Featured Interview With M J Natali
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was brought up and educated in Hudson, Massachusetts, where I currently reside with my cat Sampson.
I attended Fisher College with electives focused on literature and psychology, with the expectations to write Children’s books, however when the call to writing became a reality, my interests in angels, Christology, Mythology, Mysticism and other otherworldly concepts dominated my imagination. These became to concepts to my writing.
For me, writing is a great outlet for my varied and wild imagination. To bring life to a world and its characters from my imaginings is one of the best feelings.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was young, the Book Mobile, a mobile library, used to visit our school. I loved when it arrived because I was too young to travel to the library myself, and the internet wasn’t created yet. All those stories fascinated me, and so the love affair began with my first book by Charles Schultz about The Peanuts Gang. When I was twelve, the desire to write began it’s itch and y first work was a poem titled “Under The Apple Tree.” It wasn’t very good, but wasn’t bad either, yet I was a writer in the making by day and pretend super hero by night. I then made notebooks out of paper as each evening, I would describe the sunset, honing my skills.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
So many wonderful authors, so little time. I’ve read so many great novels, it’s too difficult to pick just one because I love them all. When I’m looking for a new book to read, I look for books in Fantasy, Science Fiction, or the Paranormal genre. The draw for me is how each author tells the story, what supernatural or other-worldly elements they share, and how they bring the characters to life. The possibilities are endless.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
I’m currently writing the third book in the Wedael Ravens Series titled: Of Beasts and Raven. This book ties up the stories in this three book series. Much has happened to the main character: Raina. Readers of this series will discover a few surprises for her and her fellow Ravens. This novel will open up to a new series which I’ll title: The Wendael Series, focusing on stand alone novels about individual characters in The Wendael Ravens Series
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