Author Bio:
Name: C. Miller
Book: Reave
Where to find her book: Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Half.com, BookDepository
Where to find the author: www.cnmill.wordpress.com, facebook, twitter, instagram
Book: Reave
Where to find her book: Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Half.com, BookDepository
Where to find the author: www.cnmill.wordpress.com, facebook, twitter, instagram
Quick Bio:
C. Miller lives in Kentucky with her husband, a Weimaraner that is very suitably named Pig, and a fluffy cat named Poo that gets accented voiceovers periodically throughout the day. She spends most her time taking solitary trips to Writer Land. If she isn’t there, you can usually find her playing video games with her husband or staring off blankly into space while contemplating over what to do during her next trip.
C. Miller lives in Kentucky with her husband, a Weimaraner that is very suitably named Pig, and a fluffy cat named Poo that gets accented voiceovers periodically throughout the day. She spends most her time taking solitary trips to Writer Land. If she isn’t there, you can usually find her playing video games with her husband or staring off blankly into space while contemplating over what to do during her next trip.
Interview:
Hi! Thanks for joining me today!
Hey there. Thanks for having me.
Q: Reave is your first book, how exciting and nerve-wracking was it to finally get it published?
A: Reave is the first book that I published, but I’ve written quite a few other ones. I wanted to make sure I didn’t release any until I thought they were good enough TO release, and the first several unfortunately were not even close. It was exciting to finally see the work of several years all come to fruition, to hold an actual book in my hands (that wasn’t printed off for editing). It was more surreal than exciting though, if I’m being totally honest. (Sort of sitting there like, “Are you serious? Is this real? I’m touching this book, so it MUST be real. Hey, that’s my name on there.” O.o)
Releasing that first book is probably the most nerve-wracking experience in the entire world. It’s hard to contemplate letting anybody read your work when you kept it all (mostly) to yourself for such a long time, then waiting to see how it’s received and whatnot. It’s terrifying, but having one person love it makes all the stress/worry worth it.
Q: What was your favorite book as a little kid?
A: If we’re talking LITTLE kid, then I would have to say One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. That was before I was able to read, and I had it read to me to the point where I memorized it. That way, I could feel like I was reading. I still have a soft spot for it.
Q: Hemmingway once said, “All characters are at least a little autobiographical because they lived at least in the authors mind”, how autobiographical are your characters?
A: I’ve done a lot of talking about this sort of thing with my friends. I think it’s inevitable that almost all characters you write will at least have some little bit of you, and there’s the whole ‘write what you know’ thing, but I think when you look at characters as their own separate people, it’s not as simple as that. They all do feel like living people to me. The ones I write are only as similar or different to any part of me as any person I met would be. I often feel like I have more in common with secondary characters than main ones, when they give advice, etc.
Q: Which one of your characters would you least like to meet in a dark alley?
A: In the Reave series, it would have to be a certain character that gets introduced in a later book. I’ll admit I wouldn’t enjoy running into any Reapers though, especially if I would be in the way (which I would). Some more than others. There’s also a character in a trilogy I plan on releasing relatively soon that I would never want to see. I’d run if I ever saw her. I’d probably run in real life if I ever saw a person who looked close enough to pass to how I see her in my head. That’s probably ridiculous, but it’s true.
Q: Dog (large or small breeds) or cat? Why?
A: I love all animals, but I’m definitely a ‘dog person’ (prefer large breeds to small). My dog is happy to see me even when I wake up or leave the room for a few seconds, and my cat just smacks me on the ankles when I walk by. The differences there probably have a lot to do with it (or enough).
Showcase question:
Q: You are sitting in Starbucks drinking your coffee, when all of a sudden Gandalf sits down in the chair next to you………….
A: I just have to say I’m laughing over this question right now. I have about fifty different ways I could answer it. If we’re talking about Ian McKellen, I would probably curl up in anxiety, force myself to say hello, then run away. If it was Gandalf the Grey, I would probably jump around (regardless of how many people were in Starbucks) and ask him if he had any fireworks. I doubt I could help myself. If it was Gandalf the White, I would probably cry, then run away. Unless the first words out of his mouth were, “The ring is already destroyed.” In which case, I might have a different answer there.
Regardless of which Gandalf version it might be or how bad my anxiety was on any given day, I’d definitely ask if I could borrow Shadowfax. I’d also ask him to do the ‘You shall not pass’ line if it wouldn’t draw so much attention, but you can’t say that line in the way it’s supposed to be delivered without drawing attention. I know that’s not a big adventure, but it’s exactly what I would do (at least today). I’m a pretty boring person, and I’m only realizing just now that I’ve talked about running away a LOT in this. haha :)
Q: What are you currently working on? Do you have a teaser from it that you would be willing to share?
A: I’m currently going through the fourth (and last) book in the Reave series and also writing a standalone for it (very early into writing and it’s more for my own amusement than anything as of now). I’m really paranoid about spoilers, and I don’t want to give secrets away from the last one, so I can’t put much on here without ruining something. And the standalone would be too telling as well, just for when it takes place in the timeline and who it’s about.
