Rachael J. Thorne
The title of her book:
Last Regress
Where she creates:
Originally I’m from Yorkshire in the North of
England, I moved to Suffolk when I was 16 (many moons ago), and my
husband and I moved here to Essex just over a year ago.
The genre that gets to claim her:
I
usually write in the supernatural/paranormal genre.
In her words, her book is about:
I would say it’s about a paranormal investigator who
thinks she’s got everything figured out until something comes along
that she can’t explain away with logic.
Her muse always follows a set plan:
I’m
extremely ordered when I write, outlines, to do lists, chapter plans
galore. It takes me almost as long to plan the first draft as it
does to write the first draft!
He she ever written anything and thought: " The world has got to see this!" ?
No,
I’m terribly shy about letting people see my work. It’s taken me
years to pluck up the courage to actually take the leap and publish
my first book, now I just need to keep it going.
Who can we thank for helping to bring Last Regress to perfection?
I have a
couple of independent proof readers, but apart from that so far I’ve
done it all myself. I think as my work progresses in the future I
would like to work with an editor and a professional cover designer,
but starting out completely on my own with no financial backing at
all, as many other indies know, was very hard.
Has one author inspired her more than any other?
Goodness, I honestly don’t think
there’s only one author who has made me feel that way. Since I was
very young I’ve been such a voracious reader and therefore so many
authors have influenced me throughout my life. I have wanted to
write since I was a teenager though.
Is there anything she has found particularly challenging in her writing?
I think what I find the
most challenging is keeping myself structured. Despite my constant
use of lists I still find it easy to get distracted. I might start
the day intending to finish a chapter, I find I need to quickly
research something, then I get distracted by something else that I
think of, before I know it the day has passed and the chapter still
hasn’t been written but I’ve done fifteen other things and
created several different tasks for myself.
Does Rachel write her characters or do
they write themselves through her?
I definitely write them,
as in I know what their personalities will be when I begin the
writing process, but they do develop as the story unfolds.
Does Rachel ever write herself into the
characters?
Never, I’m far too boring for that!
Is writing her full time job or
is she "Keeping her day job"? So to speak.
Technically
I’m keeping my day job, but unfortunately at the moment I’m too
sick to do my day job. I have an autoimmune disease which has more
or less forced me to become housebound, so you could say I’m also
writing full time.
If Rachel could go back in time, she'd want to solve an age old mystery.
It
sounds so clichéd but it would be Jack the Ripper (not at close
quarters though!), just because I would love to see who it actually
was.
There are millions of new
books released every year. What in her mind makes Last Regress stand out from all those millions in it's genre?
(Here you are
asking a shy person that question :) Well I think a lot of people
will identify with my main character, Alyssa. She’s not a super
strong/immortal/paranormal heroine, she just a normal woman like any
of us, a bit bogged down with self doubt, and she doesn’t always do
the washing up!
In the world of Indie, marketing is
very difficult, especially if you don't have the funds to pay for it.
Has she found a great free way to market her work that she thinks other Indies will benefit from?
I’m sure that most indies
are doing the same. Of course social networking sites such as
Twitter and Facebook are valuable marketing tools, but the network of
fellow indie authors and bloggers who support indies is absolutely
amazing. Interviews, spotlight posts, reviews are so valuable to an
author promoting their book and there are lots of fantastic sites.
Links to Follow Rachel's Career:
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/LastRegress
Twitter: http://twitter.com/willowmyst
Website:
http://rachaeljthorne.wordpress.com/
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