The
Gap Year
Angela's
Epistles Book 1
by
Rita Kruger
Genre:
SciFi Action, LGBT Romance
Angela
Wright might have everything her father's money can buy, but that
meant nothing to her on the night of her twenty-eight birthday. She
is angry and a little bit drunk as she flees the scene of a fight
with her mother.
All
her life she has done the right thing. But she is tired of living
under her mother’s shadow. How can she ever compete with Margaret
Wright, the first Human judge on the Intergalactic High Court?
Within
the space of a few days, Angela drops out in the last semester at
Intergalactic Bureau of Investigation Academy, signs a bounty hunting
contract to find the top ten criminals in the galaxy, and kisses
Brenda, her best friend since childhood.
She
might be late, but at last she is blooming.
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Rita
Kruger lives in Vereeniging, South Africa. She is wife,
granddaughter, daughter, mother, and grandmother. Most of childhood
happened within the pages of books. Stories conspired to carry her
away from the world she knew. The places and people books introduced
her to were much more exciting than her boring existence.
Currently
married to her personal MacGyver, she surrounds herself with what
enriches her body, mind and soul. Family. Friends. Nature. Great
food. Good wine. Mountains of books. She writes novels challenging
major themes of her life in the genres of fantasy and gothic horror,
which she loves.
GUEST POST
What
book do you think everyone should read?
Woman
who run with wolves: Contacting the power of the wild woman, by
Clarissa Pinkola Estés.
This
is such an empowering book, and I think every woman should read it to
understand her nature in all its intricacies, and men should read it
to know the woman in their lives better.
How
long have you been writing?
I
have been telling stories since I could speak sentences. I wrote
often throughout my life. Stories. Poetry. Novels. But I never
thought about publishing anything until the doctor told me I need to
hurry up and do the stuff of dreams. So I went home and awoke my
dreams and started to write more professionally. Not just to get
words on the page for myself and then never finish anything before I
jump to the next one. I focussed on writing to finish and have other
people read the words.
Do
the characters all come to you at the same time or do some of them
come to you as you write?
I
usually have an idea about the main characters. But often the others
come to me as I write. Sometimes characters that were only going to
be “walk-ons” decide to stay, and I let them, if they contribute
to the overall project’s value.
Do
you see writing as a career?
I
do now. I used to think of it as a hobby. I did it in secret and not
seriously. It was like something I did to relieve the pressure of my
inner voice telling me to write. So, if that little voice came
pestering me, I’d say: “but I did write yesterday!”
I
knew I was placating myself with lies. All of that is different now.
I work at my career everyday with writing, reading, and doing the
stuff writers do behind the scenes that has nothing to do with
writing. Like this blog tour. And accounting. And making your voice
known in the world.
Do
you prefer to write in silence or with noise? Why?
I
write to music! Every main character has a theme song that I play to
help me get into their head. Every novel has a playlist with music
for every specific mood and theme in that book. Music inspires me.
Do
you write one book at a time or do you have several going at a time?
I
get bored really easily. I usually have three works in progress in my
system. One I’m planning, one I’m writing, one I’m editing. I
might dally with a short story if things get really difficult for me
with a series like Angela.
What
are they currently reading?
I
try to read at least six books a month. Sometimes I do fifteen. Some
months only two. I just finished Girl
Seven
by Hanna Jameson, and Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s
Children.
On my TBR list is Dark
Heart
by Tony Park, James Swallow’s Exile,
Sarah Lotz’ The
White Road and
Jon McGregor’s
So many ways to begin.
What
is your writing process?
I
am a panser. I usually have a vague idea of two or three things that
will happen in the book when I sit down to write. And then I bring
the characters in and we dance. Sometimes I lead. Sometimes they do.
I seldom have a outline for the first draft. Once it is done, I’d
sit down and read the manuscript, making notes of plot holes and
things that need to be fixed. Then I’d make an outline before I do
the edits. Often here chapters or scenes would move to a different
place then they were first written. Usually the beginning becomes
chapter two or three. I once had a villain turn into a hero with the
second edit.
Things
happen that I don’t plan for. I like that. It keeps writing fresh
for me.
What
is your writing Kryptonite?
My
perfectionism. I wrote stories and gave up on them because they were
not what I wanted them to be. Once I decided to get serious with
writing, I used to get lost in editing for weeks without writing
anything new.
It
is a constant battle for me to not edit the work I did yesterday. I
have to be extremely disciplined concerning this. A tutor helped me
set up a system. I have period of writing (in the morning) and
editing (in the afternoon). I am not allowed to edit until I hit the
required word count for new words.
How
long on average does it take you to write a book?
I
wrote the first draft of this book in fourteen days! But it is short
(about 28 000 words) compared to the epic fantasy series I have
coming next year. They are 120 000 words each and I spent about five
to six months on each of those.
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