Iain Kelly

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Author Interview: Iain Kelly

I gave an interview recently to fellow blogger and author Laurie Bell on her blog Rambles, Writing and Amusing Musings, talking about writing, reading and my State Trilogy books. Give it a read!

Rambles, writing and amusing musings

Welcome to another episode of Author Interviews… I have a great one today. Please welcome Iain Kelly, author of The State series.

The footpath I am walking along is awfully clean and awfully quiet. In fact, I don’t see anyone around at all. Large buildings tower over me, giant blocky shapes like a long white Lego wall. They make housing units out of modules these days. It’s a sign of what is to come. Buzzing sounds in the distance and in seconds a drone is hovering over me. I keep my head down, eyes pinned to the pavement. Don’t look, don’t draw attention to yourself. The drone zooms off and I can breathe easier.

“Psst!”

I look into the shadows of a nearby alley. Oh, there is my contact.

Hi Iain… thank you so much for agreeing to participate in my latest Author Interview. Welcome! First up, tell us a…

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Iain Kelly

13/07/2020

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10 responses to “Author Interview: Iain Kelly”

HappySoul

July 13, 2020 at 8:29 am

Wonderful ! Should catch up with your books . Poirot stories , famous five I used to read a lot too ! 😊

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1. Iain Kelly
  
  July 13, 2020 at 9:14 am
  
  Thank you, do check out my books if you get the chance! 🙂
  
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  1. HappySoul
    
    July 13, 2020 at 10:06 am
    
    Sure 👍
    
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CARAMEL

July 13, 2020 at 11:08 am

I loved your interview…
Alexandre Dumas is my top pick – Three Musketeers and The Count Of Monte Cristo.
It’s so interesting to know you drew on your personal experiences (you mentioned your twins and one of your children having diabetes) in your writing. I found that when I started to draw on the challenges I had experienced, they changed my writing.

Your advice that writers ought to write for the enjoyment, the fulfillment is so important. Some of my friends have told me they want to write a novel, that they have a story to tell, but I don;t think they comprehend that money cannot be a motivation. The reality is after all the effort, if a writer is motivated by wanting to make money, the response may be demoralising. But writing as an outlet for a vivid imagination, a mind and heart full of concepts, questions, emotions and passion is a very different matter.

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1. Iain Kelly
  
  July 13, 2020 at 12:03 pm
  
  Thanks for reading! It would be nice if there was some more money, but in reality not many writers ever make that much. I do like that there are people all over the world that are reading my stories, even just a few makes it worthwhile.
  
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Eugenia Parrish Author

July 13, 2020 at 5:38 pm

Good questions, great answers! Maybe I’ll try that impulse thing, But I get scared when I can’t see down the road at least a little bit.

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1. Iain Kelly
  
  July 13, 2020 at 10:19 pm
  
  I think it depends how much you like rewriting and editing, I enjoy that as much as writing the first draft, so I’m happy to just plough ahead knowing I can fix anything that doesn’t make sense later on. Thanks for reading Eugenia 🙂
  
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  1. Eugenia Parrish Author
    
    July 14, 2020 at 11:38 am
    
    I love revision, maybe too much. I find it hard to not stop and polish after each page. Which is why I’ve always had a road map to keep me on track. I’m afraid without one, I would end up with a thousand pages and no real story 😄
    
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magickmermaid

July 13, 2020 at 10:03 pm

Congratulations, Iain! Great interview!

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1. Iain Kelly
  
  July 13, 2020 at 10:18 pm
  
  Thanks for reading 🙂
  
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