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As I mentioned in an earlier post, the purpose of October’s Horrific Reads Contest was not only to review and feature some great reads in the Horror genre but also to provide one author with an opportunity to showcase his or her talent with an interview here at Sable Lit Reviews.

Still haunted by that psych-vamp the winner was Barbara Karmazin’s Night Moves. This post starts a series of in of which includes questions I posed to her as the winner of that contest.  Enjoy and I hope you pick up a copy of Night Moves for yourself.

LMReviews: For those of who may not have been exposed to your work before, tell us how you came to writing novels?

BK: I was very upset when the Beauty & The Beast TV show got canceled
and what started out as a simple letter of protest turned into a 400 page manuscript that took me three years to write. I read tons of books, spent many long hours researching the episodes, the streets, buildings, aqueducts, subways, Central Park, and the Metropolitan Opera of NY city.

 

Whenever I wrote a scene that took place in one of the buildings of New York, I researched that building and street beforehand so I could give a reasonably accurate background description.  By writing that manuscript I proved to myself that I had the determination, ability and patience to write a complex, full-length novel. The amazing part of this was I wrote this novel on a typewriter and spend many tedious hours retyping entire chapters each time I had to insert new information.  Inserted one paragraph meant I had to retype 20 pages because inserting that one paragraph reformatted the entire chapter.

I bought my first computer after I wrote that first novel and immediately appreciated the ease of proofreading, correcting misspelled words and inserting new material while using a word processor program instead of a typewriter. LOL

 

LMReviews: Wow, that shows tremendous dedication and no doubt speaks to the depth of your scenory details which hooked me in Night Moves.

What is your professional background?

BK: I graduated from Penn State University with a BA in Social and a minor in Spanish. After that I worked for 29 & 1/2 years as a bilingual social worker.

LMReviews: Your link to Social work gives you a keen ability to read people and understand different cultures. Knowing that social workers often see people at their worst and/or at their weakest, how do you manage to create a realistic balance of believable traits for your characters?

BK: I start out with the simple fact that each character is a human being or an extraterrestrial alien and build up from that basic template.

LMReviews: Your plots are very unique, how do you build universes, dangerous conflicts, and unique villains all while holding true to the variety of cultures you incorporate in your stories?

BK: Research is the key for me to create unique and believable cultures. Plus, I incorporate cultural knowledge I’ve learned during my 29 and a half years as a bilingual social worker into the characters I create.OK folks, be sure to come back tomorrow as I delve deeper into Barbara’s writing techniques and talents. You won’t want to miss it, I promise.  Check out Night Moves and her other releases at www.loose-id.com or by clicking the book cover above.

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