Author Interview: Kate Seger

1) What inspired you to write?

This question is always hard for me because it’s just something I’ve always wanted to do. When I was a little kid, my mother would have to physically remove my notebooks from my hands at the dinner table and hide them when I went to bed. Otherwise, I would spend all night writing when I should have been sleeping. It sounds cheesy to say, “I was just born needing to write,” but it’s the truth. When I don’t write, my mental health suffers for it. For me, it’s a need.


2) Are you a reader? What are some of your favorites?

Voracious reader! Laini Taylor’s Gods and Monsters series goes down as my #1, hands down, with Sarah J. Maas’ A Court of Thorns and Roses series not far behind. I also love Holly Black, Kendare Blake, George RR Martin (although I also hate him because I have been waiting to learn what happens in Game of Thrones since I was 15 years old). Stephen King’s Dark Tower series and The Stand, Gone with the Wind… We could be here all day, so I’ll stop there.

3) What is your newest work, and what is going to happen in the future?

My most recently published book is Tria Ellinka. It’s a stand-alone of three Greek Mythology retellings (Echo and Narcisuss, Scylla, and Psyche and Eros) told from female perspectives. I’m currently working on the third and final book in my YA Fantasy Ethereal Realms Trilogy. And, yes, I did write Tria Ellinka to procrastinate writing the end to my series!

4) Do you have advice or tips for Indie Authors?

Find your process and stick with it. I was a Creative College major in college, and for many years I struggled with trying to write the “right” way. Elaborate plotting, outlines that would always go off track within the first five thousand words, notebooks full of world-building. I learned over time that while all that prep work is great for some, it really stifles me creatively, and I’m much happier with my work if I just go with the flow and let my characters decide what story I’m going to tell. So, try different processes, and when you find one that works, stick with it. There is no “right” or “wrong” process.


5) What influenced you as a writer?

Other books in my genre. One of the first “adult” books I ever read was The Dark Tower by Stephen King, which I stole from my dad’s bookshelf when I was ten. From there, it went on to the other books I listed above and many, many more. My love of reading fantasy inspired me to write fantasy.

Social Media Links
Amazon author link https://www.amazon.com/Kate-Seger/e/B084Q2ZV9M
Goodreads author link https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20011243.Kate_Seger
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