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C. Lee McKenzie

Young Adult and Middle Grade Author

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Hello Email Connect & Hats Off Corner Welcomes Nicky Peacock

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Hello Email Connect: Goodbye Hats Off Corner: Nicky Peacock is my last Hats Off Corner writer. 

As some of you know who’ve been hanging with me for a while, I’m “sometimes” scattered. So to help un-scatter my brain, I’ve put together a plan to keep supporting authors, but to do so in a more organized, and I think a better way. Jury’s still out, but it looks like this just might work. 
Sign up on my Special Offers List. Take a look, and if you don’t think it’s for you, unsubscribe. 

I invade your email once, a month. 

My plan is to choose a Follower to Feature each month. I’m still fine-tuning that, but if you want to see what that involves right now, here’s the LINK to the post that explains what I do.

I’m also sharing information that I think might be helpful. 

When I can, I offer free stuff–mostly books. 

End of Commercial. So now on to the last Hats Off Corner and Nicky Peacock!


Hats Off Corner Welcomes Nicky Peacock

Nicky’s an Evernight Teen sister. I’m really happy to host her here today. 
Connect with Nicky on her Amazon U. S. Author’s Page
ME: So, Nicky,  if you had to tweet about your book what 140 characters would you write? 
NICKY: Battle of the Undead is a vampires VS zombies YA urban fantasy. It’s the Walking Dead meets True Blood for teens and above.
ME: I’ll do some Tweets for you using that. It’s good. Can you tell us about one of your characters. What would she love to receive as a gift? What would she most likely choose to buy for someone she cared about?
NICKY: Britannia is the heroine in the Battle of the Undead series and she is a stubborn 400+ year old vampire with a dry sense of humor and love for violence (whether its necessary or not!) I think she’d want the gift of a weapon of some kind, something that could do a lot of damage in a small amount of time. She really wants people to like her, so she’d probably buy someone she cared for something really expensive. For a fellow vampires she’d go out of her way to get them an antique, something that reminded them of the ‘old days’. 
ME: I always wonder if I’m asking good questions. What questions do you wish interviewers would ask you, but never do?
NICKY: The interviewers that have gotten hold of me have been pretty in-depth so far! I think I’ve been asked just about every question going. I guess it would be nice to get a ‘How are you?’ I always try to be really honest in interviews so here’s the answer…I’m really tired, the UK just lost an hour to daylight savings time and my body has not adjusted well! It’s like having jet lag but not having the holiday. I’ll be back to normal soon though – probably just before we get the hour back in Autumn! LOL 
ME: Since almost all authors are expected to promote their books, what has surprised you about the marketing side of this business? What has disappointed you? 
NICKY: I work in sales and marketing for my day job, so nothing has really surprised me. It takes a lot of work and time to get yourself out there and, as a writer, you need to make sure that you balance your time effectively between promotion, social media and actually writing something to promote. It’s always lovely when you connect with other authors and help one another, just like the lovely C Lee McKenzie is doing for me right now!
ME: Simlie Face Here. Hosting authors here is always fun. Do you have any advice for authors still seeking publication? If so, what would that be?
NICKY: Start with the anthology market. This is what I did. There are a wealth of publishers out there putting together anthologies in all sorts of genres that are actively seeking short stories. If you give them what they are looking for, you’re more likely to get published. Also, short stories are quicker to write and edit than a novel and give you a really good starting point for your writer’s CV.
ME: We’re about through here, so what are two important things you’d like readers to know about you and/or your books?
NICKY: Well, about me…I’m always honest in interviews and get really excited when readers get in touch with me.
My books…They are action packed and the series has one more book to come, it’s called Bad Karma.
ME: That sounds very ominous! Don’t want Bad Karma if we can help it.

NICKY: Thank you for having me on your site! 
ME: Great to host you and find out about you and your books. 
You can connect with Nicky a lot of places. Blog, Twitter, Facebook, UK Amazon, Goodreads, Tumbler, Authrograph 


Quote of the Week: “It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.” 
 ― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

Comments

  1. Wonderful post full of news and remembering Memorial Day. A few years ago I was in Washington DC ON Memeorial Day a great experience.
    Yvonne.

  4. Hi Nicky! I'm tired too, though I can't keep blaming daylight savings time…or can I? I do stay up really late now. It's hard to unwind when it's still light outside.

  9. You asked all the right questions, Lee. Love the quote. Congratulations, Nicky. You've written a fascinating story. I can understand why you're tired. The writer's life is a full one. Not enough hours in the day. Sounds like you're holding yours together nicely.

  10. That is a great quote that you left us with. Sometimes it is hard to see when something is over in our own lives (always easier to spot it in the lives of others on tv or in movies). 🙂

    Thanks for sharing the interview!
    ~Jess

  13. Great interview and it sounds like a great premise, but I may put off reading that one. I hate Zombies, they give me nightmares. Such horrid creatures! 🙂
    Great advice all the way around though, Nicky, wishing you all the best with your books and especially Battle of the Undead!

  15. Nice interview, you two! One of my favorite aspects of marketing is connecting with readers, too. These blog interviews are great places to do that.

  19. I'm signing up to receive some of your wisdom, Lee 🙂
    Great interview with Nicky and some useful tips. Thanks for sharing.

  22. There are a few people I know who would love a nice weapon as a gift…

    Anthologies, huh? That's an excellent idea.

  24. Hi humans, Lee and Nicky,

    What a pawesome interview. I reckon that Nicky has the pawfect daytime job to help inspire her writing. I now have to go figure out what a "Simlie Face Here.", actually means. There you go, human, Lee, I actually, well almost actually, read every word of this pawst. I'm such a good doggy.

    Congrats to Nicky and what the heck, congrats to everybody.

    Pawsitive wishes,

    Penny!

  25. Hi humans, Lee and Nicky,

    What a pawesome interview. I reckon that Nicky has the pawfect daytime job to help inspire her writing. I now have to go figure out what a "Simlie Face Here.", actually means. There you go, human, Lee, I actually, well almost actually, read every word of this pawst. I'm such a good doggy.

    Congrats to Nicky and what the heck, congrats to everybody.

    Pawsitive wishes,

    Penny!

  26. Best of sales to Nicky!! I have a story in an anthology being released the end of June — which stars a character from my just released Steampunk novel — cross-polination of book forms. 🙂

  30. Congrats, Nicky. Great interview. I'm sure there are a few curveball questions out there you still haven't got yet lol.

  33. Congrats, Nicky! What a great tweet! I agree anthologies are a great place to start as a writer searching for publication opportunities.

  37. Congrats to Nicky on being the final author featured in the Hats Off Corner.

    "…the Walking Dead meets True Blood…" Now you've got me hooked. 😉

  38. I enjoyed Nicky's interview. Like her, I'm tired. But while she can blame the time change, we don't do that here, so it's just over-work for me. I wish I was as organized as her. I can't do a little a day, I'm too obsessive. Wishing her the best with her Underworld-ish series!

    • I think you're well-organized. You do a lot on your blog and you get new books out! That requires organization.

      Of course, I can relate to your obsessive writer nature. Only the two of us would cancel on a family trip to a lovely beach so we could work on getting that next book out.

  43. Hi Lee – I've signed up already .. but look forward to following along. The Anthology idea is a very sensible one: sales and marketing should be slightly easier with more of you doing it – and everyone helping each other .. cheers Hilary