This doesn’t really give too much of an example of my writing, but it’s from one of my favorite chapters in the fourth book. So, as simple as it is, it holds a bit of a special place in my heart due to what’s actually going on at that point.
“And he’ll kill you as soon as he discovers what it is,” came from my left.
“Agree to disagree.” I shrugged. “Have a little faith and close the door.”
Thanks again for allowing me to interview you, have an awesome day!
Thanks! You too! :D
Hey there. Thanks for having me.
Q: Reave is your first book, how exciting and nerve-wracking was it to finally get it published?
A: Reave is the first book that I published, but I’ve written quite a few other ones. I wanted to make sure I didn’t release any until I thought they were good enough TO release, and the first several unfortunately were not even close. It was exciting to finally see the work of several years all come to fruition, to hold an actual book in my hands (that wasn’t printed off for editing). It was more surreal than exciting though, if I’m being totally honest. (Sort of sitting there like, “Are you serious? Is this real? I’m touching this book, so it MUST be real. Hey, that’s my name on there.” O.o)
Releasing that first book is probably the most nerve-wracking experience in the entire world. It’s hard to contemplate letting anybody read your work when you kept it all (mostly) to yourself for such a long time, then waiting to see how it’s received and whatnot. It’s terrifying, but having one person love it makes all the stress/worry worth it.
Q: What was your favorite book as a little kid?
A: If we’re talking LITTLE kid, then I would have to say One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. That was before I was able to read, and I had it read to me to the point where I memorized it. That way, I could feel like I was reading. I still have a soft spot for it.
Q: Hemmingway once said, “All characters are at least a little autobiographical because they lived at least in the authors mind”, how autobiographical are your characters?
A: I’ve done a lot of talking about this sort of thing with my friends. I think it’s inevitable that almost all characters you write will at least have some little bit of you, and there’s the whole ‘write what you know’ thing, but I think when you look at characters as their own separate people, it’s not as simple as that. They all do feel like living people to me. The ones I write are only as similar or different to any part of me as any person I met would be. I often feel like I have more in common with secondary characters than main ones, when they give advice, etc.
Q: Which one of your characters would you least like to meet in a dark alley?
A: In the Reave series, it would have to be a certain character that gets introduced in a later book. I’ll admit I wouldn’t enjoy running into any Reapers though, especially if I would be in the way (which I would). Some more than others. There’s also a character in a trilogy I plan on releasing relatively soon that I would never want to see. I’d run if I ever saw her. I’d probably run in real life if I ever saw a person who looked close enough to pass to how I see her in my head. That’s probably ridiculous, but it’s true.
Q: Dog (large or small breeds) or cat? Why?
A: I love all animals, but I’m definitely a ‘dog person’ (prefer large breeds to small). My dog is happy to see me even when I wake up or leave the room for a few seconds, and my cat just smacks me on the ankles when I walk by. The differences there probably have a lot to do with it (or enough).
Showcase question:
Q: You are sitting in Starbucks drinking your coffee, when all of a sudden Gandalf sits down in the chair next to you………….
A: I just have to say I’m laughing over this question right now. I have about fifty different ways I could answer it. If we’re talking about Ian McKellen, I would probably curl up in anxiety, force myself to say hello, then run away. If it was Gandalf the Grey, I would probably jump around (regardless of how many people were in Starbucks) and ask him if he had any fireworks. I doubt I could help myself. If it was Gandalf the White, I would probably cry, then run away. Unless the first words out of his mouth were, “The ring is already destroyed.” In which case, I might have a different answer there.
Regardless of which Gandalf version it might be or how bad my anxiety was on any given day, I’d definitely ask if I could borrow Shadowfax. I’d also ask him to do the ‘You shall not pass’ line if it wouldn’t draw so much attention, but you can’t say that line in the way it’s supposed to be delivered without drawing attention. I know that’s not a big adventure, but it’s exactly what I would do (at least today). I’m a pretty boring person, and I’m only realizing just now that I’ve talked about running away a LOT in this. haha :)
Q: What are you currently working on? Do you have a teaser from it that you would be willing to share?
A: I’m currently going through the fourth (and last) book in the Reave series and also writing a standalone for it (very early into writing and it’s more for my own amusement than anything as of now). I’m really paranoid about spoilers, and I don’t want to give secrets away from the last one, so I can’t put much on here without ruining something. And the standalone would be too telling as well, just for when it takes place in the timeline and who it’s about.
This doesn’t really give too much of an example of my writing, but it’s from one of my favorite chapters in the fourth book. So, as simple as it is, it holds a bit of a special place in my heart due to what’s actually going on at that point.
“And he’ll kill you as soon as he discovers what it is,” came from my left.
“Agree to disagree.” I shrugged. “Have a little faith and close the door.”
Thanks again for allowing me to interview you, have an awesome day!
Thanks! You too! :D