Author Interview with Amy K. McClung
Name: Amy K McClung
What first inspired
you to write? My husband. Back in 2011, I lost a job I’d been at for over
eleven years. Though I had gotten another job in less than a week, I was out of
work for three weeks going a little stir crazy. While on the phone with my
husband one day I was talking about a show I’d been watching and how I’d have
written the plot differently. He suggested I write a story of my own to take my
mind of things. So I started working on a paranormal piece about a girl named
Parker Harris that eventually became a 250 page book. From that moment on I
realized writing was a great way to escape reality and relieve stress.
How do you come up
with the ideas for your stories? Different places. My idea for The Parker
Harris Series came from a tv show I’d been watching about vampires, even though
Parker is a werewolf, it inspired my first book. I have a YA Contemporary Romance, Promises in
Stone, which was inspired by a Taylor
Swift song. Originally it was written as a piece for an anthology that fell
through and I turned it into a longer book from there. As for my Southern
Devotion Series, those books were inspired by my friends. Many of the
characters were modeled after some of my closest friends. Across the Way was
inspired by a song by Taylor Hicks called Places I’ve Been. I joke that apparently
singers named Taylor inspire me to write! Music, and just life in general,
inspire my ideas.
What question do you
hate the most about being a writer? I can’t really think of one. No one’s ever
asked me anything that made me cringe.
Are you indie or
traditionally published? Both. My YA
books are all self-published. My Adult books are all published with Hot Tree
Publishing now. Originally two of my books, For the Love of Gracie & Curves
in the Road were self published before they were taken on by Hot Tree.
Have you ever tried
the other style of publishing? Currently I do both self-pub and traditional. My
YA novels will all stay self-published. I have found pluses with both sides of
the business.
What are you working
on now? Several things. For my self-published books, I am working on a YA
Fantasy novel. It’s the next installment of my Crispin Sinclair Chronicles.
Book 1 is The Shimmering Pool, this one will be The Glowing Sphere. Also, I am
working on Book 4 of my NA Contemporary Romance series, The Southern Devotion
Series. And I am working on a companion story for my Adult Contemporary
Romance, Across the Way.
What is your most
recent/upcoming release? My most recent release was Curves in the Road, Book 2
in The Southern Devotion Series. It’s a story about second chances, a single
dad looking for love, and making sacrifices for friends.
Links to stalk you
online:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AmyKMcclung
Blog:
amykmcclung.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmythaMcclung
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amykmcclung/
Readers FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/McClungsminions/
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