Interview by Kimberley Shead Part 2I had the privilege of being interviewed by Kimberley Shead, an urban fantasy author who lives in South East London. We've been fortunate to have connected over our love of reading, writing, and learning about the writing industry; and are enjoying being on this journey together. Below is a copy of the second part of the interview that Kimberley posted on her website. Writer's Secrets (part 2)Being a full-time writer is the desire of many who pen every day and send their words out into the world with one wish, to have an impact. Our guest today is no exception. Yvonne Carder is a writer, with a full time day job, who I was fortunate to meet through our mutual online mentor Joanna Penn, check out The Creative Penn website for more on Joanna. Yvonne kindly offered to share her writing journey with us as well as an insight into her life and a peek into her mind. This is the second part of a two part interview. Enjoy! Q6. Which character have you enjoyed writing about the most? For what reasons? I’ve actually enjoyed writing about my villain quite a bit. Her given name is Isabelle Sophia DeLorraine. She is a power hungry sorceress who could care less about the consequences of her actions. It’s been fun writing about all the selfish, powerful things that she can do. I want her to change into a force for good, but she definitely did not do that in this novel. Sometimes no matter how hard we want to change a character it just won’t happen unless it’s what’s right for them. I can’t wait to see what she has the ability to do in future novels. Q7. Who is your ideal reader?My ideal reader for Luminata is someone who likes fantasy fiction and young adult novels. I actually am not sure how best to describe this reader other than someone like me. Someone that likes Six of Crows, Mercy Thompson, Harry Potter, The Artifact Hunters, Outlander, Anita Blake, The Beautiful Demons Series, The Otherworld Series, and Jill Kismet. A reader with a penchant for magic, adventure, and interesting characters would probably be my ideal reader. Q8. Where would you like to see yourself in five years from now?Interview by Kimberley Shead I had the privilege of being interviewed by Kimberley Shead, an urban fantasy author who lives in South East London. We've been fortunate to have connected over our love of reading, writing, and learning about the writing industry; and are enjoying being on this journey together. Below is a copy of the interview that Kimberley posted on her website. Writer's Secrets (part 1) Being a full-time writer is the desire of many who pen every day and send their words out into the world with one wish, to have an impact. Our guest today is no exception. Yvonne Carder is a writer, with a full time day job, who I was fortunate to meet through our mutual online mentor Joanna Penn, check out The Creative Penn website for more on Joanna. Yvonne kindly offered to share her writing journey with us as well as an insight into her life and a peek into her mind. This is the first part of a two part interview. Enjoy! Q1. How would you describe your writing journey so far to readers? Honestly my journey is a little convoluted. I started writing poetry in high school to help me figure out and deal with my feelings and thoughts. It started after one of my best friends, Chris, committed suicide. I had just turned 15 when my Mom and I got a frantic phone call from his sister; my best friend at the time. She was calling us because her parents weren’t answering their work phone and she didn’t know what else to do. I’ll never forget that phone call or the drive across town. That was the first death I experienced and I sunk into a deep depression and went deep into myself. Art was a way for me to work out the swirl of emotions followed by the mind numbing void I was floundering through. I joined both the art and poetry clubs at school and found that I was able to express myself through painting and written words when I didn’t want to talk to anyone. I was fortunate that the teacher who oversaw the poetry club encouraged us to submit our work to local anthologies and the county fair. I got my first publication during my junior year of high school. I wrote poetry for several years; but once I finally got to a place where my psyche was healed enough I stopped writing as much. At the time I was in college and working on an Art Major. I realized that art probably wasn’t going to pay the bills, so I switched to a more ‘traditional’ job. I became a licensed veterinary technician (or nurse) and have done that now for over 14 years. But my need for creative expression has never left me. If I’m not creating visual art, then I’m singing or writing. I have to create something otherwise I get a little stir crazy! I started writing my current novel Luminata about 10 years ago. I wrote about 30 or so pages over about 2 or 3 years and then it went into a file stored on my computer somewhere. In August 2016, I obtained my specialty credentials (Veterinary Technician Specialty in Small Animal Internal Medicine) which was an intense 2 year process. Once I was done, I felt a vacuum and was searching to figure out what I wanted to do next. I signed up for completing my Bachelor’s degree, but as luck would have it, my transcripts were delayed so I couldn’t start for about 4 months. Lightning struck and I said that I was going to finally finish writing my novel. I set myself daily and weekly goals of about 5,000-6,000 words a week. These were very lofty, but I told myself that even if I didn’t reach them I would be in a better place than I was before starting. I was excited when I finished the first manuscript, on myself imposed 10 week deadline, and I had ~89,000 words. I’m on a little bit of a break in my novel writing since I started back at school and have day job commitments that are requiring a lot of my time and creativity at the moment. But even when I’m not working on editing my manuscript I’m learning about the publishing industry. I’m reading books, articles, listening to podcasts, and absorbing everything that I can. Q2. What has influenced your choice of genre?
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