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| Collaboration in Motion |
K.K. Harris- Let me start by saying, thank you to all of my
fans who support my work consistently; I love you, and it has been an amazing
journey!
Currently, I am working with a group of women writers on a project
entitled Collaboration In Motion-Women Doing It For Themselves. Our
first book is called,
"Through The Darkness-Stories Of
Hope" of which I not only contributed my writing skills but graphic
designs as well.
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Through the Darkness ~ Stories of Hope“Are you stalking me? How did you know where I lived?” |
WADIFTS- With so many genres in
your literary repertoire,
such as urban fiction, Christian romance, paranormal romance, and crime (just
to name a few) we are all curious to know, just what inspires you and what is
your process?
K.K. Harris- My creative juices are driven by my imagination
and the overall love to create. As far as my process, I would have to say
that I am not the traditional outlier. For instance, I can spend a fair
amount of time outlining/planning a story and then, just-like-that, change 85%
of it before the end! ...So I guess that makes me a bit of a
"pantser". To expound, my creative mind is always open
to inspiration from different sources-music being one of them-
I love Jill Scott and she has this snippet of a song called "Crown Royal
on Ice." One day while listening to it, I had a vision of a couples
retreat centered around getting to love again. Some pretty interesting happy
endings popped off in that tale... After all, If I could choose a mentor, it
would be Romance author, Francis Ray.
WADIFTS- That sounds intriguing! Aside
from that little brain-tease, what are you working on aside from "Through
The Darkness-Stories Of Hope"?
K.K. Harris- A personal story that I named "Never
Enough". It will be seriously deep and possibly a tear jerker- but I have
put it off long enough. I also own a janitorial service, but my most important
and satisfying occupation is that of mother and wife.
WADIFTS- Your life sounds very well
rounded and conducive for great story-telling. Speaking of which, are there any
stories that you enjoy reading over and over again?
K.K. Harris- Well, thank
you. And I would have to say that my life is conducive for great
story telling because one of the greatest compliments that I ever received was,
"You wrote my life story, I can relate to your characters."
...And selfishly, the stories that I enjoy reading over and
over are a set of books entitled, "The Crew
Series" which I began authoring in 2013. ...I know how they
end, yet, I still cry when my main character cries. Lol... I'm a sap!
WADIFTS- If you were stranded on a deserted island, and you could
only have five books with you, what would they be?
K.K. Harris- a. Through the Darkness ~
Stories of Hope, b. Brock's Redemption - EJ Brock, c. Stealing Innocence -
Sylvia Hubbard, D. Love Drug - K. K. Harris, and e. The rest of the series
to any book above...lol
WADIFTS- Have you
ever had a particularly harsh critique? If so, how did you handle it?
K.K. Harris- I've had,
who I considered to be, irrational reviewers who claim another book is better
or there were too many errors... I simply responded with questions of my
own, like "What were the terrible points? What could I have done
different? Point out the errors... But alas, no response.
WADIFTS- I commend you're patience and
professionalism in those situations. Oft times readers don't realize what you
pour into a story. Last but not least, Mrs. Harris, do you have any advice for
other authors?
K.K. Harris- Grind hard, and when you
think you have done enough, grind harder.
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OUR INSPIRATION
Collaboration In Motion (#CIM) was established in 2016 by a group of women
inspired by HOPE.
