Mr. Rayne popped in today for a hazelnut latte, and graciously allowed me a quick Q & A session:
Can you tell me how the emotional process of your writing works? What type of resources do you use to tap into your feelings, to reach down deep inside, to pen the pure, perfect words your characters experience?
People
say I write love well. I'm not sure, but with the relationships I pen,
these are things I would want if love ever came to me. I live inside my
head a lot, plan out a future I may never have, and a lot of the time I
am building Mr Right in my mind, with our home in the woods, filled with
cherished pets. I'm a dreamer.
As
an author, if I can call myself that, I like to delve into a little
darkness, show love and life in its truest form - it isn't all sunshine
and roses. I think if I wrote a happy, happy love story I would be
fooling myself and the small handful of readers I have. If my boys are
going to have a happily ever after then they will need to go down a few
broken road first. Such is life.
Do your characters “talk” to you, as so many other authors describe happens to them?
How did you get on with the whole publishing experience? Did you enjoy it?
Where do you hope to be with your writing career ten years from now?
Some readers are familiar with Bean. Would you like to tell us about him?
Awww, Bean is my baby! Okay, well I live with two best friends and we all wanted a pet. We can't have a dog as we are all a slave to the 9-5 and didn't feel this was fair to a living creature, so my best friend Dae suggested a Guinea Pig. I was dubious at first, I really wanted a dog, something I could cuddle and play with, but as normal, Dae got his way - he always does, haha. As a child he grew up with these animals, so I went with it.
ANYWAY, he came home with the small, sweet black and
white animal who is a dog in the form of a guinea pig. Seriously, Bean
comes when called, talks to me, licks me, and purrs like a cat, which is
kinda odd, but normal - so I'm told.
It
sounds strange, but Bean is my mini muse and is featured (under the
alias Fred) in my upcoming novel, Flavours Of Our Life, due out early
next year.