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Author Meeting Place Interviews Author M.T. Bargeman of Plain View, VA, USA
Bio: I am a freelance writer living in rural Central Virginia, with my husband, our two children, and a few pets.
Many people are surprised when they meet me and learn that I am a writer, because I am Partially Sighted- Legally Blind. I use adaptive technology to write and edit my work.
How many book/s have you written?: I have written one book, and I have two more in the works.
Please share with us your book titles: I have wriiten The Travelers, and I am working on the sequel to it, working title, The Return. I am also writing The Gravedigger, based on a short story series I wrote about a gravedigger in rural Eastern Tennessee.
What genre/s would you like to write in?: I would like to write in the genres of paranormal thriller, fantasy fiction, and occult fiction.
Please share with us who or what encourages you to write and why?: I write because I like to tell a good, entertaining story. My husband and children encourage me to write, because they like my stories, and they believe in me as a writer.
How long did it take for you to write your book/s?: It took a few years to write The Travelers, because I was slowly losing my vision when I began the book in 2005. I expect that the next books will not take as long.
How long did it take for you to publish your book/s?: It took me a year to publish my book.
Who did you publish with and why?: I published with CreateSpace, because the economy, combined with the rise of the e-Reader, made many publishing firms close up their doors, and those that were left were less willing to take a chance on a new author. Since the option was available to me to publish without needing to be backed by a large house, I took advantage of it, because it allowed me to put my work out for the world to read. Who knows? Perhaps I'll be approached by a large publishing house. You never know what can happen unless you try.
Please share with us how you prefer to market your book/s?: I use social media like FaceBook and Twitter a lot, as well as letting friends, family, and members of groups I belong to on the Internet know I have work available. It is good publicity, and for those on a tight budget, it works well. I also have a blog about my work, and I write articles and place ads wherever it is free for me to do so. I like to call it guerilla marketing.
Please share with us any event/s that you have planned in marketing your book/s:
Do you wish to share any additional information with our readers?: Many people are surprised that I am a blind author. I'm not sure why that is, but it is. I love telling a good story, I love knowing that people are entertained by my work. I'll never stop writing.
Backcover Description: Twila Paris is a family tradition Greenwitch and psychic detective, running the Paris Detective Agency in Eastern Tennessee. She is contracted By the FBI to find a missing boy along the Appalachian Trail in Eastern Kentucky. Missing persons cases are her specialty.
Joseph Avonlea is an FBI agent assigned to look after Twila while she looks for the boy. He'd much rather be back at his desk. When Twila is kidnapped in the middle of the night by a strange old man, Joseph finds himself in trouble, betrayed by his mentor and former friend, Stuart Barnes.
Twila is pulled into an alternate universe, paralell to our own. She and Joseph must find their way to each other. They find they are part of a prophecy, chosen by an Immortal King to wake a Sleeping Goddess, so that she may save HEr People and allow the Old Gods to return to the World. Will they find the boy and accomplish their mission?
Email to share: mtbargeman@yahoo.com
I'd like to note the good work Brian Hogan of www.coversareus.com did in putting my cover together.
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