How do you write your characters?
When I start a book I’m
never positive how a character will turn out. I write them in different
scenarios to get a feel for their voice and how they behave. Some characters
that have started out sweet end up with a little bit of a dark side. I try to
make my characters dimensional. I don’t like reading stories where people fit
into too neat of boxes. I like to think that my characters surprise the reader
at times while still staying true to themselves.
What is the best and worse part about being a writer?
I think the absolute
best part about being a writer is the chance to put a story to paper. You start
with nothing and in the end you have a world complete with people and events. A
good story to me is one that is both entertaining and lets the reader develop
their own opinions about the different topics presented. There are two things I
find challenging about being a writer.
The first is the
distraction of having stories bouncing around my head. Sometimes I don’t have
the right characters to tell my stories, or the proper scenarios to get my
point across. It can be frustrating to work out these details. The second
challenge is putting myself out there. It is a very humbling experience to have
someone read what I’ve written. People get a peek into my thought process, and
complete strangers get to experience something I’ve poured my heart into. That
can be a very humbling and sometimes scary process.
What are your reading habits:
I enjoy reading, I’m
sure most writers do. I’m one of those people that has trouble putting down a
good book. I have a reading nook at my house. Usually it covered in a mess of
children’s books. My kids love to be read too. Most of them are old, tattered
things that I had when I was growing up. Some of them are missing pages, so I
improvise. I hate letting go of books, and my basement is a testament to that.
There are boxes of science books and pharmacology books from when I was in
school, mysteries from my high school years, and sci-fiction, my current
passion of late. Occasionally I reread one, and am not only swept into the
world of the book, but to the time when I first read it.
Book &
Author Details:
The Designed by Kate Tailor
Publication date: January 26th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Science Fiction
Publication date: January 26th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Science Fiction
Synopsis:
What if the
next new drug was you? Raleigh’s body produces a drug that could define the
future of medicine if the dangerous world surrounding it doesn’t kill her
first.
Eighteen-year
old Raleigh Groves can sense disease in others and is suffering from her own
unexplained illness as well. After years and dozens of doctor visits, she has
given up hope of ever finding a cure, let alone a diagnosis. Then she meets a
man who explains that her talent and curse are linked. Her body produces a
drug, Lucidin, which allows her to sense others. She’s rare, and the drug she
makes is coveted.
Rho has spent
the last few years on the run. The Lucidin that is racing through his system
makes him a target. Surrounded by addicts and dealers on one side and
scientists and doctors on the other, he has to rely on his wits and his team to
stay one step ahead. So far he has stayed afloat, but some of his brothers
haven’t been as lucky.
As Rho and
Raleigh collide they must face the perilous world of Lucidin together. Nothing
is black-and-white and Raleigh must decide where her alliances lie. Sometimes
the hardest heart to sense is your own.
Purchase:
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00STY2I2W
AUTHOR
BIO:
Kate Tailor lives in Boulder, Colorado. She has a
background in molecular biology and pharmacology. Writing has been a passion
of hers since she was young.
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