Ask the Author: C.K. Martin
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C.K. Martin
None yet! But summer reading has to be all about beaches, sunshine and romance for me. The crime/thriller books can wait until winter rolls back around.
C.K. Martin
I have some pretty shady relatives that I haven't heard from in years. They say you can't choose your family...
C.K. Martin
I got the idea for A Taste To Die For from a faintly ridiculous reality TV show, where it seemed the contests had no depths to which they would not plummet in order to get their fifteen minutes of fame. Throw a murder into the mix and some politics and you've got an American Dream gone wrong to solve.
C.K. Martin
Being outdoors, either walking or by the ocean, generates new ideas. But I force myself to write every day, whether I'm inspired or not. That's how books get written. Oh, and coffee. Lots of coffee.
C.K. Martin
Just do it. Never, ever agonise over your first draft. Certainly never think this is your one and only shot to get it right - life is full of opportunities.
C.K. Martin
Being able to create the characters I enjoy reading, after years of not being able to find them. I love that people are finally accepting that diverse characters make for great storytelling, so it's less of a wilderness than it was.
C.K. Martin
Two ways. First I go for a long walk, listening to either music or inspirational podcasts such as Writing Excuses (if you've never heard of it, go check it out). If that doesn't work, I sit down with a good old fashioned pen and notepad and force myself to write absolutely anything for at least half an hour. That usually shakes something loose.
C.K. Martin
I'm currently working on the first (of no doubt many) edits for the follow up to Blood Inheritance. These are some of my favourite characters to write!
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