A Short Interview with Kat Martin

February 10, 2015 by marianne h donley in category Spotlight tagged as Against the Sky, Kat Martin, romantic suspense with 0 and 0

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New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara where she majored in Anthropology and also studied History. Before she started writing in 1985, Kat was a real estate broker. During that time she met her husband, L.J. Martin, author of thirty western, non-fiction, historical, and suspense novels. A resident of Missoula, Montana, Kat and her husband spend their winters in Ventura, California. She is a currently writing her next Romantic Suspense.

With fifty-five novels to her credit and more than fifteen million copies of her books in print, Ms. Martin has been published in twenty-one foreign countries including France, Japan, Greece, Argentina, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, China, and Spain. Here is a short interview with Ms. Martin.

Have you ever suffered writer’s block? If so, how did/do you get past it?

I mostly suffer plotting block…that means I have my hero and heroine in deep trouble and I’m racking my brain, trying to figure out how to get them out. I spend about half the time thinking and the other half writing a book. I make a lot of notes, try to get some input from my husband, who’s also a writer.

What profession other than your own would you love to attempt?

I wanted to be an astrophysicist. Unfortunately, I don’t have that big a brain.

What’s the funniest (or sweetest or best or nicest) thing a fan ever said to you?

I had a wonderful email yesterday from a fan thanking me for the uplifting words I said to her mother who has cancer. Sometimes readers tell me they escape their problem in the pages of my books. I love hearing that.

If you could travel back in time whom would you like to meet and why?

Be fun to meet Buffalo Bill Cody. He was a true hero and a legend, a handsome man in his day, too!

If a space ship landed in your backyard and the aliens on board offered to take you for a ride, would you go? Why or why not?

I would definitely go with them. Life on earth is much too short. Gotta jam in all you can. Imagine what you could learn from a trip to another planet?

What’s the best thing about being an author?

The great people you meet and the places you get to visit to research a book.

What are you currently working on and when can we read it

I just finished the edits for Against the Tide, which is Rafe Brodie’s story. It’s the last of my Brodies of Alaska series, out May 27th. After that, I’m sticking with the Brodies, introducing Nick’s cousin Ethan, a hunky PI and bodyguard who works at BOSS, Inc in Seattle, the first of my INTO books. Into the Fury is book #1, out February, 2016.
You can read more about Kat on her website: www.KatMartin.com.

Or follow her on social media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KatMartinAuthor

Twitter: @katbooks https://twitter.com/katbooks

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/luvromance/

Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Kat-Martin/e/B000AQ0OJQ/

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/49381.Kat_Martin

Kat’s current book, Against The Sky, will debut at No. 7 on the New York Times Bestseller list.

It is available at the following online stores:

Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1420133845/

BN:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/against-the-sky-kat-martin/1119437332?ean=9781420133844

Indiebound:

http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781420133844

Author Details

marianne h donley

Author Details

Marianne H. Donley writes fiction in the form of short stories, funny romances, and quirky murder mysteries. She makes her home in Pennsylvania with her husband, son, and a really sweet, bad dog. She is a member of Bethlehem Writers Group, Sisters in Crime, Guppies, Capital Crime, and Charmed Writers. You can follow Marianne’s various social media here: https://linktr.ee/mariannehdonley

https://www.mariannedonley.com