Interview With Author Kimberly McKenzie-Klemm
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am 52 years old and I have authored six published books. The Rest Room Trilogy is a set of three fiction books: “Rise Times Souls Love”, “The Rest Room” and “The Dream of Keriye”. I have one fiction short story collection “Growing Past” with an addendum of a few more stories in “Leaning Toward”. I also have two non-fiction books to my name “TEAMWORK (Together Everyone Achieves More)” and my most recent “The Quality 4P’s Model Handbook”.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest book is “The Quality 4P’s Model Handbook”. It is non-fiction and inspired by The Marketing 4P’s Model in the Manufacturing Industry use. The Quality 4P’s Model is not the same as The Marketing 4P’s Model, nor is it a knock-off. It fits the details of Quality coverage non-inclusive of tests and measurements where arguably Manufacturing protocol can be vague.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I make my own “notebank” for Characters, Settings, Themes, and Plot ideas before starting any book-length fiction. Then I choose from my own “notebank” per Chapter needs and assign the notes as used or not accordingly. I refuse to let a computer program supply me with the building blocks.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Margaret Atwood; Ayne Rand; Edgar Allen Poe; Mark Twain (Samuel Clemmons); Scott F. Fitzgerald; and so on…
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on a new collection of short stories “Slipping Sideways” and adding notes for my next book length fiction effort “Twisted Rabbit”.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
The best method or websites for promoting my books are tied between Amazon.com and lulu.com
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never give up; you are a writer.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I was told to keep my rejection slips from poetry and short story journals and magazine submissions in some sort of scrapbook. To this day, going back over the notes- every failure is just one more rejection before publication.
What are you reading now?
I am currently reading a book by David Baldacci: “Redemption”
What’s next for you as a writer?
As a writer, I just intend to keep writing.
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?
1. An empty notebook with a pen attached.
2. A thorough Collegiate Edition American English Language Dictionary
3. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
Author Websites and Profiles
Kimberly McKenzie-Klemm Website
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