Today I am speaking with Karen Magill.

Hi Karen! And welcome to Fallen Angel Reviews! It is really wonderful to have you with us today. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to answer some questions for us. The readers are eager to hear about Karen Magill.

Karen, I like the layout of your website. I really enjoyed The Bond and Let Us Play, would you like to tell the readers about your books, and perhaps any upcoming works in the progress?

The plan is to write the sequel to Let Us Play entitled Truth, Justice and Rock and Roll. But I haven’t started it yet and we all know about the best-laid plans.

If a reporter wanted to follow you around for a whole day what would a day be like for Karen Magill?

I get up around 11 and log onto the computer while eating my cereal. Check my emails and answer thing important. Do a bit of exercise and anything else that is required. Then I may go for a walk. I love walking around Vancouver. My favorite place right now is in behind the PNE grounds and around the Hastings Race track. There are little parks around there. The other day I went up and was lucky enough to catch the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) exercising the horses for the mounted patrol. Then I come home and have a bit a to eat and do some online promotion for my books then start some new writing or planning. The promotion is taking a lot of my time right now.

What do you think about the e-book industry and its progress for the future?

I think that ebooks are here to stay. Both The Bond and Let Us Play are available in ebook form and if a person goes to my website at www.karenmagill.com they will find a free downloadable ebook.

Do you have an agent or considered getting one?

I don’t have an agent right now. I had one years ago that didn’t work out. If the time was right and it was beneficial for me for to have one, I would definitely consider getting one.

Have you ever written a screenplay or considered doing so?

I have written two. One was just changing a book into a screenplay and the other was writing a screenplay. Nothing happened with either one.

Do you get a toasty feeling all over to see your book in print?

It is a thrill to see a book that I wrote in print. To know that that is something I did.

What were some of the greatest joys after the release of your first book?

The greatest joy was knowing that I wrote it and hear it is for all to see. The biggest fear was how do I get it out for all to see!

Do you have problems promoting yourself?

I am not naturally outgoing but I am learning to put myself out there. To not listen to those who put me down especially since I am self published. And to just go ahead with what I feel is right.

Do you often find promotion hard work?

I do. A lot is trial and error. Limited budgets and what works for one person may not work for another.

What are some of the avenues you've used for self-promotion?

Fridge magnets, newsletters from my website, postcards, word of mouth, business cards and posting on internet groups.

If you had the opportunity to work with any author, past or present who would you choose?

Even though my joke is that I don’t work well with others. LOL I would love to gather knowledge from Ann Rule, Stephen King, Dan Brown, Morgan Llywelyn, and John Grisham to name a few. None of course write paranormal romance but they are accomplished writers.

Is there anything off the top of your head that you would like to share with your readers?

There is a part of me in most of the female characters. Or a part of who I would like to be. Even the villains.

Do you have any pet peeves?

I hate prejudging and ignorance. Those are my main pet peeves.

If you could change one thing about the way you write, what would it be?

I think I would accomplish more if I were more disciplined. I am not at all.

Are you an organized person?

Disciplined I am not. Organized I am.

Do you have a favorite movie that you could watch over and over again? Or a favorite actor that you would love to star in one of your books?

Right now I am interested in the Canadian actor Ian Tracey who is starring in the show Intelligence and Keanu Reeves. The movie I keep watching over and over would have to be Speed.

The Bond I would love to have Paul Walker play the part of Julian and Reese Witherspoon the part of Laura. And I would like to find a part for Keanu in Let Us Play. Don’t know where yet though.

Do you have a website other than www.karenmagill.com
that you would like to share with your readers?

Yes I would like to invite readers to go to a friend of mine’s website. He is a musician that I have known for fifteen years or more, www.christopherbarran.com, I just did an interview with him.

For Fun: What is your best comfort food? Which do you prefer Coffee or Tea? And of all the cities to visit in the U.S. which would you say would be the best to take a vacation?

Of course I love chocolate (don’t most females?) But I am also a sucker for tiramisu. I don’t drink coffee, I like herb teas. I am Canadian but of all the U.S. cities to visit I must admit I am fascinated with the southern ones. I read so many civil war romances when I was young that those cities have an allure for me. Even though I have never been there for me. I may write paranormal romance but something about historical romantic cities draws me!

Karen, thank you so much for chatting with us today. Anyone interested in reading more about Karen Magill and her exciting books, please visit her website to read more about her magnificent works. It has indeed been a pleasure <>Karen. Good luck to you and your writing.



Interviewed by: Linda L.