Hannah:
Hi, Rachael. I’m happy
to kick start this week’s Association of Rhode Island Author (ARIA) blog tour.
Rachael: Hello Hannah, and thanks for doing this Blog
Tour thing. I’m originally from
Cranston. I now live in East Greenwich
(insert Jeffersons theme song “Movin’ On Up” here). Anyhow, I have a set of twins that I
homeschool and I write.
Hannah: What are you
working on these days and what’s the current status of that project?
Rachael: I’m focused on marketing my trilogy, Security
Through Absurdity. It’s based on my real
life experiences working at a defense contractor and how that prompts the main
character (who amazingly bears a striking similarity to me) to get involved
with politics (which I did,) and she tries and fix all the stuff she saw working
for the defense company. Naturally, this
leads to a lot of intrigue, and, as a fiction writer, I am able to disperse some
fun facts that may not have shown up in the news at that time. I am now listed
under “New Journalism” or “Creative Non-Fiction”. But whatever they want to call it, I like
that big GENERAL FICTION printed on the back of the book because that means I
probably won’t get sued.
Hannah:
Can you tell the
audience what inspires you to write?
Rachael: I think because I’m GenX, I’m prone to seeing
the ridiculousness of things. I’m also,
and I admit it, a news junkie because part of my job at the defense
contractor’s was to place stories and advertisements. So, I always have ample inspiration. Because, well, stuff on the news, umm...from
what I’ve experienced, stuff doesn’t make national news unless it was affecting
someone’s stock holdings. But, you know,
everyone else is moving along like it’s cool, and I don’t want to rock their
world too much. So, I write fiction.
Hannah: What genre do you
enjoy writing the most?
Rachael: This “Creative Non-Fiction” (aka General
Fiction) thing I’m doing now is pretty cool.
It’s sorta like a double negative and what’s not to like about that? Basically, it’s all true except for the parts
that are fake. I feel like I’m purging
in a safe way. And I know people feel
more comfortable picking up and consuming a novel than some sort of didactic
whistle blower thing or even a newspaper.
Rachael: After getting these three books out on their
own, I’m going to get heavily involved in writing a one man play about
interpersonal relationships and the new American reality of franchise families
(ie third spouse / second set of children), telecommuting, and online
relationships. Long story short: the guy
goes mental.
Hannah:
Favorite movie?
Rachael: Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Hannah:
Favorite food or dish to make?
Rachael: !!!! SUSHI !!!!! Honestly, I should have been born a seagull.
Hannah:
Favorite place you’ve
ever visited?
Rachael: It’s a toss-up between the mountains in Costa
Rica and the mountains in Switzerland.
Hannah: Favorite music band?
Rachael: Currently, FUGAZI
Hannah: Favorite book?
Rachael: Et Tu Babe by Mark Leyner
Hannah:
Is there anything you would like to leave with us?
Rachael: I never thought I’d be a writer, but now I’m
into it...after the play gets written and
the audio book of Book One : Little Yellow Stickies FINALLY gets
finished. (I’m doing my own reading. I
must have been high on crack thinking I could read my own book, that I wrote,
in english in front of a microphone in a recording studio). I’ll be doing up two more books in the
Security Through Absurdity series. AND
hashing out two other plot lines for two other series that will be more darkly
humorous, more explicitly violent, but still as fun and fact filled as this current
trilogy. Stay tuned!
Please
follow the links below to get in touch with Rachael and most importantly, buy
her books!
Links For Rachael:
Her books.
Her website.
Her Facebook page.
Links For Rachael:
Her books.
Her website.
Her Facebook page.
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