YAEL EYTAN
- GUEST AUTHOR -
G'day folks,
Today, I interview an up and coming author from Australia.
Welcome, Yael ...
1.
TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT
YOURSELF AND YOUR WRITING JOURNEY.
I have always written. Ever since I remember I have had an
overactive imagination. Often it ended up as a wild game that continued on for
months with my siblings. We would go on endless adventures. And the rest of the
time it would end up in notes and note bokes, on random pieces of papers and
sometimes on skin. Ideas fleeting sentences, thoughts. I still do this. I
collect words and sentences and every now and then a few come together to
create the perfect sentence or idea.
2.
WHAT TYPE OF PREPARATION DO YOU DO FOR A
MANUSCRIPT? DO YOU PLAN EVERYTHING FIRST OR JUST SHOOT FROM THE HIP?
I sit and I write and hope the words
come. I have a pretty good idea where the story is going and how it will get
there when I get started. Sometimes when I finish it resembles this first idea
and other times it’s its own creation.
3.
WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST
ABOUT BEING A WRITER?
That moment when a spark of inspiration ignites and you know
you’re on to something and your fingers start to itch and all the conversation
around you starts to dim and all you want is a way to get words on paper and
let the ideas spring to life.
4.
WHAT IS THE HARDEST
THING ABOUT BEING A WRITER?
Editing. Arduous and endless. Going back over a single
sentence hundreds of times questioning each word, syllable, punctuation mark.
5.
WHAT WERE YOU IN A
PAST LIFE, BEFORE YOU BECAME A WRITER?
I have worn many hats over the years. I have worked as a
chef, a restaurant manager, a massage therapist, a PT and fitness instructor
and I have owned online businesses.
6.
WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST
WRITING ACHIEVEMENT?
Having my debut novel
picked up and published, but more so, loved.
7.
WHAT ARE YOU WORKING
ON AT THE MOMENT?
I am currently working on three different projects each
with their own themes. Two are dystopian and question the value of family,
nature vs nurture and sex vs love. While the other is a thriller that discusses
the idea of happiness, and how it is perceived by different people.
8.
WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
Everything. Conversations, music, nature, my own feeling
and moods.
9.
WHAT GENRE DO YOU
WRITE?
Speculative fiction disguised as romance and lately
thrillers.
10.
DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS
FOR NEW WRITERS?
Just sit down and write. Finish that first draft, don’t
worry about editing as you go or perfection, just finish first. Make sure you
celebrate that first finish, and all the ones that follow, because each of your
pieces is just as important, as valuable and as taxing as the one before.
11.
DO YOU SUFFER FROM
WRITER’S BLOCK?
Yes, I do. I find that when I give myself deadlines or
overload my plate, I just can’t seem to construct sentences.
12.
DO YOU HAVE A
PREFERRED WRITING SCHEDULE?
I wish I could write in daylight hours, but with kids at
home, I tend to wait until the household is asleep and write at night. I try to
write at least an hour every day and I don’t guilt myself into writing or force
it if I don’t feel like it. Sometimes inspiration strikes when I least expect
it and then I use dictation to remember ideas which I then write about at
night.
13.
DO YOU HAVE A
FAVOURITE WRITING PLACE?
I write at my desk at home. I enjoy the peace.
14.
WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST
JOY IN WRITING?
When you manage to
translate the jumble of ideas floating into your head into coherent sentences
that make complete sense and are eloquent and well written.
15.
WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE
AUTHOR AND WHY?
Alexander Dumas. He is
an incredible story teller. His stories are intricate and brilliant.
16.
WRITERS ARE SOMETIMES
INFLUENCED BY THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THEIR OWN LIVES. ARE YOU?
Always. My moods, emotions, my friends, random
conversations, the country I find myself in, current affairs…. It all plays a
part.
17.
OTHER THAN WRITING,
WHAT ELSE DO YOU LOVE?
Reading, swimming, hiking, traveling.
18.
DID YOU HAVE YOUR BOOK
/ BOOKS PROFESSIONALLY EDITED BEFORE PUBLICATION?
Yes. Personally, I
think it’s a must.
19.
DESCRIBE YOUR PERFECT
DAY.
Wake up late. Have a hot
uninterrupted coffee and a long hotter shower. Sit on the beach, where only a
light breeze cools the air, the water temperature is in the mid-twenties so
swimming is enjoyable. A few cocktails while I read uninterrupted. Dinner with
the family and some dancing and drinks with friends. Return to the seashore
where I can watch the sunrise and go to bed where I wake up late…
20.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS
FOR THE FUTURE?
I’d like to keep
writing and learn a few more creative skills.
21.
WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON BOOK TRAILERS? DO THEY SELL
BOOKS?
I’m not
entirely sure. They probably do. Maybe they are suited for a younger
generation, but personally, I read the blurb.
22.
DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN
ANY OF YOUR CHARACTERS?
Most definitely, there are parts of me in some of my
characters. Some more than others.
23.
DID YOU EVER THINK OF
QUITTING?
No. I may never get
another book published but I will also never stop writing.
24.
WHAT WAS YOUR
FAVOURITE MANUSCRIPT TO WRITE? WHY?
My newest. Mating Season.
I loved my characters, the way they interacted and grew. I enjoyed the world I
created and I was encouraged by the very positive reactions I’ve received from
my betas.
25.
HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE ‘SUCCESS’ AS A
WRITER.
I think that having my book read, understood and appreciated
is success.
26.
WHAT SHOULD READERS WALK AWAY FROM YOUR BOOKS KNOWING? HOW SHOULD THEY
FEEL?
Each one of my books deals with different issues that we as
a society face daily. I hope that anyone who reads my books takes a minute to
evaluate their own lives and the happiness they feel within it.
27.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR BOOKS MADE INTO MOVIES? EVER WRITTEN A
SCREENPLAY?
I’ve never written a screenplay but I would love to have
When We Vanish turned into a movie. I would love to see an invisible man run
around the big screen.
28.
WHAT’S YOUR ULTIMATE DREAM?
I’d love for my books
to become classics. And if not that an HBO series.
29.
DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN FIVE WORDS.
Quirky, funny, intelligent, short, coffee lover
30.
WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THE LAST BOOK YOU READ? GOOD ONE?
Crossing the lines. It
was wonderful.
31.
WHAT WOULD BE THE VERY LAST SENTENCE
YOU’D WRITE?
The End.
Clancy's comment: Go, Yael. Well done. Keep writing.
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