Katherine Garbera Revealed
What
do you love most about being a writer?
It’s hard
to pick just one thing that I love about writing. From the beginning I’ve always enjoyed making
up story worlds and the people who inhabit them. I love delving into the depths of the
characters and exploring their fears and deepest hurts and then using love to
fix them.
What
is a typical day in your life?
My
typical day is not very exciting! I get
up at six and do some social media stuff while drinking a cup of coffee in
bed. Then I do email and updates for an
hour, do the morning school run and come back to settle in and write. I aim for a chapter a day and write in three
sessions—one scene each. I take a break for lunch. Godiva (my sweet miniature dachshund) and I
go for a walk and then I come back to clean up my pages. It’s time for business calls with editors,
agents and other authors and then the afternoon school run.
Where
do you get your inspiration from for your writing?
I get my
ideas from everything. I love reading
newspapers and online news blogs. I’m a
news junkie! When I see a story that
sparks an idea I print it out and add it to my idea file. I also love to read magazines and often find
inspiration for characters in them.
Who is
the most interesting person you have ever met and why?
It has to
be Lauren (Betty) Bacall. I was lucky
enough to meet her at a cocktail party and could have listened to her smoky
voice for hours. She had a lot of
fascinating stories and I felt lucky to get to hear them.
What
are you reading at the moment?
I’m
reading Cry Love by Eve Gaddy. It’s a
gritty romantic suspense. I love it!
What
genre do you like to read?
Every
one! Seriously my only criteria for
reading a book is that I has sound interesting and be written in an engaging
way.
What
is your favorite book?
My
favorite book of all time is THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL by Baroness Orczy. It’s a romantic adventure and I just adore
it.
What
do you love to do to unwind and relax?
Spending
time with my family relaxes me. I’m also
known to head to the kitchen and start baking when I get stressed. There is something so therapeutic in making
chocolate chip cookies and then eating them!
USA Today bestselling author Katherine
Garbera is a two-time Maggie winner who has written more
than 60 books. A Florida native who grew up to travel the globe,
Katherine now makes her home in the Midlands of the UK with her husband, two
children and a very spoiled miniature dachshund. Her latest release is Carrying
a King’s Child.
Links:
Twitter: @katheringarbera
8 comments:
Many thanks for visiting the blog, Katherine.xx
Thanks for having me, Elaine! :)
great Q&A!
Kathy, I love the Scarlet Pimpernel, too. So romantic and full of page turning adventure. The Leicester Chapter is happy to count you among the membership, you are always full of good tips and advice for other writers. Your talks on how the American market works are always insightful. Hope to see you very soon.
Oh, the Scarlet Pimpernel, how that takes me back. Super blog Katherine.
Great blog, Kathy!
Your work schedule is a great example to lots of us, Kathy! You're always ready to help and support, too.
Great interview Kathy. Always interesting to know how other writers think and work. I read my mother's copy of the Scarlet Pimpernel when I was quite young. As you say, an un-put-down-able romantic adventure, and it aroused a curiosity in me about the French Revolution and that period in European history and its consequences which I still have today. And all from what's essentially a rollicking romance. xMags Cullingford - I have to add my name because I think I shall only be allowed to post as Anonymous.
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