Q. What’s your best advice to other writers for overcoming procrastination?
KK. That’s a tough one. I suffer from it myself. I’d say, just write when you can. Try not to plan too much in as it becomes overwhelming. Don’t force a word count every day if it’s not coming. You will just feel worse. Stick to what works for you.
Q. Where/when do you first discover your characters?
KK. It tends to be an overall story idea or plot idea I have and then I work out what type of character would fit the story best. It’s rare a fully developed character comes to me. They often grow as I write.
Q. What first inspired you to write?
KK. I was always a big reader but never thought about writing. If I hadn’t seen an advert on Facebook looking for stories, I don’t think I would have ever looked into it. There was no urge. It just grew organically, and now I run a publishing company that puts out chart toppers, and I get invited to participate in invite-only projects regularly. I don’t think I could ever walk away from it now.
Q. What comes first to you? The Characters or the Situation?
KK. Situation. I will often have an urge to write a certain type of story or even just a scene and then everything builds around it.
Q. Do you ‘get lost’ in your writing?
KK. Sometimes but due to a hectic life, I often only have small spaces to fit it in. It’s not the best way to work but life takes over. I still work full time for a charity that helps people into employment and I have a family so writing comes third.
Q. What compelled you to choose and settle on the genre you now write in?
KK. It was easy. I only read horror so it was horror I started writing.
Q. Are you working on something now or have a new release coming up? If so tell us about it.
KK. A few things. I wrote a novella called Halloween Land. I’m halfway through writing a prequel, The Clown. She was a favorite character of the readers and I wanted to write more about her anyway. I am also close to finishing my 4th collection of short stories called The A to Z of Horror. I have an upcoming anthology releasing in December called The Horror Collection Sapphire Edition. It’s the 13th book in the series. It’s been pretty popular.
Q. When did you begin to write seriously?
KK. Probably about 5 years ago when I started to see sales picking up.
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