Hello everyone, this is an interview time and today Clare de Lune is with us...
1.
When did you first realize you wanted
to be a writer?
Ans. => I came to the realization early on, around age 7 or 8. I had
my first short story published at age 11, and that sealed the deal for me. I
started reading early, around age 2 or 3, and my mom was really obsessed with
these John D. MacDonald books. She’d read them aloud to me, along with parts of
Stephen King books because I’d annoy her with questions about what she was
reading. It wasn’t long before Istarted sneaking into her room and reading them
for myself.
2.
How long did it take you to write
this book?
Ans. =>Since Five Little Deaths
is a collection of short stories, it’s hard to say. I wrote the first one back
in 2006 and never got around to sending it out to any zines, so that’s what
inspired the collection. I had these short stories sitting around, so I
combined them into a collection and self-published it.
3.
What is your work schedule like when
you're writing?
Ans. => I have a full time job as a librarian during the day. In the
mornings, though, I scribble in a journal—just some general thoughts, or if I’m
lucky, a few lines of fiction. I come home from work, go to the gym and cook dinner,
then write in the evenings. I aim for at least 1,000 words a day, but I’m
looking for ways to bump up my word count. I usually write every single day.
4.
What
brought you to write this book?
Ans. => I decided I wanted to put myself out there as an erotic
horror writer, so I gathered up a collection of some of my favorite stories
that I just kept to myself for a long time. I mostly just wrote erotica as a
ghostwriter and under several other pen names, but I’ve always been a rabid
horror fan.Horror, especially when it’s combined with an element of eroticism,
is especially fascinating to me because fear and lust are often things we avoid
talking about.
How did you become a published author? Any inspiration?
Ans. => I’d say I’ve been writing seriously since I was a teen, but I
was always shy about sending it out into the world—I’m a pretty shy person in
general, but what inspired me was meeting an already established horror writer
who pushed me to start sending out my stuff. I had my first horror short story,
“Annabelle and I”, published in The
Horror Library way back in 2006. I quit my job in 2009 to become a
full-time writer, which included lots of erotica.
5.
Where do you get your information or
ideas for your books?
Ans. =>By observing people and imagining what they’d do. I find
myself constantly analyzing everyone’s idiosyncrosies and making conclusions
about what kind of person they’d be. I also tend to be a sounding board for a
lot of people, it seems—I get approached by strangers fairly often, and they
always seem to want to tell me their life stories.
6.
When did you write your first book
and how old were you?
Ans. =>I’d say Five Little
Deaths counts as my first book under my real identity, but I wrote a few
erotica collections under a pen name when I was in my late twenties. I just
finished a novel titled What Lies Within,
and readers can get an idea of what it’s all about if they pick up a copy of Five Little Deaths—there’s a short story
in there that gives an introduction to two serial killers, Sophia and Paul. What Lies Within will soon be published
by Caliburn Press.
7.
What do you like to do when you're
not writing?
Ans. =>I read voraciously. I also paint a little and love to play
pool, go to the gym, and be out in nature.
8.
How many books have you written?
Which is your favourite?
Ans. =>Besides Five Little
Deaths, I’ve written a novella, Second
Skin, and a full-length book, What
Lies Within. I really liked Second
Skin, a story about a model who goes down the wrong path, because it was
hard to write. I wanted to make the main character a bit transparent and
two-dimensional on purpose, which was a challenge. I think I pulled it off and
it works well within the story.
9.
What's next for you? What are you working on now?
Ans. =>I’m working on a book about crow shapeshifters and an immortal
human who can talk to the Grim Reaper. It’s called Black Feathers Falling and so far, I’ve really enjoyed writing it.
