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Inter­view with Cather­ine Yee: Oth­er­wise known as Kath­leen Lawrence

What inspired you to begin writ­ing? What authors espe­cial­ly influ­enced you?

A lit­tle voice whis­pered in my ear dur­ing my dreams. It was Clare of Bat­tered Wings. She want­ed her sto­ry told. She was one per­sis­tent lady. She woke me up many nights and I lay there in the dark putting her sto­ry togeth­er, then spent my days research­ing W.A.S.P. and oth­er female pilots from the WWII era.

O. Hen­ry, Tony Hiller­man, Agatha Christie and a ton of oth­er authors have influ­enced me through the years. I think I love Agatha Christie the best.

What gen­res do you write in? What attract­ed you to that type of fiction?

Here’s the prob­lem with that, I write what­ev­er strikes me which is why I have writ­ten a war sto­ry, Bat­tered Wings, pub­lished; a spy sto­ry, Spy Doc, to be released some­time in Sep­tem­ber and just fin­ished a ghost sto­ry, Num­ber Five Dun­ning Mead­ow Lane. On the back burn­er is a NaNoW­riMo nov­el about life in a man­u­fac­tur­ing plant, called Prod­uct Line 551. It’s fin­ished but in very rough shape. I write for the fun of it.

Do you out­line, “wing it,” or some­thing in between?

I out­line my sto­ries and then I fill in. Some­times I already have the end­ing in mind and then plot out the rest of the sto­ry. That’s prob­a­bly a goofy way to do it but it works for me.

What is your lat­est or next-forth­com­ing book (or both)?

My next book to be pub­lished by Whiskey Creek is Spy Doc. It’s a dif­fer­ent type of spy sto­ry. I like to think of it as gen­tle spy sto­ry. It comes out in Sep­tem­ber of this year.

What are you work­ing on now?

I’ve just fin­ished writ­ing Num­ber Five Dun­ning Mead­ow Lane, a ghost sto­ry. It’s cen­tered here in North Car­oli­na in a lit­tle town near the moun­tains. We have so many beau­ti­ful Vic­to­ri­an homes here in North Car­oli­na that are being lov­ing­ly restored and I envi­sioned one of them fight­ing back. lol My oth­er project is rework­ing the oth­er fin­ished nov­el and putting all my short sto­ries into an anthol­o­gy. My short sto­ries go across the board also.

What advice would you give to aspir­ing writers?

Lis­ten to the inner you and write what pleas­es you. You’ll find your niche soon­er or lat­er. If some­thing inspires you, write about it. If you don’t like what you’ve done, junk it but put it on paper first and give it a seri­ous look.

What’s your web­site URL? Do you have a blog? Where else can we find you on the web? I have a derelict web­site t

I have an author page on Ama­zon on the page for my book Bat­tered Wings. Look toward the bot­tom of the page or go tohttp://www.amazon.com/Catherine-Yee/e/B00540YQC4/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0. I use the pen name of Cather­ine Yee.

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