Interview with Michele M.K. Oster
Published 2018-10-26.
Who are your favorite authors?
Terry Pratchett, Angie Sage, Neil Gaiman, Mary Shelley, Philip K. Dick, Anne Rice, Douglas Adams, Octavia Butler
What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
Coffee
When you're not writing, how do you spend your time?
Working a full time job ... who decided 40 hours was an appropriate amount of time to sacrifice each week? I feel like this is something society needs to revisit.
What is your writing process?
Get up, meditate, coffee the fog away, pretend I'm a morning person for an hour and attempt to be creative at a time I'd prefer to be going to bed.
Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you?
There were some Dr. Seuss and Golden Books that will always have a special place in my heart, but the book that turned me into a reader was "Mort" by Terry Pratchett.
What do you read for pleasure?
Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Horror, generally.
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in the middle of a non-tropical island. A land of strip malls and bad 70s architecture. I escape it through writing. LOL
When did you first start writing?
When I was five, I wrote my memoir, complete with pictures and hard cover. I still have it.
What's the story behind your latest book?
It's one of those things I've been working on for years and years. This is my second attempt at writing this particular book. I learned a lot from the first go 'round, but I don't feel I did the story justice.
What motivated you to become an indie author?
I'm not completely sure that I am. I still send things out the traditional way first.
How has Smashwords contributed to your success?
It hasn't yet, but I'm just getting started.
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