, but I have to be completed with a project in order to share it.
If you hadn’t become an author, what would you have been?
I love to bake and my first job was actually at a bakery. I think I would have become a baker or chef. For now, I will settle for writing about food and blogging about my favorite recipes.
If you woke up and suddenly found yourself to be a male author, what would be your immediate reaction?
I would wonder what advantages a man truly has over a woman.
How much of yourself do you see or inject into your characters?
I think they all have a little bit of me in them, but two characters in my Redemption Series are more like me than any of the others. Abe North is the closest to my heart because I feel his personality is the male mirror of mine. Becca Swift is a character that I injected my own strength and heart into.
Your favorite genre is romance. What do you like most about it? What do you hate?
My favorite part is all the ways authors write about people falling or being in love. What I don’t like about some novels I have read is predictability. I know love follows a course, but every path is different and should be told that way.
How important do you think maintaining a blog is in order to engage your readers?
I think it is very important as a way to express yourself on a more personal level. Yes, there is Twitter, Facebook, and other social media, but you can only express so much. On a blog, the reader has the choice to read it and as a writer, I feel like I can make more of a connection with those readers.
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