What is your name, where were you born and where do you live now?
Hi! I’m Frankie and
I write under the pen name SM Blooding. I was born in Colorado. We moved around
a lot. Dad was a Marine and then he went into the coal mines and eventually
into electrical construction. By the time I graduated high school and went into
the ARMY, we’d moved twenty-seven times.
How long does it
usually take you to write a book, from the original idea to finishing writing
it?
From the very
beginning? Well, I’d say probably anywhere from 6 months to a year. I
storyboard and plot map and do a lot of research. It really depends on the
story. If I’m creating a whole world, I’ll make the solar system out of
Styrofoam and hang it from my ceiling to get a better idea of days, weeks,
months, years and seasons. I’ll create maps, histories, map out the different
types of creatures.
Or if the plot is
INTENSE like in my paranormal thrillers, and there’s a mystery to solve,
there’s a lot of research involved in how people really die and what forensic
evidence we could use or which
evidence we can’t. I’m probably on a red list somewhere on the government’s
database. I’m fairly certain that if I applied for security clearance, I’d be
REJECTED! LOL!
By the time I’m
ready to write, it only takes me about 4-6 weeks to actually write the book.
Which of your books
were easier/harder to write than the others?
Book 2!!! *shakes
head* Wow! Its just amazing! Book 1 of all my series were brutal compared to
Book 2! Everything’s already figured out! We know the world. There’s a lot less
guessing. We know the characters. *shrug*
But Book 3 is a
BEAR unless you take GREAT notes through the first two books! I’m just warning
you! Wow! My head hurt after writing Book 3 of the Demon Talker Novels.
Do you have plans
for a new book? Is this book part of a series?
I’m actually
working on Book 2 of the Dreamland Stories right now. Granted, I’m still in
brainstorm mode, but I’ll be writing it down in about two weeks!!! I’m very
excited! We’ll get to see the nightmares and different parts of Dreamland you
probably didn’t expect to see. I’m SO excited!!!
If you had to
choose to be one of your characters in your book/books which would you be? and
why?
That’s so tough!
Um…*thoughtful look* Oh, geez! Um…I thought I had an answer to this question!
Ooohhhhh…*smiles* Oh! I’d be Telfgar! The dragon in Luk’s realm. *snorting with
laughter* I always wanted to be a dragon.
Do you have anybody
read your books and give you reviews before you officially release them?ie.
Your partner, children, friends, reviewers you know?
Oh GADS YES! I get
SCARED when my normal BETA’s are too busy (I write ridiculously fast and
they’re all writers too!) But I’m getting new BETAs and I am always on the lookout for more.
Do you gift books
to readers to do reviews?
Absolutely! They’re
the ones who really get the word out there! I’ve given away…a lot of free books. LOL! And it helps. I can tell.
Do you read all the
reviews of your book/books?
Oh yes.
Would you ever ask
a reviewer to change their review if it was not all positive about your
book/books?
Absolutely not!
However! I can read through the review and see why they said what they did.
Some people are not going to like my writing style. *shrug* That’s just going
to happen. And some people are going to read my book even though they don’t
read the genre. *shrug* That happens too. The only thing that really irks me is
when someone posts a review and mentions typos when it’s a pre-release ARC.
There are going to be typos in a
pre-release ARC. *shakes head* But that’s the only irk I have when reading my
reviews.
Do you choose a
title first, or write the book then choose the title?
It depends. The
Dreamland Stories are going title first. The Nightmare. The Dreamslayer. The
Mechanic. The Dreammaker. I’m having a lot of fun with it.
But the others
usually happen story first. Those titles are a lot more fun, a lot more
creative and usually come straight from the dialogue. Don’t be surprised if
there’s a book out there someday titled, Oh…Shit.
Just saying. Best line in the book so far, hands down and it’s easy to google
that title. LOL!
Is there anything
in your book/books you would change now if you could and what would it be?
I was just informed
by my boyfriend that semis have EIGHTEEN wheels. Not sixteen. So…that will be
changed in the next version of The
Dustman. LOL! Other than that?
Always!
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