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Kay Camden:
Mini interview part 1: 1) When and how did you come up with the idea for The Alignment series? 2) Any authors you draw inspiration from? 3) Any plans to write novellas on our Bevans and/or Moores? (Christian, Aaron, Winnie, etc.) 4) How long have you had a passion for writing? Have you always wanted to be an author? 5) Was there an outside influence on your music choices? 6) Why Irish?
Kay Camden
1. The Alignment Series started on a random day in 2009 when Liv started talking in my head and didn't stop. I scribbled her words down on sticky notes because it was distracting, I didn't know what it was, and I hoped getting it on paper would make it stop. That evening I typed those notes into a Word document because it seemed important. Trey's voice started not long after that. I didn't know I was writing a book until I had a few chapters written, and then I just kept going because I couldn't *not* keep going. I've never felt like I came up with The Alignment. I've always felt like it created itself.
2. My inspiration as a writer comes from a very unlikely conglomeration of authors and books: Daphne du Maurier, Madeline L'Engle, Wuthering Heights, and LJ Smith's books I read in the 90s as a young adult. Also tossed in are the original TMNT graphic novels by Eastman and Laird (they're a lot darker and more serious than you'd think). I'm also very inspired by my favorite story of all time: Beauty and the Beast--any version and all versions. Captive heroine, reclusive angry hero. Enemies, darkness. A larger fight to be fought. Reluctant allegiance, love. That's probably the only piece that makes sense. :)
3. No plans for novellas right now. I've entertained the idea of a book for Inis, or Paul, or Órlaith, or Marcas, or Aaron... or another Sloane and Rex book... but I doubt it would be limited to a novella. My plots just couldn't work with that. ;) So I won't say never, but I will say definitely not right now.
4. I've been compelled to write since the day in 2009 when I heard Liv's voice in my head. I've been a reader my whole life, and have enjoyed writing, but I never planned to become a writer.
5. Music is a huge inspiration for everything I write. Specifically for THE WARRIOR, a fan I've become friends with online recommended some music and it really helped shape Sloane and Rex's story. I also started listening to a different, new-to-me type of electronica while editing THE WARRIOR.
6. Why Irish? Because it's the most beautiful language in the whole world. :)
2. My inspiration as a writer comes from a very unlikely conglomeration of authors and books: Daphne du Maurier, Madeline L'Engle, Wuthering Heights, and LJ Smith's books I read in the 90s as a young adult. Also tossed in are the original TMNT graphic novels by Eastman and Laird (they're a lot darker and more serious than you'd think). I'm also very inspired by my favorite story of all time: Beauty and the Beast--any version and all versions. Captive heroine, reclusive angry hero. Enemies, darkness. A larger fight to be fought. Reluctant allegiance, love. That's probably the only piece that makes sense. :)
3. No plans for novellas right now. I've entertained the idea of a book for Inis, or Paul, or Órlaith, or Marcas, or Aaron... or another Sloane and Rex book... but I doubt it would be limited to a novella. My plots just couldn't work with that. ;) So I won't say never, but I will say definitely not right now.
4. I've been compelled to write since the day in 2009 when I heard Liv's voice in my head. I've been a reader my whole life, and have enjoyed writing, but I never planned to become a writer.
5. Music is a huge inspiration for everything I write. Specifically for THE WARRIOR, a fan I've become friends with online recommended some music and it really helped shape Sloane and Rex's story. I also started listening to a different, new-to-me type of electronica while editing THE WARRIOR.
6. Why Irish? Because it's the most beautiful language in the whole world. :)
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