- Do you have a Yahoo fan list or newsletter group?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kirastonebooks
This is mostly an announcement / newsletter group but I also welcome questions.
- When is your next book being released?
Check the Books link. Coming soon titles are listed there along with all the books that have been released.
- Where do your ideas come from? What sparks a story?
Everything. And nothing. It’s a magical connection between fact and “what if”?
I start out with a fact... for example, Blood Price. It had to be a vampire novel. How could I make mine different? What if the vampire was allergic to blood? What if he was allergic to all body fluids? A few more of those, and a story was born.
If the answers to the questions hadn’t produced a spark of plot, then I would have started over with a different “what if”. There’s really no way to predict what will make a story and what won’t. But what if...
- Do you have a favorite character from the books you’ve written?
Right now, Sebastian, without a doubt. There have been others I’ve adored before him, and I’m sure there will be others who will steal my heart after him. Some characters just stay with you forever...Sebastian is one of those, I think.
- Is there anyone who inspired you to start writing?
I would have to say John Stamos. I had a crush on him in junior high, so I started writing fantasies about him. I would also have to credit my friends and family who encouraged me to write down accounts of the wild things that have happened to me. Still haven’t done that -- no one would believe me anyway -- but I think I came up with some pretty good alternatives. *g*
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