Welcome to another fantastic installment of "Adam Interviews!" Today, we’re thrilled to sit down with Fiona Skye, an award-winning author whose writing blends fantasy, time-travel, and more into thrilling, must-read adventures. If you’ve enjoyed her Revelations Trilogy or any of her other magical tales, you already know she’s a master storyteller. Fiona’s writing journey started at the age of twelve, but she’s had plenty of adventures outside of her books, having lived in some truly stunning places like the Highlands of Scotland, the swamps of Louisiana, and now, the deserts of Southern Arizona. With a love for faeries, demons, and chasing down the perfect plate of cheese enchiladas, she’s full of surprises!
We can’t wait to dive into Fiona’s creative process, her love for authors like Diana Gabaldon and Jim Butcher, and her latest projects, including a contemporary rom-com and a romantasy retelling of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Before we get started, be sure to check out Fiona on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest at @FionaSkyeWriter or visit her Amazon page HERE to grab one of her incredible books. Let's get this fun conversation rolling!
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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fionaskyewriter
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fionaskyewriter/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/FionaSkyeWriter/
Star Trek or Star Wars? Star Trek! My husband, son, and I are rewatching Deep Space 9 right now. I’d forgotten how much I love Quark.
A book you’re looking forward to release (by someone else)? The next Stormlight Archives book, Wind and Truth. Sanderson is such an amazing writer. His characters and his magic systems and the interconnection of all the Cosmere books is something I aspire to.
Coffee, tea, or cacao? Tea. I am Scottish, after all.
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? I was about ten years old. Our teacher had us write stories for a Valentine’s Day project that year, and I wrote about my dog and her “boyfriend.” I was hooked on writing instantly, but it was really cemented as a future career when I was 13. My English teacher helped me edit a story based on a popular song and get it published in our school’s newsletter.
Where do you get your information or ideas for your books? I think it would be safer to ask were I DON’T get my ideas from. I consume a lot of media—TV, movies, books, music—and there’s always a spark in whatever I’m watching/reading/listening to. The latest idea came from an episode of Vox Machina TV show.
What would you say is your interesting writing quirk? I write really, really good dialogue. I wish I could figure out how I do it so I could help people who struggle with this. The only advice I can give is to do a lot of eavesdropping to get a feel for rhythm and word choices.
What do you like to do when you’re not writing? I read. A LOT. And I listen to a lot of music, watch a lot of TV and movies, hang out with my family and dog, play D&D, and crochet.
How many books have you written? Which is your favorite? I’ve published 13 or 14 books over the past 11 years, and I’d say that my favorite is either my Viking time-travel romance or my historical romance pirate book. Both required MASSIVE amounts of research and took years to write, but I think they’re the best things I’ve written so far.
Do you have any suggestions to help someone become a better writer? If so, what are they? Read both inside and outside your genre. You can pick up so much from other writers and adapt it to your own work.
Do you like to create books for adults? Absolutely. With the exception of a single book, everything I write is for adults.
As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up? Lots of things, actually. I wanted to be a barrister, a teacher, a veterinarian, a radio DJ.
Does a big ego help or hurt writers? I think having a healthy ego—whether that’s big or not is subjective, I suppose—is best for someone who wants to publish and be read by the public. Being secure in your talent will shield you from the slings and arrows of the general public and help you shrug off the criticisms. And if anyone can figure out how to do that, I’d appreciate you letting me in on the secret.
Did you ever consider writing under a pseudonym? Both names I publish under are pseudonyms.
Do you try more to be original or to deliver to readers what they want? I’ve never liked the idea of “writing to the market.” I’m a pretty slow writer and by the time I publish, the trends have changed and I’m a year or so behind. So I write what interests me with little thought to whether it’ll be popular. I’m lucky enough to have a dedicated fan base who will read anything I publish, so I know that my books will always have a home.
What do you have coming next? I’m currently juggling a contemporary rom-com manuscript and a gender-swapped romantasy re-telling of the Scarlet Pimpernel with faeries and elemental magic.
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