Book Goodies

Connecting Readers and Authors

  • Home
  • Authors: Tell Readers About Your Book
  • Advertising
    • Buy Home Page Features
    • Advertise Your Bargain Book
    • List Your Free eBook
    • Feature Your PermaFree Book
    • BookGoodies Multi-site Landing Pages And Book Buyer’s Guides
    • Author Advertising PrePay and Save!
  • Deals Newsletter
  • Featured Books
    • Buyer’s Guides
  • Book and Kindle Sleeves
  • Use Coupon Code BookGoodies10 for 10% off your purchase from the BookGoodies Store!
  • Free Books
  • PermaFree Books
  • Featured Free and Bargain Books
  • Bargain Books Under $3
  • Buyer’s Guides
  • Interviews With Authors
    • Podcasts with Authors
  • Authors Start Here
    • Authors: Tell Readers About Your Book
    • BookGoodies MEGA Submit Book Buyers Guide
    • Submit Your Interview
    • Feature Your Free Books
    • Feature Your Bargain Books
  • Giveaways from BookGoodies
You are here: Home / *Reading Room / Interviews With Authors / Interview with Author – Victoria Benchley

Interview with Author – Victoria Benchley

By Book Goodies Leave a Comment

Victoria-Benchley1_jpeg
About Victoria Benchley:
Victoria Benchley lives with her husband of over twenty years and their two children on the West Coast of the United States. She grew up reading the classics and counts Dickens and the Bronte Sisters as her favorite authors. After a career in corporate America, spanning public accounting, cash management, and real estate investments, at national and international firms, she chose to become a stay-at-home mom and full time taxi cab driver for her children. She is a Christian and enjoys quilting, cooking, and traveling (road trips included!), as well as reading and writing.

What inspires you to write?
My inspiration starts within my imagination. A scene develops in my mind and I begin to weave a story surrounding that. From there, I incorporate things I’ve seen or experienced that fit the theme of the book.

Tell us about your writing process.
I’m definitely a seat of the pants writer. Once I actually begin to write, I’m never quite sure where the characters will take me. For example, I actually wrote two endings for a book. The first was the ending I had planned. Then, the characters took me in a different direction and I wrote the ending found in the novel. I will employ a loose outline once I get close to finishing, or if I find myself in a jam, mid-book. That can keep my story moving along if I am bogged down.

For Fiction Writers: Do you listen (or talk to) to your characters?
I listen to my characters. As I write, I am getting to know them better just as a reader does, progressing through the book. So, I must observe their nuances and reactions, both verbal and nonverbal.

What advice would you give other writers?
I’ve learned that one reader can hate your book while another loves it. While positive feedback is wonderful and inspiring, my joy comes from the writing. Buckle up, get a thick skin, and hang on for a wild ride!

How did you decide how to publish your books?
I chose to self-publish because I am not a spring chicken. I knew self-publishing would be immediate, while trying to get a book deal could take years. Also, I had an author friend who encouraged me to “Just do it!”

What do you think about the future of book publishing?
Unfortunately, I believe there will be fewer print books available in the future. The ready availability of an eBook is hard to resist. Combine that with the ease of handling an electronic reader (no heavy books to carry) and we may see less and less hard copies making their way into people’s hands.

What do you use?: Professional Editor, Professional Cover Designer, Beta Readers

What genres do you write?: Mystery

What formats are your books in?: eBook

Website(s)
Link To Victoria Benchley Page On Amazon

Your Social Media Links
Goodreads
Facebook
Twitter

All information in this post is presented “as is” supplied by the author. We don’t edit to allow you the reader to hear the author in their own voice.

Filed Under: Interviews With Authors Tagged With: culinary mystery, mystery, mystery series, Scottish

 

Sign up for our email newsletter to get daily notices about free, bargain and featured books.Be notified of instant access to free books AND Amazon Gift Card and book giveaways.

 

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

three × five =

Join Our Newsletter

Fiction

  • Fiction
  • Action & Adventure
  • Drama
  • Fantasy
  • Historical
  • Horror
  • Mystery/Suspense
  • Paranormal
  • Romance
  • Romance – Erotica
  • Science Fiction
  • Women’s Fiction
  • Fiction Audio Books

Try Kindle Unlimited Today

Listen to Your Favorite Books

Nonfiction

  • Art/Photography/Coffee Table
  • Biographies & Memoirs
  • Body/Mind/Spirit
  • Business Books
  • Cooking and Food Books
  • Crafts and Hobbies
  • Educational/How-to
  • Essays
  • Faith and Religion
  • Gardening Books
  • Health & Fitness
  • Humor
  • Inspiration and Photography Books
  • Pet and Animal Books
  • Science and Math
  • Travel
  • Nonfiction Audio Books

More Good Stuff

  • Featured Books
  • Children and Young Adult Books
  • *Reading Room
    • Interviews With Authors
    • Audio Books
      • Nonfiction Audio Books
      • Fiction Audio Books
  • Spanish
  • Giveaways from BookGoodies
  • Readers: What Podcasts Do You Listen To?
  • Readers: What Devices do You Use to Read eBooks?
  • Readers: What Do You Like on an Author’s Website?

For Authors

  • Authors: Tell Readers About Your Book
  • Author Interview – Tell Us About Yourself
  • BookGoodies MEGA Submit Book Buyers Guide
  • Advertise Your Bargain Books
  • Advertise Your Free eBook
  • Advertise Your PermaFree Book
  • Universal Link Tool for Amazon Books
  • Subscribe to Our Newsletters
  • BookGoodies News

Copyright © 2021 BookGoodies Network