Dancing with myself?
That’s
a laugh for a start! I was educated in an all-girls’ school and as I’m tall, I
had to ‘be the man’ so I can only lead – I can’t follow. It never goes down well when you shove a bloke
around the dance floor!
Who are you and what are you doing on
the Sea Minor blog?
I’m
Kath Middleton, new to published writing but I’ve been a reader since I was
three. As to Sea Minor, I’ve always been a D Major girl, really.
What have you had
published?
To
date I have my first novella out on kindle.
It’s a 40k word story called Ravenfold,
which is set in mediaeval times and filled
with unpleasant things but laced with hope. I am continually amazed and
astonished at how humanity can rise above adversity. We are amazing people!
How did you come to write Ravenfold?
I wrote a
500 word story for a competition run by Michael Brookes. His prompt for the story was a box-tomb and a
rave. A friend who looked at my story said I had more to say about it. The word
limit was inhibiting me. Usually I work hard to get up to 500 words!
I thought about it for a minute or two. I have a very short
attention... Oh look! A starling!
So I
filled in the story and there you have it!
Any thoughts on writing a full length
novel?
My
other published work is a few short stories in anthologies and a slack handful
of drabbles (100-word stories) contributed to Jonathan Hill’s
second drabble book, ‘Beyond 100 Drabbles’.
I didn’t think I could write a novella a few months ago. At the moment I don’t think I can write a
novel but I’ve surprised myself before. To me, the best novels have multiple
plot lines, which interweave and can confuse the reader, but it all unravels at
the end. I think that takes a logical
mind. I’m a bit more intuitive. I ‘find’ an answer then work out how it
happened backwards! Of course, that
might be just what is needed for novel plotting. I’m not assuming I will, but I’m not ruling
it out.
If someone produced an audio book of
Ravenfold, who would you like to narrate it?
Oh,
Derek Jacobi, please! I love his
voice. He could read me the telephone
directory and I’d still be fascinated!
What genre would
you not write in unless you were paid a lot of money?
Whatever
I say I’m going to upset someone now, aren’t I? However, I don’t think there
are funds enough anywhere to make me write (let alone read) paranormal
romance! What’s that about? “I love ghosts, me!” Does not compute!
If you
wrote an erotic novel, would you publish it under your own name or a pen name?
Erotic fiction doesn’t really appeal to me. I’m not that sort of Granny! I do find some writing deeply erotic but it’s
not usually flagged up as such. I like
the things that aren’t self-consciously erotic.
I find tender scenes more arousing than rumpy-pumpy which I’m afraid I
often find risible. So I don’t think I’d
write it, but if I did, I’d be prepared to stand by it under my own name.
So, with the books. Are there any more books on the horizon?
Yes. I have a second novella, shorter than the
first, which is written but will be re-visited in a few weeks’ time to give it
a good old editing. I hope to have both
those novellas out in paperback too. I’ve
also begun a third book. The latter two
are set in the present day and the work in progress is possibly the best candidate
for being a novel. At the moment. Probably!
And in the immediate future?
Home-made
spaghetti bolognese!
Ravenfold is available here!
Good interview!
ReplyDeleteI'd have Mr Jacobi, too. :)
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