Carol Kravetz Interview Published on: 30, Aug 2022

I have two older brothers and one younger sister and was raised in a loving home by devoted parents. My sister and I had the privilege of taking ballet lessons and piano lessons – neither of which I was able to carry forward into adulthood. But the experience is something I’ll never forget. My parents always encouraged us to read and learn and, when in school I showed a flare for writing, they made sure I continued to do what I wanted to do.

As a child, I was always reading. Although I played with my friends or rode my bike or did what children do, I was most content to sit down with a book and read. It is a pastime I still enjoy today.

I think I became interested in reading when I was in school. I was granted access to a public library and would often go to check out books by my favorite author then, Enid Blyton. I used to look forward to the essay portions of my English lessons and loved to write about any topic the teacher would give us to do.

My first book was a prototype of the police series I have written today. Names and locations and storylines have been changed drastically, but there is an underlying theme that remains true to the first storylines.

I can’t say I relate to any given character. I’ve had too normal a life to be considered a tragic heroine!

Writing about my hometown in The Return was a challenge – I didn’t want to portray any strong loyalties to either side of the community, and I tried to keep my balance as best as I could. I think I succeeded. It was exciting to write about a police service within the United Kingdom and use terminology I’m more used to than the American ways.

I live the life of every one of my main characters every time I write about them. I don’t think I would want to be like her, though, simply because she’s very intelligent and doesn’t have to work hard to get what she wants. She’s also one of my most endearing characters, to me anyway, and I wouldn’t change her for the world.

Currently, I’m working on book seven of the series. There will be two more.

I don’t know what world-building is.

If you want to write a book, don’t procrastinate and be your own best critic. Anything you write, if it’s wrong, you can change it. Make sure you have a beginning, a middle, and an end.

I never realized how lucrative a business it can be. I thought it would be just a simple matter of writing a book, sending it off to the first publisher I found, and getting a book deal straight away. If only!

I have no set way of how I write. I used to write everything down in longhand, then type it out on an electric typewriter. Now with an Up-to-date laptop, I can write, delete, rewrite, delete, delete some more, to my heart’s content.

I’m always proudest when people tell me they are impressed by my ability to write.

The next book will be the 8th book in the Bathville Book series, and it will continue on from where I will leave off in book 7. I don’t want to give too much away, but there will be a devastating incident that will change the course of the characters’ lives forever.

AllAuthor does a remarkable job of promoting authors and helping them get their work “out there”. I haven’t benefitted much in the way of sales yet but I am sure AllAuthor will find a way to improve that.