Interview With Author T.S. McNeil
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a reformed ghostwriter finally making the transition to writing books with my name on them. Overall I have written just over a hundred books, but three under my own name, publisher or contracted by an independent publisher.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Heather’s Haven. I wanted to tell a different sort of Christmas story blended with the sort of ruralism common in 19th century literature. The main character, Heather Fideler was inspired by Taylor Swift, specifically the transformation she underwent with the albums Folklore and Willow, after turning 30.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I listen to Heavy Metal music, no matter how cozy story I’m writing. Usually melodic/symphonic stuff like Frozen Crown, Alcest and Visions of Atlantis.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Jane Austen, P.G. Wodehouse, Douglas Adams, Tom Stoppard.
What are you working on now?
A novel about a Welsh Comedian on tour.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Still figuring that out.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
1. Know your characters, inside and out, like an actor might, it makes it much easier to form first your own voice and then theirs.
2. The first draft is least important, get it done, put it away for a day or two and then start revising. Good writing is as much about what you take out or change as what you write in the first place.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Fiction writing has a music to it, pay attention to the rhythm.
What are you reading now?
Sarah Bings by Paul Hiebert.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Writing a full-length novel with my name on it.
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 dictionary (lots of kindling)
War & Peace (I might actually finish it)
The Collected Sherlock Holmes
Infinite Jest
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