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So happy to learn more about you, Simone. You said you’ve written in several genres, hence the penname. What kind of stories get you up in the middle of the night, wanting to write them down? Do you feel more comfortable with one genre over another?
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Thank you, Karla. I only wake up in the middle of the night if I’ve been agonizing over a story I’ve been writing and I get an “aha” while asleep. I will read almost any genre. In writing, I try to stick with general adult fiction.
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I also publish the posts in this blog on my BookSite and there was a comment over there:
MPax:
“Interesting that writers have to use multiple names. I suppose that means starting marketing over again with pen name?
“Great success to you, Simone.”
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That’s an excellent question by MPax. I’ve never been self-published, but marketing would be difficult. I think I would start the marketing over again if I chose that route. Once stuck in a genre, it’s difficult to overcome that stereotype for some readers.
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You’re very secretive about your real identity. How can we find your published work with no name? Do you have a web site?
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Hi Freedom! I don’t mean to be secretive. I’m shy but I try to give a picture of who I am. After not focusing on writing for a time due to life’s events, having kids for one, when I returned I could see I would need to start a new course. That’s all I’m doing.
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Freedom,
You can find Simone on the web at her wonderful blog <<click there :-)
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Freedom visits my blog and frequently leaves comments that I really enjoy. To see Freedom’s thoughtful and extremely well-written blog, check out: Freedom, by the way
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Ah, ok… She wants a WebSite rather than a blog… :-)
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No. I’d really love to read “Simone’s” published works, that’s all. (Love her blog!) Some day the secret Author’s name will be revealed! I know I can’t talk. I don’t have my name on my blog, either. We all have our reasons for protecting our identity on the internet.
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I’m sorry, Freedom. I don’t have a site other than my wordpress blog.
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Great interview! I enjoyed the questions for sure, and also hope Simone keeps a bit of silliness.
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I really don’t see how she could ever wipe it totally out of her personality, DumbFunnery :-)
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Yes, by the way, I escaped from Kansas. When my father left the Navy, he made the decision that we were going back to Kansas where both my mother and father were born. That was 1955. After living in San Diego, California, Yuma, Arizona [when the Colorado River was still a mighty river]; we then escaped to Topeka, Kansas, a fantastic place to live for me for all kinds of reasons; thence to Overland Park, Kansas, what I considered hell, itself knowing that after junior high school, I would end up at Shawnee-Mission High School which had at the time over 4,000 students. Ultimately on 2 July 1959, we ended up in Grand Island, Nebraska, safe and sound and as far from civilization as I could have managed to be. In time, of course, I grew to thinking of Nebraska as my home, but of course, it had to be a relief in the end that crabgrass and chiggers are the State Flower and State Animal in Kansas and they were no such thing in the Beef State, Nebraska. In the end, what better place to grow up…unless, of course, you are anything other than white Anglo-Saxon and had to abide by Jim Crow in every little town. I made it, however, out of the general rage that is the daily fuel [in my opinion] of pedestrian strife which is the daily portion of anyone who happens to land there and deal with the mentality of those who live in the center of continents and so far away from any generalized benefit from “new blood” that constant immigration bestows that they tend to feel that Kansas is the center not only of the continent but following the same logic the epicenter of the entire world.
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Once, I can’t imagine a better way to sum up the entire deal. Well said!
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Of course, there are some people in Kansas that I love; my Aunt Dorothy [with no dog named Toto] and other members of my family, and then, again, they have chicken-fried steak there that’s to die for which doesn’t exist where I am and chocolate pie and just about everyone weighs more than I do; beyond this they have Mary Kitchen roast beef hash in cans and hominy corn in cans both of which are beyond the imagination of anyone I know where I now live. Other than these few essentials to lasting joy, from their point of view, they have everything anyone would want to live happily ever after…except, of course….me.
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I’ve said this before, but I once had a book of poetry called “Why Would Anyone Live in Kansas?” I’ve lost the book and it seems to be out of print. However, I do believe your comments remind me more of that book than anything I’ve heard in a long time. :-)
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I’m sorry it has taken me so long to read this interview and respond! I’ve been dealing with a family emergency. Simone I loved this interview because I learned so much more about you. You have been very mysterious because you haven’t shared much about yourself until now.
Because you are so shy do you find that writing gives you a way to express yourself safely?
I have a similar question as Freedom. My dear friend I would love to read something you have published. Can you give me a title?
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Hi Haley. Hope all is well for you.
No, being shy and writing do not have a connection for me. I feel safe expressing myself in speaking or writing so I’m not shy that way.
It’s been several years since I’ve been published. If it’s okay, I could e-mail you and tell my thoughts on the matter.
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I would love that Simone! I look forward to your email.
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