Blog Ring of Power Presents: Kate Evangelista
Well, it looks like it's Friday already! So while everyone begins their wind down time of this week's craziness, how about we take a visit from Author Kate Evangelista.
When Kate
Evangelista was told she had a knack for writing stories, she did the next best
thing: entered medical school. After realizing she wasn’t going to be the next
Doogie Howser, M.D., Kate wandered into the Literature department of her
university and never looked back. Today, she is in possession of a piece of
paper that says to the world she owns a Literature degree. To make matters
worse, she took Master’s courses in creative writing. In the end, she realized
to be a writer, none of what she had mattered. What really mattered? Writing.
Plain and simple, honest to God, sitting in front of her computer, writing.
Today, she has four completed Young Adult novels.
The Creative Process
Kate: I get my inspiration from
everywhere and anywhere. I try to keep myself open. A lyric from a song. A
scene in a movie. A line from a book. Anything can inspire me. I make sure to
turn the inspiration into reality right away before it fades.
Kate: Right now? I’m really into
alternating POVs. I love switching between the female and male protagonist of
whatever story I’m currently working on. It allows me to explore so many
different avenues in a story. Plus it helps me explore how the character
thinks. It’s so much fun.
Kate: I’m a write by the seat of my pants
kind of girl. I take it a chapter or two at a time. Sometimes I start a story
without knowing how it will end until I get to the middle. I find that when I
outline, I end up forcing myself to stick to the outline and it stifles my
creativity.
Kate: Having critique partners and beta
readers is essential to my writing process. Getting their thoughts and using
them as sounding boards allows me to see things about the story or characters
that I didn't initially see while writing.
Kate: I don’t really do any in depth
research. When I’m not clear about something while I’m writing, I Google it,
but that’s the most I do. I stick to the facts within the world of the story. I
find that too much research for me kills my world building.
Kate: Horror. I’m easily scared. Which
also means I can scare myself. So…writing horror is definitely out of the
picture. I can put together scary scenes, but an entire scary book? *shivers*
Here's where you can find Kate:
Author Website: www.kateevangelista.com
Twitter: @KateEvangelista
Find Taste on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13484226-taste
Crescent Moon Press page for Taste: http://crescentmoonpress.com/books/Taste.html
Purchase Links:
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/taste-kate-evangelista/1110599907?ean=9781937254551
Amazon:
Reaping Me Softly: http://www.amazon.com/Reaping-Me-Softly-ebook/dp/B009YHPQFE/
Taste Blurb:
At Barinkoff
Academy, there’s only one rule: no students on campus after curfew. Phoenix
McKay soon finds out why when she is left behind at sunset. A group calling themselves
night students threaten to taste her flesh until she is saved by a mysterious,
alluring boy. With his pale skin, dark eyes, and mesmerizing voice, Demitri is
both irresistible and impenetrable. He warns her to stay away from his
dangerous world of flesh eaters. Unfortunately, the gorgeous and playful Luka
has other plans.When Phoenix is caught between her physical and her emotional attraction, she becomes the keeper of a deadly secret that will rock the foundations of an ancient civilization living beneath Barinkoff Academy. Phoenix doesn’t realize until it is too late that the closer she gets to both Demitri and Luka the more she is plunging them all into a centuries old feud.
Reaping Me Softly Blurb:
Ever since a near-death-experience on the operating table,
seventeen-year-old Arianne Wilson can see dead people. Just as she’s learned to
accept her new-found talents, she discovers that the boy she’s had a crush on
since freshman year, Niko Clark, is a Reaper.
At last they have something in common, but that doesn’t mean life is getting any easier. All while facing merciless bullying from the most powerful girl in school, Arianne’s world is turned upside down after Niko accidentally reaps the soul of someone she loves. This sends them both into a spiral that threatens to end Arianne’s life. But will Niko break his own Reaper’s code to save her? And what would the consequences be if he did?
At last they have something in common, but that doesn’t mean life is getting any easier. All while facing merciless bullying from the most powerful girl in school, Arianne’s world is turned upside down after Niko accidentally reaps the soul of someone she loves. This sends them both into a spiral that threatens to end Arianne’s life. But will Niko break his own Reaper’s code to save her? And what would the consequences be if he did?
Find Reaping Me Softly on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15988916-reaping-me-softly
Buy Links
B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/reaping-me-softly-kate-evangelista/1113005064?ean=9781623429119
Omnific Publishing: http://omnificpublishing.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=33&products_id=92&zenid=b87e79520a7f69d51a72c103e99ea2b6
To find the rest of Kate's interview, don't forget to check out the other members of the Blog Ring of Power
Part 1 @ Terri Bruce – http://www.terribruce.net on Wednesday, March 20th
Part 2 @ T.W. Fendley - http://twfendley.com/ on Thursday, March 21st
Part 3 @Emily LaBonte - http://emlabonte.blogspot.com/ Friday, March 22nd
Part 4 @ Sandra Ulbrich Almazon - http://ulbrichalmazan.blogspot.com/ Monday, March 25
Part 5 @ Dean C. Rich - http://deanswritingtime.blogspot.com/ Tuesday, March 26
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