Thanks to
Rayne Hall for inviting me to
participate in The Next Big Thing. This week, I'm swapping with Tracie McBride, a fellow Ten Tales author.
Welcome, Tracie!
I must confess, I’ve done this before, but
with a focus on a different WIP, and on my own blog. Speaking of which, thanks
also for kindly offering to host me on your blog. I look
forward to returning the favour.
What is the working title of your
next story?
In my
“Under Construction” file, it’s called “Into Darkness”. I promise to come up
with something more interesting for the final version.
Where did the idea for the story come
from?
The
inspiration for this story came from the Maori myth of Hine-nui-te-po, the
Maori goddess of night and death.
What genre does your story fall
under?
Dark urban
fantasy shading into horror. Or perhaps
it’s the other way around.
Which actors would you choose to play
your characters in a movie rendition?
Johnny Depp
for The Husband (‘cos, you know, he’s Johnny Depp). It would probably be someone relatively
unknown for The Wife. I’m thinking a young and innocent Morticia Addams.
What is the one-sentence synopsis of
the story?
Love, sex
and death; that’s all there is, all there was, all there ever will be. (OK, I
know, that’s not so much a synopsis as an oblique teaser.)
Will your story be self-published or
represented by an agency?
This story
has been solicited by Crystal Lake Publishing for inclusion in their debut
anthology, “For the Night is Dark.”
http://www.crystallakepub.com/
How long did it take you to write the
first draft of your masterpiece?
Still
working on it. Impossible for me to say what the actual time spent on it will
be. Some stories take a day, some a week, some a month, or some, like this one,
might percolate for half a year.
What other stories would you compare
this story to within your genre?
I’ll tell
you when I’m finished it! ;-)
What else about your story might
pique the reader's interest?
It’s going
to be in fine company in “For the Night is Dark”, alongside stories by fellow
Australian authors G.N. Braun and Daniel I. Russell, respected British authors
Gary McMahon and William Meikle, king of bizarro Jeremy C. Shipp, and a whole
heap of other great horror writers.
Who’s next to answer to be
interviewed?
It would
only make sense if I invited the aforementioned authors –
G.N. Braun
Daniel I.
Russell
Gary
McMahon
William
Meikle
Jeremy C.
Shipp
And a bonus
invitee, Joe Myrnhardt, who is the head honcho at Crystal Lake.
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Tracie
McBride is a New Zealander who lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband
and three children. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in over 80
print and electronic publications, including Horror Library Vols 4 and 5,
Dead Red Heart, Phobophobia and Horror for
Good. Her debut collection Ghosts Can
Bleed contains much of the work that earned her a Sir Julius Vogel Award in
2008. She helps to wrangle slush for Dark Moon Digest and is the vice
president of Dark Continents Publishing. She welcomes visitors to her
blog at http://traciemcbridewriter.wordpress.com/
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