Sinkhole
– Gateway to Jonrah
is your first published fiction book. How long did it take you to
write and how far a long is book 2?
It
took me about six months to complete this book. Book 2 I’m hoping
will be out around June 2017.
What
do you think makes a great story?
Good
character development.
What
inspired you when writing Sinkhole
– Gateway to Jonrah?
I
have always had a love for reading science fiction/fantasy books. I
remember certain things that I enjoyed about certain books that I
enjoyed most. I have taken different elements and plots from various
books and added my own characters, creatures and events. I must say
that I am very pleased with the results.
What
are your ambitions for your writing career? Full time? Part time?
I
think my ambitions are like any other new writer and that is to
become a bestselling author. I have always admired writers who could
take a story and have it go on for multiple books. At this time, I
have set three books for this series. But if I have a good following
with the series, there’s always room for more. For now, I am just
doing this part time.
When
did you decide to become a writer?
I
have wanted to write a book for some time now. I never did it
because it seemed like such a hassle going through all the writing
and then having to find a publishing company that would publish your
book. Seemed like a lot of work with the hopes of “maybe”
someone would think it is good enough. But now with Kindle
publishing those worries are gone.
When
writing Sinkhole
– Gateway to Jonrah
did anything stand out as particularly challenging?
Yes,
there were two things. First was the chapter titles. I kind of
wrote the chapters first and worried about the titles later. Second
was having a good book description; something that would pull readers
in and want to read my book. I looked at some descriptions from
other books in my genre and got some good ideas.
How
did you come up with the story of Sinkhole
– Gateway to Jonrah?
I
remember hearing a real-life story about a guy whose house was
swallowed up by a sinkhole and they never found his body. I started
thinking what if sinkholes were just gateways to other worlds or
dimensions of our world. I liked the idea and ran with it.
What
do you like to do when not writing?
I am currently working full-time and
writing mostly on weekends.
I
have an author page of Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/cszbestsellingauthor/.
And I also have a website: http://cindyzahn.com/.
I am in the process of redoing my website. Most of my books prior
to this one have been non-fiction. I have been toying around with
the idea of having a website devoted to this title, but haven’t
decided if I will do this. For now, I am dividing my site into
fiction and non-fiction books. And I might create a Facebook page
for the book, but, again, it’s just something I’m thinking about.