Ask the Author: C.M. McCoy
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C.M. McCoy
Hi Lindy!
Goodreads has responded and says they fixed the problem <3 You may be able to submit a vote for EERIE now. Let me know if you do and if it works. Thank you again for voting for EERIE <3
THANK YOU so, so much for trying! I've contacted Goodreads, but nobody's responded to me :-( >
Goodreads has responded and says they fixed the problem <3 You may be able to submit a vote for EERIE now. Let me know if you do and if it works. Thank you again for voting for EERIE <3
THANK YOU so, so much for trying! I've contacted Goodreads, but nobody's responded to me :-( >
C.M. McCoy
Hi Ludmila!
Thank you so much for your question. Changing careers involved learning a lot a new things. My degree was technical, but I'd always enjoyed writing and reading, so it wasn't as huge a jump as it might seem. Starting from the bottom of the totem pole again after having clawed my way up one already was a little frustrating, but I knew I had the persistence and drive to make it happen.
Writing was something I've always done in one form or another. Whether it was writing short stories as a kid to writing creative papers in college to writing speeches for the General in the Air Force, I've been writing in one form or another throughout my life. I started writing seriously just after I left the Air Force and wound up with a memoir on my hands. After that, I felt like I had another story in me--one that incorporated all of my hopes and fears and experiences but with an element of fantasy thrown in, which is where EERIE came from.
The genres I write are a product of the characters that babble inside my head. It sounds crazy, but as their story unfolds on paper, the genre becomes apparent, so it wasn't so much a conscious choice to write a certain genre, it was how the characters' stories unfolded naturally. For example, I didn't know when I set out to write my thriller that it would be a thriller. It may have just as easily turned out to be a mystery, but my main character was too action-oriented for her story to go that way, if that makes sense.
Thanks again for writing to me!
Thank you so much for your question. Changing careers involved learning a lot a new things. My degree was technical, but I'd always enjoyed writing and reading, so it wasn't as huge a jump as it might seem. Starting from the bottom of the totem pole again after having clawed my way up one already was a little frustrating, but I knew I had the persistence and drive to make it happen.
Writing was something I've always done in one form or another. Whether it was writing short stories as a kid to writing creative papers in college to writing speeches for the General in the Air Force, I've been writing in one form or another throughout my life. I started writing seriously just after I left the Air Force and wound up with a memoir on my hands. After that, I felt like I had another story in me--one that incorporated all of my hopes and fears and experiences but with an element of fantasy thrown in, which is where EERIE came from.
The genres I write are a product of the characters that babble inside my head. It sounds crazy, but as their story unfolds on paper, the genre becomes apparent, so it wasn't so much a conscious choice to write a certain genre, it was how the characters' stories unfolded naturally. For example, I didn't know when I set out to write my thriller that it would be a thriller. It may have just as easily turned out to be a mystery, but my main character was too action-oriented for her story to go that way, if that makes sense.
Thanks again for writing to me!
C.M. McCoy
Hi JC!
Thanks for your question, and how's the t-shirt fit?
The cover are for Eerie was created by artist Robin Lynn Schwind long before I wrote the book, but when I found it, I knew it was the perfect metaphor for Hailey's situation: she's all things good--love incarnate stuck in a dark world and bound to a creature who could never love her in return (or could he? ;-) )
It's actually neither a ring nor a bracelet, but I'll bet I could make a necklace charm out of it (with Robin's permission of course :-) ).
Did that answer your question?
I'm hoping the sequels will feature more of Robin Lynn's darkly beautiful flower art!
<3 <3 <3
Thanks for your question, and how's the t-shirt fit?
The cover are for Eerie was created by artist Robin Lynn Schwind long before I wrote the book, but when I found it, I knew it was the perfect metaphor for Hailey's situation: she's all things good--love incarnate stuck in a dark world and bound to a creature who could never love her in return (or could he? ;-) )
It's actually neither a ring nor a bracelet, but I'll bet I could make a necklace charm out of it (with Robin's permission of course :-) ).
Did that answer your question?
I'm hoping the sequels will feature more of Robin Lynn's darkly beautiful flower art!
<3 <3 <3
C.M. McCoy
Hi JC! I just packaged up your tshirt and will send today or tomorrow :-)
C.M. McCoy
Hi JC!
Sorry about the delay in getting back to you! I've ordered you a tshirt, and it should arrive here in Alaska in the next couple weeks. I'll send it to you once it arrives. I hope you get a chance to check out EERIE, and let me know what you think <3 <3 <3
Sorry about the delay in getting back to you! I've ordered you a tshirt, and it should arrive here in Alaska in the next couple weeks. I'll send it to you once it arrives. I hope you get a chance to check out EERIE, and let me know what you think <3 <3 <3
C.M. McCoy
Hi JC!
Thank you for your question ❤️ Asher is neither a grim reaper nor a vampire. He's an Envoy, a ferrier of life energy from a realm of pure energy called the Aether. You've never heard of an Envoy before EERIE because I made them up.
Thank you for your question ❤️ Asher is neither a grim reaper nor a vampire. He's an Envoy, a ferrier of life energy from a realm of pure energy called the Aether. You've never heard of an Envoy before EERIE because I made them up.
C.M. McCoy
Hi Paula,
thank you for your question. Yes, it is copyright protected by the artist, but you can buy a common use license (like I did) from DepostiPhoto online. :-)
thank you for your question. Yes, it is copyright protected by the artist, but you can buy a common use license (like I did) from DepostiPhoto online. :-)
C.M. McCoy
Hi Mikaela!
Thank you so much for your question :-)
The short answer is yes. I plan at least two more books in the Eerie series.
I'm very hard at work on the sequel to Eerie. Funny thing is, I'd probably be done with Book 2 and elbow-deep into Book 3 by now, but I had such a difficult time selling Eerie to a publisher that it broke my heart. I actually gave up on the series for a while and wrote a YA Thriller. I was in the middle of editing that thriller when I finally found a home for Eerie.
Rest assured, the sequel is coming. Though I don't have a contract for it with a publisher yet, I hope to release it before the end of the year.
Thanks again for your question, Mikaela!
All the best,
Colleen
Thank you so much for your question :-)
The short answer is yes. I plan at least two more books in the Eerie series.
I'm very hard at work on the sequel to Eerie. Funny thing is, I'd probably be done with Book 2 and elbow-deep into Book 3 by now, but I had such a difficult time selling Eerie to a publisher that it broke my heart. I actually gave up on the series for a while and wrote a YA Thriller. I was in the middle of editing that thriller when I finally found a home for Eerie.
Rest assured, the sequel is coming. Though I don't have a contract for it with a publisher yet, I hope to release it before the end of the year.
Thanks again for your question, Mikaela!
All the best,
Colleen
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