Author Veronica Sosa McDonald

Let’s welcome author Veronica Sosa McDonald to the blog today. Veronica McDonald is a fiction writer, poet, and mom of two. She received an MA in Literature from American University. Her stories and poems are published or forthcoming in Kaaterskill Basin Literary Journal, Phantom Kangaroo, Gingerbread House Literary Magazine, and Apocrypha and Abstractions, among others.

1. Let’s start with something fun. What’s your favorite hobby?

Besides writing and reading, I love to paint. It’s almost like telling a story with no words, where you work your way through a journey to the finished product. By the time you finish you know every brushstroke of that painting and why it’s there. It’s such an intimate experience, much like writing.

2. If you had the opportunity—who would you like to spend an afternoon with and why?

This is kind of a bizarre answer, but I think Ethan Hawke. I don’t even particularly like him as an actor, but I’ve seen “Before Sunrise” a bunch of times, and I would love to spend the afternoon with someone like him, talking about life and philosophies, and just having a childlike fascination with the world. I have no idea if he’s like that in real life, but I like to imagine he is… otherwise it’ll be a long afternoon.

3. Coffee, tea, soda or something else?

Coffee in the morning. Tea when I’m sick. Soda with ice on a warm afternoon.

4. What are you working on right now?

Right now, I’m sorely behind in Camp NaNoWriMo. I’ve been using it as motivation to pick away at a novel I’ve been working on for awhile. It’s about a young girl stranded on a deserted island with her dog, and she’s rescued by devious men who hold the answer to why she was deserted in the first place. I wrote a short story spin-off of it last year that got published, called “A Rich Man.” The novel is called “Islands of Raba,” but it needs a lot of love.

5. How would you describe your writing style?

Dark. Creepy. But with a tinge of whimsy and mystery.

6. Do you have any advice for a person just beginning their writing career?

Well, I’m just starting in my writing career, so I’m not sure what advice I can give. The only things I can say for sure: write a lot, submit a lot, and learn to believe in yourself while knowing that your writing can always be better.

7. Do you immerse yourself in new situations for writing ideas or do your ideas come to you through your normal, day-to-day life?

New situations are always inspiring, but mostly I’d have to say day-to-day life. My best ideas come from childhood memories, dreams, and daydreams, and every very once in awhile I’ll come across people that are so unique that they inspire me. My children (who are four and two) are good for that, too.

8. Where can we find you on the interwebs?

You can find me at VeronicaMcDonaldAuthor.com, or on Twitter: @VeeMcD123

Thank you so much, Veronica. We’ve loved having you on the blog.

Everyone, please take some time and visit Veronica on her website of on her Twitter page to see what she’s up to now.