{"id":780,"date":"2013-11-24T15:32:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T15:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynnenorth.co.uk\/blog\/?p=780"},"modified":"2013-11-24T15:32:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T15:32:52","slug":"author-interview-denna-holm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lynnenorth.co.uk\/blog\/author-interview-denna-holm\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Interview – Denna Holm"},"content":{"rendered":"

1.\tDo you write books as a career, or are you currently still juggling your author time with a full or part time job? <\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve spent most of my life training and showing horses in Dressage. An injury forced me to retire about eight years ago and I needed something to help keep me busy. That\u2019s when I took up writing on a full time basis and I\u2019ve been going strong with it ever since. I consider myself lucky to be able to spend all my free time writing. I feel for those who are forced to juggle an outside job. Writing is a full time project in itself.<\/p>\n

2.\tHave you always wanted to be an author, or did some time or event in your life set you on the path?<\/strong>
\nI would have to say I was born with a need to write. I remember writing my first science fiction short story while in the sixth grade. In the seventh grade I wrote my first novel, a story about a wild mustang. Though neither story was ever published I enjoyed the creative side of putting a story together. It wasn\u2019t until my last injury with horses that I set out to learn how to do it right, taking an over the mail creative writing course with Stratford Career Institute. Once I finished with this, Stratford offered another course on learning to write a novel. Meredith Baxter, the editor who worked with me, was fantastic about keeping her criticism balanced with praise. I\u2019m not sure I would\u2019ve ever found the courage to take my writing to the next level and begin to query publishers without her excellent feedback.<\/p>\n

3.\tDo you always write in the same genre, or do you sometimes like a change of theme? If you haven\u2019t already, is there another genre you would like to write?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m most comfortable writing paranormal and science fiction romance. I\u2019ve tried a couple of times to write in what I would consider more mainstream genres, but my heart just wasn\u2019t in the stories. I couldn\u2019t seem to get past the first couple of chapters. But I\u2019ve always been a hopeless romantic so this is probably why I prefer to write in this genre. If the right story came to mind, I might try my hand at writing horror. I\u2019ve always been a big fan of Stephen King.<\/p>\n

4.\tAs a writer, what is the best thing that has happened to you, and what is that most exciting thing that could happen to you?<\/strong>
\nThe best thing that ever happened to me was getting positive feedback from my very first beta readers for Soul of a Warrior. A big piece of my heart and soul went into that first novel and I was terrified about what another person might think about it. It didn\u2019t matter that my first readers were family and friends. I still worried they wouldn\u2019t like it. The most exciting thing that could happen now would be to learn the general public enjoyed it as much as my family.<\/p>\n

5.\tHow do you view the promotion, book signings etc. Is it something you enjoy, or do you prefer the writing stage?<\/strong>
\nMy novel was just released on October 30, 2013 so I haven\u2019t had much time to get serious about promotion. I\u2019m lucky to have many author friends with experience in this department and I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be leaning heavily on them to help point me in the right direction. I\u2019m a little nervous about the idea of book signings and public speaking, but I\u2019m sure it will be like everything new that works to knock me out of my comfort zone. In time I\u2019ll learn it\u2019s not so scary. Though I think interacting with future fans will be a blast, I don\u2019t know as it\u2019ll ever beat my first love of creating the story.<\/p>\n

6.\tCould you tell us something about your published books, and let us know what they are about?<\/strong>
\nMy debut novel \u201cSoul of a Warrior\u201d is a science fiction romance. It follows Kimi Wicker as she and her two best friends are kidnapped and taken to a hostile new world. When they are abandoned in this strange land, Kimi and her friends must learn to rely on each other in order to survive. It is a story about learning to find and use the hidden strengths that live inside us all. We are all capable of doing so much more than we tend to give ourselves credit for. If someone is lacking in confidence and self-respect, it tends to make it difficult for others to feel the same respect. Before true love can be given to another person, it must first be found inside oneself. My prayer is for everyone to find both.<\/p>\n

Thanks for your great answers, Denna. Best of luck with your book. I thoroughly enjoyed proofreading for you as the tale progressed!<\/p>\n

\u201cSoul of a Warrior\u201d is available on all good online Book Distribution sites including Amazon.<\/p>\n

Click here to buy from Amazon UK!<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click here to buy from Amazon USA!<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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