Interview With Carole McDonnell
INTERVIEW WITH CAROLE MCDONNELL
Author of Wind Follower • www.darkparables.blogspot.com
Introduce yourself to our readers?
My name is Carole McDonnell. I write speculative fiction of all kinds but I especially like fantasy and alternate world stories. I like playing
around with universal laws, I guess.
When did you first become interested in Science Fiction?
As a kid I loved watching scifi movies. The Blob, for instance. I also loved Lost in Space and Star Trek.
When did you first notice the lack of diversity in the field?
I started making mental adaptations of movies as I watched them. For instance, why were there no Black folks on alien worlds? Why were the
only people saved when the world blew up Caucasian?
In the area of Black Science Fiction what is your area of interest and what medium do you prefer? (Comics, movies, prose etc.)
My favorite genre is fantasy. My favorite mediums to look at are movies and short stories, I would rather read fantasy than science fiction.
And who were/are your inspirations?
Is it wrong to say that most of my inspirations to write were white? Yet, to tell
stories, my inspiration was my mother. She was a great storyteller, as was my
grandfather who would tell us stories at night.
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What are some of the challenges you faced in the industry?
I like writing about the human heart, racial issues, and about religion.
Some folks just like storytelling. They don’t want their story muddied with
psychological issues such as woundedness. And some folks don’t want to
deal with religion.
What was your first big break?
A big break that leads to something bigger versus a big break would be
getting my novel Wind Follower published.
I recently heard the term ìa black book used for comics, can you explain
what that is?
I’ve never heard the phrase.
What kind of music do you listen to/ Do you listen to music when you’re
working on project?
I listen to love songs about undying painful passionate loves when I write
love scenes, usually Korean Pop or oldies. I listen to religious songs when I
write religious scenes. All kinds, all cultures. I listen to Kokia -- a Japanese
pop singer whose music is used in a lot of Final Fantasy video games-- when
I write heroic scenes
Are you working on anything currently?
Genesis Science Fiction Magazine Summer 2012
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