Throughout our lives, our past experiences will come back, not once but many times, in different forms. We might simply relive the memories of what has happened to us or we might recreate the same scenario, either positive or negative. To which extend is our past going to influence our […]
If your book was made into a film, who would you like to play the lead? That’s tough. There’s honestly nobody out there that really and truly fits the characters in YOUR MOVE. I have some pictures I found online that are them to a T, but I have no […]
Can you, for those who don’t know you already, tell something about yourself and how you became an author? I am Danielle Ackley-McPhail and by lineage, I am a pirate princess… Oh, you meant the writing. Life-long voracious reader, it was only natural that I began to tell my own […]
What inspired you to write this book? This may sound petty, but in all honesty, a lingering sense of disappointment over some of my favorite movies and TV series. I used to love the Star Wars prequels as a kid (to a somewhat unhealthy degree—I once had a Jedi braid […]
Do the characters all come to you at the same time or do some of them come to you as you write? I craft my main characters first, even if it’s just a name and a gender and knowing what role or trope they fill in the story. I need […]
Does the Hudson River Series have any parallels that could be drawn from your life? Most of the Hudson River series takes place in the towns of New Jersey that are right across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Forever and One Day (book 1) takes place in both New Jersey […]
What inspired you to write this book? Several factors inspired this novel: The otherworldly beings in Bayou’s Lament had already made an appearance in one of my many short stories featuring mother/daughter relationships. They say write what you know. I have seven daughters so I might know a bit about […]
What literary pilgrimages have you gone on? While I’ve never specifically set out on a literary pilgrimage per se…as in intentionally visiting a place which is a book setting or traveling the paths of a writer or character’s journey. I have done things which inspire me. I love conventions and […]
Do your characters seem to hijack the story or do you feel like you have the reigns of the story? I am definitely a pantser, meaning that I don’t plan my novels. They simply emerge. When I start telling the story of one of my Littles, I have no idea […]
Do the characters all come to you at the same time or do some of them come to you as you write? A little of both. I find I usually come up with the main heroine and alpha male protagonist pretty much together or, I will think of a female […]
