The Digital Ink Spot: Kate L. Mary please introduce yourself to the readers.
Kate L. Mary: I’m a stay-at-home
mom of four and an Air Force wife. I grew up in a small town just north of
Dayton, Ohio where I met my husband at the age of twelve. Ten years later, we
got married, and since then we’ve lived in Georgia, Mississippi, South
Carolina, and California. We currently live in Oklahoma.
As a writer, I like
to create new realities and worlds. I enjoy any post-apocalyptic story,
especially if zombies are involved, but there needs to be a romantic twist to
give the story hope. When I write I prefer nerdy or non-traditional heroes who
can make you laugh to hunky pieces of man-meat. Characters with baggage are
especially enjoyable, because there’s so much you can do with them.
The Digital Ink Spot: What are you trying to accomplish as a
writer? What is your latest story about?
Kate L. Mary: Mainly,
I want to get my stories out there to as many people as possible. I have two
books out now, but they are both part of a series, and a have a couple more I’d
like to get out soon.
My
most recent release is Broken World, the
first book in my post-apocalyptic zombie series. Think of it as, The Walking Dead meets The Stand.
The Digital Ink Spot: When is your newest book available?
Kate L. Mary: Broken World and the sequel, Shattered World, is out now. I have the third book, Mad World,
done as well and plan to release that in January 2015. I wanted to release them
close together since they do end with cliffhangers.
The Digital Ink Spot: When did you start writing?
Kate L. Mary: I
wrote on and off when I was younger, but college and marriage and kids made it
tough. When we moved to California in 2011. I found myself with a lot of free
time. My husband was gone a lot, we lived really far from our friends and family.
Suddenly, all those stories I’d had tucked away came out. Since then, I haven’t
stopped. I've written a lot, but most of the early stuff still needs a lot of
work. It’s a skill that gets better with practice, and the most recent things I've written look nothing like the first couple books.
The Digital Ink Spot: Where can readers find you on the Internet?
The Digital Ink Spot: Why should
people read your stories? What sets them apart from the rest?
Kate L. Mary: My book, Collision, is a new adult romantic
mystery. New adult is popular right now, but what sets my book apart from most
of what’s out there is the fact that it has a plot other than just romance.
There is romance, but it’s a sweet story, not sexy/steamy like the majority of
the books available. My male character is also different than most of the men
portrayed in these books. He’s a nice guy. I don’t know where this idea came
from that in order to be desirable characters the men have to be jerks, but
those are not the kind of characters I write.
Broken World is unique in the zombie world because it
starts before the dead come back, giving you lots of time to get to know the
characters. This book is about so much more than zombie. It’s about family and
survival and love and learning to trust. I like to focus on the people in an
apocalyptic situation. Also, I believe this is a book that would be enjoyable
even for people who don’t necessarily love the genre. Check out the reviews on
Goodreads and you’ll find a couple people who have read and loved it, but don’t
like zombies. It’s because the focus on this book isn’t blood and gore (there
is some of that though).
