Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been seriously writing the Book Series Draoithe for a couple of years. The first six are published. Book seven should be out in by the end of July. A Pack Forms is the first book. But be warned when you start, you won’t want to quit. Book eight is nearly finished, so when you pick up the first book and begin the journey, you don’t have to stop at the end of Book One. But Ophelia Kee herself is a bit of an enigma, and I like it that way. It is not really about me. It’s about the story.
Not who everyone thinks she is.
The product of someone’s imagination.
The end result of a lifetime wishing to get out.
Do not buy the lie.
If you live in fear, you give up freedom.
Taking the risk and making the leap.
Too much of anything is a bad thing.
Innuendo floating on the mist that rises above the water.
Walk away and leave it all behind.
Telling the story that haunts a fantasy.
Catching a dream.
She does not exist.
Ophelia Kee
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Book Seven is Draoithe: The Dark Gift. It’s about a woman who is abducted, abused and turned into a broken vampire. But when the experiment fails, she gets thrown away only to be rescued by an immortal dragon shifter who has his own issues he has to overcome in order to be able to save her. It’s adult only. No Cheating. Happily Ever After sort of. It was inspired by a man who truly loved the party. He’s handsome and debonair. She’s sexy but has no idea.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
The story just comes to me and flows out onto the page. I write until I finish it all then I put the work to the side before I go back to it. Then I work on it till it reads the way I see the story in my mind. I don’t think that other authors write like that, but it works for me.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
JRR Tolkien, Robert Jordan, LJ Shen, Megan March. My apologies if I have misspelled names. But I read constantly. These four just popped into my head first. I love a good story more than I like a good drink. It is the best escape.
What are you working on now?
I’m still finishing work on several future Draoithe books. When a good scene comes to me, I write it down and keep writing until that scene integrates itself in the series. I often realize that I am writing multiple different books at the same time, but that’s okay because the story is enriched that way. Each book is interconnected to the other books as all the characters revolve around one another in their quest to build Draoithe. Characters from previous books and future books often make cameo appearances. It tends to feel more like a saga than a series at times as many of the characters enlighten the reader with previously unknown information about other characters as the plot moves forward in the series.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far I have only really done promotion through Kindle. I am not lucky enough to be able to quit the day job, yet. But maybe.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write! Don’t put the story off. Write it. Someone wants to read it. So just write it.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t take advice from your broke a** friends on how to get rich. Go study a rich person and copy what they do.
What are you reading now?
I’m itching to pick up LJ Shen’s Reckless, but I have to move so… soon.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Finishing the series. I want to tell Draoithe’s story. Then maybe a story about a cemetery. It’s only partially baked though. That might not workout. We will see what idea comes to me next, but I hope to be in a new location soon.
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?
The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Can I count that as one? The Sinners of Saint series. Felicity Heaton’s works (Any of them, All of them) That’s a trick question right? Only getting to choose three or four is like nearly as bad as developing amnesia and not being able to remember any of the good stories. How long will I be on this Island anyway? 3 or 4 books is like medieval torture. Can I write my own while I’m there with no distractions?
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