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1.
If
you could have coffee with any character from your novels, who would it be and
why?
I would have coffee with Conal.
He’s gorgeous and dark with this eloquent air about him that leaves him both
mysterious and alluring at the same time. His eyes alone could keep me
captivated for hours. Having the chance to speak to someone who can shift into
anything imaginable, and who has lived through 3 centuries has got to be the
Starbuck’s encounter of the year. Sex appeal and wing potential meets caffeine.
How could I not be all in?
2.
At
what age did you decide you wanted to pursue a writing career?
Probably about 13,
although I don’t think I truly realized it was possible until I was 35. I just
thought I’d dabble and daydream forever. By the time I turned 35 I really
started taking it seriously. I had that, what are you waiting for moment. I
think we all have those at some point in life. When you realize that you’re the
only thing standing in your own way. We really can do anything we want to do if
we really choose to do it. Why wait?
3.
Do
you remember the first book you ever wrote? And if so, what was it about?
The first book was
The Bone Treaty. Conal happens to be one of the main characters. It’s a book
about a seventeen-year-old girl who envisions the auras of others. It’s a
little trick she likes to call color-vision, a power passed on to her from King
Solomon himself. When the US is attacked and the power grid is shut down, Addie
must do the one thing she’s never truly wanted to do, and that’s learn all she
can about her power, something she’s never really cared to do. She might
possess the only element that can save the US, and everyone she loves at the
same time. But there are other elements that want to stop her, one that wants
to keep her safe, and one that wants her all for himself.
4.
Are
you an outliner or a pantser?
I’m a tad of both.
I have some weird, semi neurotic Post-It note fascination. I write, then get
random ideas at random times so I jot things down, stick them all over my
office, and then spend more time trying to decipher what in the hell all those
notes actually mean. It’s disturbing. As long as I don’t start writing the
Number 23 all over the place like Jim Carrey in said movie, I think I’m good.
5.
How
long did it take you to write The Bone Treaty?
The first draft
took about 8 or 9 months. The editing process however, was a whole other story.
That part took about three more years, a lot of crying, wine, coffee, maniacal
laughter, several hundred oatmeal cookies, and an occasional rock in the corner.
Voila. It’s out there. No problem.
6.
What
is your favorite social media site and why?
I love Facebook the
most. It’s so easy. There are a lot of groups. People are so willing to share
and spread the good news. An update is done in seconds, and I can creep on
laughing babies, or laugh out loud at some cool dog video for a nice break.
It’s like Disneyland without ever leaving the chair. That. Is. Just. Awesome.
7.
What
is your favorite genre to read and why?
I love all things
paranormal, especially YA paranormal. I love historical romance. I know.
Totally unrelated. I also love romance in general, and an occasional
contemporary romance. For some reason, I seem to be stuck on romance with or
without the fur and fangs, in this century or not doesn’t seem to matter.
Somebody has to kiss somebody or I’ll just die.
8.
What
is your writing process?
Oh. I should get
one of those. I don’t really have a process or a schedule. I’m afraid of
clocks. They tick. Tick equals danger in my opinion. So, when I have a moment
to steal away, or a scene is just pounding in my head, I grab coffee or herbal
tea, preferably pomegranate green tea, and I just pick up where I left off.
Either that or I try to figure out my Post-It notes and then go from there.
9.
What
would you say has been your biggest accomplishment since you began writing?
Learning to take
criticism. And yes, I do see that as an accomplishment. Writing is easy if
you’re made for it. Coming up with new stories is as easy as a quiet moment in
a public place. We always find inspiration. Publishing has so many avenues now.
If you want your work out there you can literally make that happen in an
afternoon. But taking criticism, and seeing it for what it is, well, that’s the
hardest part. You have to be able to recognize that without it, you cannot grow
as a writer. What used to hurt my feelings, I now view with appreciation. If I
know what’s wrong with a story, what a reader needs to feel, or see from one
scene to the next, I can make that happen in the next book, or even change that
in the current work. So I think the acceptance of criticism is a great accomplishment.
10. What gives you inspiration?
Everything. People.
Life. The sky. A kiss from my husband, a funny comment from a stranger. A
situation, you name it. I’m inspired everyday by someone, or something. I think
writers are just in tuned to the world around them in ways that no one else is.
We don’t see things in black and white or even in color, but in facets that
hold endless possibilities. I love that the most about writing. We can make our
imagined worlds and the characters in them whatever we want them to be. How
cool is that?
T.C. Mckee lives in small town
Virginia. After several adventures and a few misadventures, she decided to
follow her dreams and write a book. While penning The Bone Treaty, she opened
two small businesses, one of which has nothing at all to do with writing, and
the other which has everything to do with writing. Owner of BookFish Books, a
small publisher of middle grade, young adult, and now new adult, T.C. hopes to
help other authors follow their dreams. She drinks too much coffee, checks in
with her grown daughter, says the most random things, and gladly shares her
space with a doting husband, and one incredibly needy Great Dane.
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