Featured Interview With J.M. Northup
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am an American author with the independent publisher, CREATIVIA. I’ve been married to my best friend, Dusty for over 22 amazing years and we have two beautiful daughters. I am a wicked cat lady who spends way too much time check out funny cat photos and videos online, as my author Facebook will confirm! I grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota and currently reside in east Texas.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always loved literature; it was my favorite subject in school. I feel that my mom was the inspiration for this because she was an avid reader herself. Then I began seriously writing in high school back in the 80’s, but when I got married and started my family, I set my writing aside. My husband encouraged me to return to written through the years and when both our girls were finally grown, I returned to my passion. My debut FEARS OF DARKNESS is actually the original novel for me. I wrote it back when I was a teenager and then I blew new life into its pages in order to bring the completed book to life.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Growing up, I loved Shakespeare; his plays and poetry. My favorite was TAMING OF THE SHREW. I was also a big fan of Robert Frost’s poetry, Rad Bradbury’s short stories, and all things GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell.
Jean M. Auel introduced me to my favorite genre, historical fiction, with her amazing Earth’s Children series. That love brought me to my favorite authors Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear’s work. I can’t tell you how much I love their work!!!!
I am also a huge fan of Stephenie Meyer. I am not ashamed to say I love all things TWILIGHT, but I also really connected with her book, THE HOST. Other others that I love to read include, Charlaine Harris, Suzanne Collins, and Veronica Roth.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
I can interpret this to question to mean to things, so I will answer it both ways, if that’s okay. 🙂
I had been self-published for the first editions of FEARS OF DARKNESS and A PRISONER WITHIN. Now that I have signed with my publisher, they are refining my novels with proper editing and beautiful cover art then they will re-publish them in their second edition versions.
I have also sent them my new work FELINE FASCINATIONS: A Forever Home which we will be working together on as a middle grade genre series called, the Adventures of Boris and Olga.
I am diligently working to complete the prequel to FEARS OF DARKNESS which will also be the second installment to the Fears of Dakota series entitled, A RIPPLE OF FEAR.
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