Featured Interview With S. M. Schmitz
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I have an M.A. in history and love teaching world history, as well as writing and reading. I’m a native of Louisiana, and set many of stories here; considering I write urban fantasy/sci-fi, it lends a unique element to my books. But, really, if I were an alien and looking for a city to hang low in, why not choose Baton Rouge? I mean, who’s going to look for me there?
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve loved to read and write since I learned both skills. I remember writing a poem when I was in the Brownie Scouts and having it published in the regional Girl Scouts newspaper. I must have been seven? I wrote my first novel in the eighth grade, with a pen and notebook at my parents’ kitchen table where I’d work each night after finishing my homework. I’ve always loved the process of storytelling, creating worlds and characters, and putting words together to form new ideas and thoughts. It’s such a beautiful process.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My writing idol is Ernest Hemingway. He’s a literary genius, and there’s such a fluidity in his style. I read a wide variety of genres, though, from paranormal/urban fantasy to literary fiction. My favorite novel is CATCH-22, yet I’ve read and enjoyed a lot of the recent popular series from the past decade like TWILIGHT, THE HUNGER GAMES, VAMPIRE ACADEMY, etc.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
I just completed the Resurrected trilogy (Resurrected, Insurrection and Final Sacrifice), which focuses on the resurrection of one young woman, Lottie, by an extra-terrestrial life force. In some respects, it builds on familiar tropes of space travel using wormholes, but these aliens can only survive on Earth by reviving dead human bodies. But for Lottie, something went wrong. She isn’t supposed to have her human memories or personality, and yet, she is resurrected. Her resurrection begins her struggle for survival against the men who run the company transporting people from their planet to Earth, because who wants to wake up as both yourself and someone else? That’s just not good for business.
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