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Kimberly Collins

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Born

The United States

Website

https://www.bluemingopress.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Historical Fiction, Crime, Suspense

Member Since

July 2014

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I grew up in Matewan, West Virginia. Home of the Hatfield & McCoy feud and the legendary Matewan Massacre that sparked right in the middle of downtown in 1920. The mine wars and the early days of the United Mine Workers of America have always intrigued me. My great-grandfather and his brothers fought hard for the formation of the United Mine Workers of America. My next novel, Blood Creek (Book One of Mingo Chronicles), is a fictional account of the mine wars in southern West Virginia and will be published early October 2019.

I've already started work on Book Two of Mingo Chronicles, The Massacre. I've also been working on a few short stories, photography, and dabbling in other creative endeavors. I co-wrote my first screenplay for a short f ...more

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Do you plan before you write?

Kimberly Collins Typically, I start with a destination in mind, but not a plan as to how I will get there. As the writing continues and the story takes shape, I create…moreTypically, I start with a destination in mind, but not a plan as to how I will get there. As the writing continues and the story takes shape, I create a timeline of events in the story to keep me straight. My next novel, Mingo, has quite a few characters and covers a few decades, so I will need a "family tree" and a serious spreadsheet for the timeline to keep things clear in my mind. I don't write in any sort of linear fashion - I write in scenes and I go from the beginning to the end and then back again. It is like a fabulous puzzle when I start placing the scenes together.(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Kimberly Collins Ughhhhh...I have moments of just not wanting to write. It isn't that I can't think of the words, I just don't want to sit at the computer and do it. S…moreUghhhhh...I have moments of just not wanting to write. It isn't that I can't think of the words, I just don't want to sit at the computer and do it. So, I read instead, until I am ready to get back to work.(less)

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