BookEnds Author Speed Date
Name (the one you’re published under): Kate Douglas
Speed date Bio (one or two lines): It took me twenty years to get published in NY, so I’m having a ball making up for lost time.
Web Link: www.katedouglas.com
Next Book, pub date:
April 2011—StarFire/DemonSlayers mass market series
July 2011—Wolf Tales 12/final book in the series/Aphrodisia trade paperback
Agent: Jessica Faust
About Me
Real Name or Pseudonym: Kate Douglas
Currently Reading: 8 category romances I’m judging for the RITAs (Romance Writers of America published author contest)
Next on Your Reading List: Master of Smoke by Angela Knight
Facebook or Twitter (include account name):
www.facebook.com/katedouglas.authorpage
www.twitter.com/wolftales
Three authors living or dead you would want to have dinner with: Only three? Jayne Ann Krentz, Stella Cameron, Susan Andersen
Jet-setter or armchair traveler: Motorhome camper
Glass ½ full or ½ empty: ALWAYS half full
Tea or Coffee: LOTS of coffee
Live to write or Write to live: At the moment both, but always live to write
About My Writing
When (time of day) I write: All, with occasional breaks—start early, end late, almost every day
Writing soundtrack: None, though sometimes Ancient Visions (native American album)
Character Inspirations: People in general
Plot Inspirations: Life and fantasy
Setting Inspirations: Places we’ve traveled or want to see
Plotter (carefully plot books) or Pantser (write from the seat of my pants): Pantser all the way. I feel trapped by pre-set plots
14 comments:
LOL! Thanks for the quickie, Kate! I love these posts. I find it amazing that Kate doesn't have a set plotting plan when she sits down and writes her amazing stories. That's a little humbling!
I love the speed date. I find it interesting she doesn't listen to music often when she's writing. Music comes and goes while I'm writing, depending on my level of concentration. Thanks!
This was fun! I'm a fan of Kate's writing (love the Wolf Tale series), so this was nice to read.
Hope to see more Author Speed Dates in the future!
Great post! I'd definitely ask Kate out for a real date. *grin*
I'm a panster too. Outlines make me itchy.
Team Pantser all the way. Cool post!
I love this post! It confirms what many a professor told me in college--You don't need to be verbose to get your point across. In this case it was an excellent snapshot into the mind of a writer :)
Thanks for sharing your authors with us! It is always nice to learn about a new author or two. The speed date idea is a great one!
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I am SO embarrassed--I knew this was going up on Friday but we got hit with a winter storm Thursday that knocked out power, phone and Internet until Sunday. So, I AM checking in, but a bit late. Anna, I spend a lot of time thinking about my characters and my general idea for a story, but once I start writing, I let the characters take over. They're going to, anyway. It's just easier not to fight them! Somehow it always seems to work, but I honestly can't tell you how.
Laura, I don't listen to music because I hear music internally when I'm writing, and it changes with the scene. It's always in my head, and I find that if I actually listen to my Nano, songs I recognize can throw off my natural rhythm. The one time I can think of where I had to have music to write a scene was in Wolf Tales 10, where I had a violent BDSM scene that was really heavy on the emotion. That's SO not me, and I couldn't get into it at all, so I found some really discordant Finnish Death Metal stuff on YouTube and played it REALLY loud until I got into the scene. It worked perfectly.
What's interesting to me is that the scene is very difficult for me to read, and yet it's an important part of the story. I don't think the book would have worked well without it.
Thank you, Stacy. If you know the series, then you're aware that the last one will be out in July. I can't wait to see what my regular readers think of it--it was hard to write, but I'm really proud of the way the story turned out.
Saranna, I love it! Honestly, if anyone ever has any questions about writing for Kensington, working with Jessica or the biz in particular, feel free to ask. I love to talk about the way this crazy industry works! My email is kate@katedouglas.com and I do answer all my email...when the dumb Internet is working, that is!
Sean--there are as many ways to write books as there are authors. What amazes me is that we all do it in the way that works for us, and yet we all end up with finished books! Eventually. :-)
Thanks, Laurel. It's an important point when writing a story--often it's the spare, tight writing that's the most effective.
Thanks, D.J. We never know WHAT Jessica will come up with next! This was a fun thing to do. Thanks to all who stopped by.
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