Interview with Paranormal Romance Author Karen Magill

Karen Magill is a self-published author of paranormal romance who has done remarkably well. She very kindly took some time out of her busy day to be interviewed by me for Associated Content.

Regina: Hi Karen, thanks so much for agreeing to be interviewed by me for Associated Content! When did you first know you wanted to be a writer?

Karen: I have always written. My grandmother, Katherine Magill, was a published author so I think I have always wanted to do it.

Regina: Do you have a favorite genre that you like to write in?

Karen: Right now I am writing paranormal romance. They are 'sweet' romance. No overt violence or sex.

Regina: What motivates you to write?

Karen: Life. Curiosity. A desire to control the outcome of something in this world.

Regina: Who are your muses? I'm assuming you have more than one!

Karen: I can't identify my muses. I just know they are there.

Regina: What books do you have available currently, and what have the responses been to these books?

Karen: The Bond. Let Us Play. Both are available at www.lulu.com/karenmagill

Response has been great to both of them, reviews can be found at www.karenmagill.comI have set up a section entitled the 'Press Room'. Click on the gif of the fountain pen and it will bring you into another site where you will find reviews etc of both books.

Regina: If you had to start all over again when it came to getting your book(s) published, what would you do differently?

Karen: I don't think I would do anything different. I don't look back at my life and regret anything and I try to take the same attitude with my writing. Everything is a learning process and everything is done when the fates decree it should be.

Regina: What do you think about self-publishing and the current Print on Demand trend that is presently changing the face of the publishing industry?

Karen: Self publishing, print on demand etc is opening the market for writers but writers have to be careful that they put out a quality product. Too much junk is being published. As well the big houses are not going to be as important in the next ten years or so. So I think they are going to have to wake up and change their practices. Promote more, quit treating their authors like numbers.

Regina: Who are your favorite authors?

Karen: Ann Rule, John Grisham, Stephen King, Morgan Llewelyn, Diana Gabaldon.

Regina: What do you enjoy doing when you aren't writing?

Karen: I like walking, listening to music, watching movies.

Regina: Can you tell us a bit about your next project, and when we might expect to see it available?

Karen: I am working on the sequel to Let Us Play entitled, Truth, Justice and Rock 'n Roll - TJR for short. I hope to have it published in 2008.

Regina: What advice would you give to a beginning writer?

Karen: Listen to the advice of those who have succeeded but follow your heart and your own instincts.

I have had the good fortune to read Ms. Magill's first book The Bond, and it is one of the best paranormal romances I have read. I have Let Us Play which I am sure is going to be just as much fun to read. I look forward to Ms. Magill's next book, and encourage others to check her out.