Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a married full time working mother. That sentence alone should tell you I also tired most of the day. When I get a few hours to myself where I’m not resting from the day, I enjoy painting, crafting, and writing. I’m wanting to join exercising to that list but so far it has lost out.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I have always been a fan of dystopia novels. When the hit television show The Walking Dead started filming in my area, I was inspired to write my own version of a zombie world. So The Deepest Red was born.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not that I’m aware of but there is always time to start one.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m a big fan of Kresley Cole and her Prison Princess series. Also I’ve read many of Jennifer Armentrout’s books and almost all of the popular young adult novels. Rhiannon Frater’s As the World Dies was one of my favorite zombie dystopia themed series.
What are you working on now?
I’ve decided to take a break from the Deepest Red world and focus on a few shorter novels. The one I’m working on now follows a senior in high school. There is a twist ending that I’m excited about which has a deep meaning to many people.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Promotion is still a working progress but facebook has helped me to get the word out.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you get published or not, just write stories that you love. You never know when someone might find your writings and it change something about their lives. Even if I don’t sell a lot of books, I enjoyed the journey.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Every day you have to make decisions. The key to life is to make more good decisions than bad.
What are you reading now?
Where she went by Gayle Forman. Her book If I Stay was the first book to make me cry.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I plan to keep promoting The Deepest Red and see where I go from there.
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?
How to survive a deserted island by Tim O’Shei and Al Siebert, How to survive a desert island by Jim Pipe, Arcana Chronicles by Kresley Cole and The Phantom of the Opera.
Author Websites and Profiles
Miriam Bell Amazon Profile