If you love paranormal novels and especially love a series, then I'd like to introduce you to Margaret Millmore's story about the "Dark Ones," Volume 1 appropriately titled: THE BEGINNING: THE FOUR. Welcome, Margaret!
Tell us a little about
your background and how you became an author.
I was born and raised in Southern California and moved to
San Francisco in 1991. I currently reside there with my husband. I am the grandniece of Irish author Benedict
Kiely and the second cousin of Irish author Sharon Owens. I’ve always loved books
of all kinds and hoped that one day I would have the time to sit down and write
one (I’ve been making up stories since I was young, jotting them down and
filing them away). When the opportunity arose for me to dedicate myself to
writing full time, I jumped at it.
What is one of your
favorite books and why?
Honestly, I don’t have just ‘one’ favorite. Stephen King’s
Dark Tower series and his book The Stand are only equaled by Ray Bradbury’s
Something Wicked This Way Comes (and honestly almost all of the books these two
have written could be squished into my top ‘five’ favorites….)
What inspired you to
write this book series?
Oddly enough, I don’t actually recall what inspired this
book (it started as just one very long book and my publisher asked me to split
it up, thus it became a series). I can say that I drew on the dynamics of
friendship that I’ve experienced throughout my life to develop my characters
and their relationships, but other than that, it just sort of came to me one
day. I’m a big fan of fiction and paranormal fiction is just fun stuff as far
as I’m concerned and I have to admit I do love vampires and werewolves.
How would you describe
your writing process?
I guess I would say its jumbled… the idea comes to me and I
get started like a racehorse leaving the gate, but then things peter out and I
have step away for a while. After a few days or even weeks the ideas begin to
flow again and I make notes, write chapters and then piece it all together
later, eventually a book is born.
What has proven to be
your most successful marketing tool?
I’m not sure to be honest. I use as much social media as I
can, I know that’s important and the way of the ‘new’ world. But I haven’t
actually sat down and charted what’s working and what’s not.
What advice would you
give to other authors?
It sounds like a cliché, but don’t give up! Write, re-write
and do it all over again. It’s not easy, in fact it’s one of the hardest things
I’ve ever done, but it’s worth it.
Please
provide a favorite excerpt from your book.
‘Kate came to first and said, “Are you saying
they’re going to change into these monsters?” She looked horrified. He shook
his head, “No Kate, they are not monsters and will not be monsters.”’
Where can readers find
you and your book?
The Beginning on Amazon
Twitter: @MMillmore
Doppelganger-Experiment on Amazon
Thanks for visiting today, Margaret! I'm sure fans will be anxious for Book two to come out!
--KSR Writer
Sounds cool! Good luck, Margaret!
ReplyDeleteThis was a good book, I did a review on my blog.
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