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ecause readers do expect the styles to be quite different fiona how much of the book is realistic and are experiences based on someone you know or events in your own life souls for the master is a horror novel based around a government s attempts to wipe out unproductive members of society in their millions to placate a dark god they worship thankfully it isn tovertly biographical fiona to craft your works do you have to travel before or during the process almost all my work is done at home in rural northumberland i have to fit writing around what are pretty heavy caring responsibilities we don t travel much due to my husband s ill health he finds busy places overwhelming although wheelchair access gets better with every year we find fiona who designed the covers the cover for souls for the master and for my current fantasy novel dagmar of the northlands were designed by fiona jayde media she always does a fabulous job in realising my vision and bringing the characters i ve created to life on the front cover she also produced the cover for aspatria the prequel to dagmar fiona is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp every human being is valuable to society and to mankind even if perhaps particularly if the ethos of those in power is that certain types of people are worthless our most positive feature as humanity is our compassion and while some see that as a weakness it is actually our strength when we stand strong together fiona are there any new authors that have grasped your interest who is your favorite writer and what is it about their work that really strikes you as a reviewer with the british fantasy society the horror tree and schlock webzine i see alot of really amazing new writers emerging and it is an absolute privilege to review their work it s always hard to narrow it down to just one or two to mention but just recently i reviewed thenew voices of science fiction edited by hannurajaniemi and jacob weisman it was jam packed with emerging writers who are already making their mark and the diversity of the collection was amazing my favourite writer in horror is probably john wyndham because i read so much of his stuff when i was growing up in fantasy it s probably david gemmell because he combined romance and epic battles which i love fiona outside of family members name one entity that supported your commitment to become a published author i ve had an immense amount of support over the years from albedo one magazine based in dublin i was longlisted for the aeon award in 2012 and 2013 then in 2015 the award director frank ludlow contacted me to ask if i wanted to train as a submissions reader i ve been reading entries to the competition and submissions to the magazine since then and in 2016 i got promoted to be a contributing editor alongside the rest of the team they probably did more than any other single entity to support me in the early days when i was just starting to get published every author needs that when they are new and uncertain and it made a great deal of difference to my confidence i owe the guys there a world of thanks for empowering me as a writer fiona do you see writing as a career yes fiona if you had to do it all over again would you change anything in your latest book my latest book is a fantasy romance called dagmar of the northlands which has a nordic theme it features a heroine dagmar whose father and stepfather were leaders of the men of the north her stepfather has just been killed by her stepbrother njal and he s taken over as konung njal orders a raid on the island of orkna to divert attention from how he got to be the leader and it all starts to unravel from there like most fantasy novels it s pretty long any novel of that length goes through so many revisions and alterations and improvements that it just leaves your head spinning if i had to change anything it would probably be to include more flashbacks i ve only just recently had the confidence to start using them and this novel includes a couple but since then i ve used them more and more and i think they really give something special just the other day dagmar had its first professional review from bookshelf adventures and their feedback was really positive i m so relieved because getting reviews is such a nerve wracking process in terms of learning they said make sure the characters are carefully introduced because otherwise it s alot for readers new to the series to take in i m definitely going to act on that reviewer feedback other than that they really liked it fiona did you learn anything during the writing of your recent book i didalot of historical research about nordic cultures and even picked up a little bit of old english and old norse i also read lots of sagas to understand nordic literary works as well every novel is a massive challenge but that brings with it opportunities to grow as a writer as i mentioned just now i used flashbacks for the first time in dagmar and this was really special but took a bit of working at also this was a follow up to my first fantasy novel aspatria so it was crucially important to make sure the details and continuity were right in what is quite an expanding universe fiona if your book was made into a film who would you like to play the lead i m clear that the central character of dagmar should be played by a scandinavian actor i d love to see noomi rapace who i first saw in the girl with the dragon tattoo and then in sherlock holmes play that role fiona any advice for other writers don t be afraid to ask for help there s plenty of it out there and it will help you to grow as a writer it s easy to feel that paying large amounts of money is the answer but by far the most helpful support i ve had has come for free on a like for like basis through beta reading editing critiques and mutual support in writing groups online fiona anything specific you want to tell your readers as a nonbinary writer i work hard to portray vivid and varied characters of all kinds but i m always keen to see more diversity in horror and fantasy i try to make that happen via my own writing and also in my choice of which books to review fiona what book are you reading now i m re reading brian attebery s strategies of fantasy i get more out of it every time fiona do you remember the first book you read i was quite an early reader and i read an awful lot as a child i think every kid who grows up to be a writer would say that one of my most treasured reading memories from childhood was noggin the nog i think it might have created an early love for the fantasy genre fiona what makes you laugh cry one of the best feelings in life is to laugh until you cry we have frogs hamsters and cats so there s usually some antics going on here to make me laugh fiona is there one person past or present you would love to meet why my great grandmother her husband was a fireman and they lived in the east end of london i have a photo of her holding an open book on her lap which has been such an inspiration to me over the years in terms of becoming well educated i like to think she d be proud of what i ve achieved and i bet she was really proud of her youngest daughter my grandmother who was a solicitor s clerk until she got married to my grandmother fiona do you have any hobbies we grow quite alot of our food because living in an old miner s cottage we have one of those enormously long gardens over the years i ve returned it to something akin to how the miners would have