Kobo Writing Life Podcast #86 - Writing Stand Alone Novels in a Series with Catherine Coulter
Jun 28, 2017
30:41
Episode 86 features an interview with international bestselling author Catherine Coulter, about one of her most recent titles, Insidious.
In the interview, Mark and Catherine talk about:
- The question Catherine’s sister asked her at a family reunion back in the 1990’s that inspired the her first romantic suspense novel, The Cove (which became the first book in her FBI series)
- The devious nature involved by the author when writing in a series where each book can be read and enjoyed as a stand alone novel
- The reason why, when most books in the series are set about 2 weeks apart from one another, there’s a 5-year time-lag between Books 2 and Books 3 in the series
- The benefits of moving between writing different types of genres as really great exercises for the brain
- The cross-over in Catherine’s fan base who read both Historical Romance and Romantic Suspense
- As a self-confessed “pantser” the fact that about 98% of Catherine’s writing is discovery and the backward-building that she does in the re-writing
- How her husband is her first editor
- Catherine’s preference for writing dialogue over setting descriptions (as well as her penchant for humor)
- How it is a wonderful time to be a writer and Catherine’s favorite advice for beginning writers
After the interview, Mark gives a bit of an update on Kobo Plus
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