K.D. Rose is a poet and
author who currently has published "Heavy Bags of Soul", "Inside
Sorrow", “I AM”, “Erasing: Shadows”, "Anger's Children: Three Shorts
That Will Blow Your Mind", "A Taste for Mystery: Two Novellas"
and "The Brevity of Twit".
Her poetry has been
published in Candlelit Journal, the Voices Project, and showcased in the Tophat
Raven Art and Literary Magazine. K.D.’s book, Inside Sorrow won the Readers
Favorite 2013 international Silver Medal for Poetry.
K.D. has an eclectic mind
and loves language, physics, philosophy, photography, design, art, writing,
symbolism, semiotics, spirituality, and Dr. Who. KD Rose is an avid supporter
of music, the arts, cutting edge science, technology, and creativity in all
forms.
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Angers Children: Three Shorts That Will Blow Your Mind
Blurb
Dangerous. Risqué. A catch. There's always a catch.
Three tales that will blow your mind.
Excerpt
From
Under The Shadow of Wings
She had come to
collect. All the places she had been before. All the places she had died. They had died. She could hear them all now. All her dead relatives. She
came back to collect what was hers. What was theirs. She came back to kick some ass. She had already won. She had
just come back to collect.
Playing the fate
cards so fast, she caused pieces of past and future to fly by, appearing and
disappearing. The onlookers—family—in her head were dizzy and not quite sure
where to step.
While all of
this was going on in her head, she sat in the bar of an airport, waiting for
the red-eye. Her drink was Chardonnay. Next to her was a man dressed to be
noticed. She guessed that with slicked-back hair and a model’s face, he was
probably doing his best to feign nonchalance. He has those big, brown eyes—the ones that look at you and implore. Or
seduce. Which one is he? Inside she heard her dead relatives bickering. Is he going to be the one?
They each had
food and were waiting for their tab.
He finally
looked at her and spoke. "I hate being held hostage by bad waiters, don’t
you?" He smiled, white teeth gleaming.
She looked him
over. His ticket stuck out from his jacket pocket. He would be on the same
plane as her.
"Unless
they’re very bad," she said with
a smirk.
His red face
showed that he was unprepared for her forwardness, but instead of backing down,
he struck. He seemed to have recovered his confidence. "There’s no time
lonelier than the night, baby," he said, looking at her like fresh meat.
She hadn't controlled her body well enough. She knew her pupils had dilated at
him and bet he noticed it too. He was that kind of guy.
She could hear
her dead relatives. My tongue is in your
ear washing grime, endless grime, off our face and hands. And the insects crawl
around for their share of dead skin flakes.
Kat smiled but
paid the tab she had finally been given and got up. Walking over to the
elevator, she hit the down button and didn’t look back.
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Questions for Authors
Is there a message in your novel that you want
readers to grasp?
With this book I take the
readers way out on a limb so I wanted them to just let go of boundaries and remain
open to anything happening.
Was there an Author who inspired you to write?
Madeline
L'Engel was a big one. I still have her "Wrinkle in Time" series in
my home to this day.
I've been
an avid reader since I was a child so I would those authors of my first books
as a child played a big role in my regard for writing. Later I grew attached to
Science Fiction and still love the giants in that genre.
How did you
come up with the characters in your books?
Some create themselves as
I start writing, they really start coming together, telling me their quirks and
psychology. Most I start with a general idea but they all develop more as I
write. I'm a pantser if you can't tell. ; )
What are your current projects?
I'm going to bury myself
in a hole soon and write either humor, essays or a very literary book. I don't
know which yet. But that won't be probably for six more months.
Do you see writing as a career?
No. Writing is a lover.
The one you cannot live without.
Do you ever picture yourself and one of your
heroines? If so, which one?
Not really. The characters
have their own personalities.
Do you have a favorite heroine/hero from one of
your books? If so, who?
I love the female
protagonist in The Dark Man, from Anger's Children. I'd like to expand on those
characters actually and write a book around them and the world I set up for
them.
What kind of research do you do for your books?
Specific things when I
need to, like types of hammers, types of poisons and how they work for my
mystery for example.
What is the hardest part of writing your book?
Starting it.
Procrastination is deadly. Once you're in the zone it's so much easier.
If you could say
anything to your readers what would it be?
Leave reviews! (All authors would say this LOL)
What is your favorite
Genre and why?
I like books that defy genre. Books that take a risk and
break the mold.
Do you prefer to
write alone or do you like to collaborate with other authors?
I'd love to collaborate but it would probably be difficult.
Right now I am writing an interactive adventure novel though so that's pretty
cool collaboration. The readers get to vote at the end of every chapter on what
happens and then I have to write based on their choices. That book is called
Kill Chain and can be found here: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/634402
Do you ever get
writer’s block? If so, how do you get through it?
Music inspires me. Art inspires me. But most of all reading
inspires me. I read great things and get passionate about writing again.
When you are reading
a book, who is your favorite author?
Harlan Ellison remains my favorite author. He is one of the
greats from my younger days reading Sci fi.
Do you come up with the cover or
does someone else do it?
I've
come up with the majority of my covers but I enlist help from designers too. I
love to choose pictures. I do have one book where an artist did the cover
completely without any involvement from me.
If you could change
anything in your writing what would that be?
Bad habits. All writers have them. It would be nice to wave
a wand and get rid of mine. Crutch words, passive writing, filter words. Those
are the worst.
What book if any
would you want to be made into a movie?
Erasing: Shadows is the one best suited but I would choose
the story The Dark Man from Anger's Children if it were my decision.
Who would you want to
play the hero/heroine?
Current heartthrobs! LOL
Everyone uses
computers, tablets, phones and no one uses handwritten form or typewriters,
what do you prefer to use?
I'm still stuck on my PC.
I have a custom built office (courtesy of my husband who built it) so I
am deskbound by choice. I don't find anything else easy to type on anyway and
speed is of the essence when the ideas are flowing.
Is there a ritual you
do before you begin your book?
I usually have a cover picture that I use to inspire me for
the writing whether it ends up being the actual cover or not. Like I said I
love pictures and choosing cover pictures that grab the essence of the book.
What do you do when
you finish your book and turn it in to the editor?
Pray!
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