Welcome Vicki
Kinnaird! I’m so glad you stopped by!
Why don’t you
tell us a little bit about yourself?
My name is
Victoria Kinnaird but friends call me Vicki. I’m 25 years old and I live in
Glasgow, Scotland. I love to read, I go to the cinema a lot and when I’m not
doing that, you can find me at rock shows all over the UK!
That would be so much fun!
When did you
first start writing ?
I used to draw
little stories in the backs of my books when I was little and I wrote some
truly awful poetry when I was 11/12. I didn’t start writing seriously until I
was 15.
What do you
love about writing?
The absolute lack
of rules! I’m writing a book at the moment with a character that lives in a
major London landmark, and I love that I can just make that happen.
I love when there are NO RULES! :D
What do you
need when writing? Music, candy, silence, etc.
I always have
music on, and I create a play list for each novel before I even put pen to
paper. As long as I have music, pen and paper and a bit of space, I’m good to
go.
This is a video from Vicki's Playlist :D
Cool!
How did you go
about building your world and characters?
The trilogy I’m writing
at the moment - The Red Sun Rises trilogy - has been a bumpy ride! My
protagonist, Eren Anderson, showed up in my head one day, introduced himself
and just started chatting so that was pretty cool, he wasn’t much work at all!
The other characters are either completely made up (like Corbijn and Lilith) or
loosely based on real people (like Andy and Nicole). When I started writing
Book 1, “the Red Sun Rises”, I knew I wanted to write a YA novel that gave
vampires their bite back, and everything else just kind of clicked into place.
Vampires as they should be :D
Can you provide
us with an excerpt?
I don’t have a book cover
yet as the book isn’t out until September 6th (so close and yet so
far) but here’s an excerpt from an early chapter that features Eren and his
best friend Andy:
"Fitting in is over rated," Andy said, waving a big hand dismissively and nearly hitting me in the face. "When you turn 18, you can high tail it out of this place and go be a rock star in the city. There's a place for you in the world, Eren. It sucks that it's not here and that you have to wait it out, but you'll find it."
"Fitting in is over rated," Andy said, waving a big hand dismissively and nearly hitting me in the face. "When you turn 18, you can high tail it out of this place and go be a rock star in the city. There's a place for you in the world, Eren. It sucks that it's not here and that you have to wait it out, but you'll find it."
"When
did you get so damn insightful? You been watching some heartfelt teen melodrama
shit again?" I laughed, letting the moment slip by, savouring the warmth
of Andy's words as they settled over me. I almost believed him.
"Just
when you think you're out, the CW finds a way to drag you back in," Andy
dead panned, moving his arm from my straightened shoulders with one last fond
ruffle of my hair.
Sounds great! :D
Fun time!
Do you play
games? If so what kind? If not, why the heck not?
Does The Sims
count? I don’t have the co-ordination for anything more complicated than that!
Favorite
author?
I can’t pick just
one! It’s probably a toss up between Anne Rice, J K Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Joe
Hill or Cassandra Clare.
I love him!
Favorite TV
guilty pleasure?
There’s this
reality TV show in the UK called “Made In Chelsea”, it’s like Jersey Shore but
with super rich people and I love it!
Now that sounds likes something I might watch :P
Favorite Action
Hero?
Peter Pan :P
Either/ or
Lightening round!
Are you a dog
person or a cat person?
Dog - I have two!
Chocolate or
Vanilla ice cream?
Chocolate
Fruits or
Veggies?
Fruit
Coke or Pepsi?
Coke
Soda or Pop?
Soda
Sweet or Sour?
Sweet!
Pick at least
one :D
If you were
stranded on a deserted island and could only have 3 things with you, what or
who would they be?
I’d have a wind up
gramophone, my sister’s record collection and my Harry Potter book collection!
Harry Potter is a must have!
If you were
stranded on a different planet, what planet would it be, what 3 things would
you want with you and what 2 people would you hope got stranded with you?
As long as the
planet was hospitable, that’d be fine by me! I’d probably pick the same three
things (gramophone, record collection and Harry Potter book collection) and the
two people I’d want with me would be my sister and Neil Gaiman!
If you traveled
to an alternate universe, whose universe would it be? What would you do there?
I would love to
live in Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunter universe, it sounds like a ton of fun.
If you traveled
back in time, what time period would you want to visit most? Who would you hope
to meet?
I would love to go
back to the late 1800s to meet Oscar Wilde.
The Important
stuff!
Any advice for
aspiring authors?
I guess the lesson
I’ve learned through writing “The Red Sun Rises” is to always stick with it. It
took me 5 years to write the book because I would let my insecurities take
over. I stopped and restarted writing it so many times! I also think it’s
important to show your work to people you trust to be honest with them, be open
with it, and just have as much fun writing as you can.
Where can we
stalk… I mean find you?(Links baby!)
I’ve just launched
my official Facebook page, which you can find here: www.facebook.com/victoriakinnairdofficial
Where can we
buy your books?
“The
Red Sun Rises” will be released on September 6th so there are no
links for sale yet, but if you like my official Facebook page you’ll get the
information pretty much as soon as I do!
Book Trailer for Red Sun Rises:
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