used it to grow veg that was expensive and to help the budget stretch fiona what tv shows films do you enjoy watching i m quite eclectic in my tastes for tv and film i love comedies because laughter is such a tonic we re just getting season 11 of modern family here in the uk i thought season 10 was the end so when my daughter said it was coming back i was delighted she is hoping to go to drama school so we watch alot of tv and film as part of her learning to be an actress fiona favorite foods colors music we went vegan about a year ago and i m glad we did and would recommend it but it takes some getting used to favourite food is now cake because it s hard to get really decent vegan ones here i love bright colours so scarlet heavy metal and rock on the music front fiona imagine a future where you no longer write what would you do wonder what had gone wrong for me it s a love affair with words and characters something in me will have died forever on the day i m not writing fiona you only have 24 hours to live how would you spend that time in 2003 we literally had that experience when brian suffered a near fatal heart attack although he survived the brain damage meant the person he was has been lost forever counsellors call that a living bereavement and we really do feel like we ve lost him one of our neighbours has a pond and our gardens have dragonflies every summer they are so cheery and happy making the most of their short lives every time i see them i feel both sad at how little time they have but also inspired by how they are determined to make the most of it brian s illness has taught me to make the most of every day not just to wait for the last one you don t know when that will be unless you re a dragonfly of course fiona what do you want written on your head stone shouldn t that be hyphenated fiona do you have a blog or website readers can visit for updates events and special offers i d love to offer your readers ten free copies of dagmar of the northlands via smashwords code to download a copy on mobi for kindle or e pub if that s acceptable to you i ll generate the codes and email them to you so you can give them direct to your readers you don t need to share their details with me and there s no requirements for review or follow up contact all privacy is retained website https johncadams wixsite com johnadamssf blog https johncadams wixsite com johnadamssf blog twitter johncadamssf amazon authors page uk https www amazon co uk john c adams e b018exj2v2 ref dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1 usa https www amazon com john c adams e b018exj2v2 ref sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1 qid 1580209439 sr 1 1 amazon page for dagmar https www amazon co uk dagmar northlands gortah murkar book ebook dp b07vrwx96j ref sr_1_1 keywords dagmar of the northlands qid 1564321787 s gateway sr 8 1 smashwords page for dagmar https www smashwords com books view 944686 here is my interview with rania battany 27 monday jan 2020 posted by fionamcvie1964 in uncategorized 3 comments hello and welcome to my blog author interviews my name is fiona mcvie let s get you introduced to everyone shall we tell us your name what is your age hi my name is rania battany and i am 37 years old fiona where are you from i am from melbourne australia fiona a little about yourself ie your education family life etc i am married to the love of my life and we have three children a dog and three chickens before i become a mum i worked in events and performance with my qualifications being in event management and theatre many years ago i wrote poems and screenplays for local theatre fiona tell us your latest news i am about to release the third book in my stolen hearts series which is a steamy contemporary romance series following four separate interracial romances fiona when and why did you begin writing i have always been a writer in some capacity as a child and teen i wrote poetry in my twenties i wrote screenplays finally i wrote my first novel in my thirties i write because i have to because it s the only way to get the conversations in my head to stop fiona when did you first consider yourself a writer i considered myself a writer from the moment i started writing i considered myself an author when my first book was officially published fiona what inspired you to write your first book it is a funny story i woke up one morning and an idea just popped into my head like a lightbulb switching on i felt so compelled to get the story out of my head that i wrote 4000 words that day fiona how did you come up with the title all my titles come from a line in one of my books fiona how much of the book is realistic and are experiences based on someone you know or events in your own life everything i write is based in some small way on something that has happened to me or someone i know in saying that i always embellish that element for the sake of my story fiona to craft your works do you have to travel before or during the process no i m fine to write without travelling fiona who designed the covers i use an australian cover designer named lana pecherczyk i have also designed some of my own covers too fiona is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp yes i loved to write about flawed characters finding love that is the message i want everyone to take from my books no one is perfect but everyone deserves to find someone that loves them fiona are there any new authors that have grasped your interest who is your favorite writer and what is it about their work that really strikes you my favourite author at the moment is jennifer probst she writes sexy contemporary romance with characters that have intense chemistry fiona outside of family members name one entity that supported your commitment to become a published author the romance writers of australia the other authors members have been an integral part of any success i ve achieved fiona do you see writing as a career yes currently it doesn t earn me a full time income but that is my long term goal fiona if you had to do it all over again would you change anything in your latest book no my latest book call me lucy is one of my favourites that i ve written fiona did you learn anything during the writing of your recent book sure did i overcame my fear of judgement and wrote the book i wanted to write i learnt that in the past i had allowed what other people would think of my writing to dictate how and what i wrote fiona if your book was made into a film who would you like to play the lead hmmmm i m not sure my male lead is middle eastern with dark tan skin and striking features and my female lead has ocean blue eyes a petite frame and white skin if anyone knows of someone fiona any advice for other writers network network network there is so much to learn from more experienced authors and the pool of information is invaluable fiona anything specific you want to tell your readers i love hearing from my readers so please say hi now and then fiona what book are you reading now right now i am reading waiting for you by fellow aussie author jasmine stevens fiona do you remember the first book you read james and the giant peach by roald dahl fiona what makes you laugh cry books that highlight how dating can go wrong make me laugh and any thing emotional makes me cry fiona is there one person past or present you would love to meet why from the past i d like to meet jesus simply because i don t think there have been many other 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