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Meet South African author, Rachel Morgan... www.rachel-morgan.com 1. Have you always wanted to be a writer?
3. Top three books? Hard one, I know!
I always planned to write something, but I didn't plan for 'writer' to be my job title. I thought writing books was something one did in one's spare time or when retired! But while doing my masters in Biochemistry, I started to realise that scientific research wasn't for me and that I wanted to write and be published NOW, not in the distant future!
Nope. This is not a valid question. (Ha ha!) Can I go with series instead of books? Harry Potter, Throne of Glass, His Dark Materials ... (I also need to fit The Mortal Instruments and several others in there somewhere!)
2. Tell us about your first novel. My first book I completed was an other-world YA fantasy where magic and angels and demons (spelled deemons because ... why not?!) exist. A girl wakes up in the middle of nowhere with no memory of who she is or how she got there, aaaaand ... lots of stuff happens after that! Only one other person has read that book so far. I haven't been back to it since finishing it and moving on to Creepy Hollow!
4. Are you self or traditionally published? What advice do you have for others? My books are all self-published. My advice for others is to figure out exactly what your publishing goals are, and that will determine which publishing path you pursue. If you just want to WRITE and are willing to put up with doing a bit of self-promotion and marketing (because I think pretty much every author is expected to do that these days), then getting a traditional publishing deal might be right for you. If you’re interested in being in control of all other aspects of your writing career (the cover design, the pricing, the promotional strategies, the publishing schedule,
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