Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Fantasy writer, reviewer, operator of the website Speculations (kathyburford.com). My humorous fantasy ELSEWHEN is now available on Amazon, THE WIZARD WARP will be there by the end of the month, and my current work in progress is HEXED IN TEXAS
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
HEXED IN TEXAS grew out of my fascination with the Russian witch Baba Yaga and imagining the results if she competed with Marie Laveau in San Antonio for a rare magical item.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m a night owl.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
L. Frank Baum (the Oz books), the late great Terry Pratchett, Diana Wynne Jones (English humorous fantasist), and fairy tales and folktales.
What are you working on now?
HEXED IN TEXAS, about a magical leak from a magic containment zone in San Antonio
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My website Speculations: http://www.kathyburford.com
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep at it. E-books offer a new world of publishing.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You can always do more than you think you can.
What are you reading now?
rereading THE MAGIC OF OZ
What’s next for you as a writer?
more humorous fantasy and possibly humorous historical mysteries
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Rilke’s THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE
the books of the Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett
Mikhail Bulgakov, THE MASTER AND MARGARITA
books in the HOWL’s MOVING CASTLEe series by Diana Wynne Jones
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