Interview With Alternative Mistress

Q: How long have you been writing?

A: I have been writing since my early childhood so about nine or ten years old. I have a very fond memory of me and a friend of mine sitting around my grandmothers old oaken table where my friend and I were planning out a play. Yes I mean the William Shakespeare type plays. We wanted to be the biggest and best play writes around, although we had no clue being only ten. I remember how we even tried to act it out but the lines were so bad. Utterly awful. I still have it somewhere but I dare not look at it for fear of embarrassment. Haha.
I took up Writing though full time two years ago as a serious career choice and it has been an interesting adventure. I love it! I have tried numerous jobs and I just don't feel comfortable in any of them. Writing is my life. theres nothing else I want to do! Its in my blood to create a world of escapism for the reader. Its my job to create a world where I can escape to when I am in need!

Q: What do you write about?

A: I write a variety of things. These range from blog posts to fanfiction!

Mainly I write Short stories in the Horror genre as I love all things dark and marcarb. To me, the scarier the story, the better the reaction you get and that is what I aim to do when I write a horror story.

It's a challenging genre to write for as you have so many names to live up too in the horror works. Stephen King for example and even Edgar Allan Poe! Those are two of the best horror writers that inspired me to write along with numerous others that I could name! My lsit is endless, but Poe is definitely my biggest inspiration!

I have also dabbled in romance and erotica. Ghost writing is also a new path that I am treading at the moment which I am finding to be very interesting. When I write I look to all avenues and so I came across the interest of ghost writing when I interviewed a fellow author on the same subject!

I have also written poetry and articles for numerous websites. I write for a webzine called Moonproject. One of my favourite subjects to talk about is actually hate crime against alternative people.

Q: Do you have any work getting ready to come out?

A: Yes. I am due to have an article published for an up coming magazine and also a short story that is being prepared to be published for this month! I am very excited!

Q: Who is your favorite author and why?

A: As I stated above, I have to say that Edgar Allan Poe is my favourite author! The way he writes is so hauntingly beautiful that his words just captivate my heart each time that I open a book of his!

My collection of his works are very old and tattered now from constant reading and use and the book always flops opens to the same page when I open it!

Without fail it falls open to The Raven!

This is my favourite work by Poe as I am so in love with it that I just cannot express fully in words what it does to me. Its so sad yet powerful and I can feel the emotion and the madness that is befalling admist the words on the page.

Poe's writing and my own are rather similar or so I like to think. He is a dark and marcarb writer and I too am these things!

He is by far my biggest inspiration!

Q: Are any of your characters based off of people in real life?

A: This is a great question!

I have to be honest, nearly all of my characters are mirror images of myself!

In a way that is a rather cliched thing to say as a lot of writers insert themselves into their characters that they create but with me I go all the way inside and live out the life of my character for a day or two before I begin to write.

I have not written any characters based off real people in my own fiction but I have a few ideas that I will be putting into action before long!

Q: What's your favorite thing that you've written?

A: I have many pieces that I am proud of but one of my most favourite pieces I have written has to be my newest short story that has been accepted. Its a horror story and I poured a lot of time and effort into it and it turned out great!

When I submitted like six months ago and did not get a reply I assumed that I had been rejected only to receive an email one evening saying that I had been selected for publication! I was so proud! And still am! By far that story is my favourite.

I wish I could give details but I am under contract not to give any details away until release!

Q: Do you have any goals related to writing?

A: I think every writer has a set goal when they first set out to become a writer!

My ambition is to simply write, to get better at it and to learn from all the mistakes that I will make in order to better my skills.

I want to go to University so I can study creative writing and gain more knowledge again. But the best way to learn is through writing continuously which is what I do every day non stop!

Eventually I would love to see a book of mine or a collection of short stories published in book form hit the shelves as all writers dream of. But the question, Will I stick out the hardships that the creative world will throw at me to get there?

My answer to that is - Your damn right I will!

Q: Are you published? If so how many times? If not how come?

A:  I have had two acceptances so far in my two years of writing so I suppose yes I am published. I'm not a very well known writer but I am still a writer and am earning my way!

I have been thinking of getting a publisher as I want to release a collection of short stories in book form so by getting a publisher might help me with this!

Then again, I could always self publish!

I am undecided so far!

Q: Do you have a pen name? If so what is it? If not have you thought about having one?

A: No I don't have a pen name though I have thought about having one. I have a series of Erotic stories that I want to release and I thought about using a pen name for this.

It's still in the works at the moment so I cannot comment too much on it yet!

Q: What in writing are you really good at? Really bad at?

A: Romance I feel I suck at completely haha though people tell me that I write romance very well I still feel like its a pile of shit haha

Romance is out of my comfort zone but I feel thats what writing is all about. Writers should step out of their comfort zones every now and again as it broadens their minds and introduces them to new possible ideas!

As in regards to what I'm good at, I'd have to say Horror/Paranormal and overall dramatic writing. I know how the saying goes 'write what you know' and I do agree with it as I do write what I know!

I grew up with all things horror orientated so I know what I write about without having to search my brain to hard. But like I said before - I also like a challenge, so by stepping out of my comfort zone I can get the challenge that I require.

There are so many different genres that I have yet to dip my toe in!

Thanks so much for taking the time to let me interview you. Good luck in all your future writing!