Something I get a lot from people, in comments or DM’s/emails, is the ‘how do you find the time?’ Whether it’s about reading, writing, or posting stuff, it comes up often. When it gets asked, I usually think of folks like today’s guest. Michelle River is the driving force behind Eerie River publishing. Not only that, but she’s also an accomplished author, creator of Book Box Canada AND a wife and mother. So, I don’t think I have as much going on as others, especially Michelle. I don’t have to edit works, design covers, contact places to sell books, organize book events, package, and ship sub boxes etc etc. I got it easy!

So, it is with great pleasure that I welcome today’s guest! One of the hardest working women in dark fiction!

Welcome Michelle!

Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try and write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?

Michelle: My writing is as hit and miss as it can get. Between Eerie River Publishing commitments, developing edits, setting up book fairs and markets and now the Book Box Canada, my writing time is shoved violently in the minutes between dusk and dawn.

Steve: You end up at an estate sale and discover an unpublished manuscript from an author you love. Do you keep it just for yourself or do you share it with the world?

Michelle: Jesus Steve, what a question! This is going to be a two-part answer. First, I would lovingly take that bad boy to bed and read through it over and over again until I had memorized every word and the pages had taken on my scent. Then, and only then, would I call the heirs to the estate and let them know what I “just discovered in that antique chest of drawers I purchased six years ago”, and see what they would like to do. It isn’t my call. But I would take my fucking time with it first.

Steve: Tell me about your newest release and why someone should read it!

Michelle: I have nothing new, but I DO have something coming out in 2023. It is called “Rotten House” and it will be published in 2023. It is a psychological/paranormal horror of a woman’s descent into madness after she inherits her mother’s hoarder house and begins to declutter it.

You should read it because it is going to be fantastic. This one is really personal to me in a few different ways. Although not by any means based on real life, is inspired by family and friends. It tackles grief, mental illness, and abandonment, in a way that only horror can. With brutality.

Steve: Bonus Question! You wake up in a comic book. What is your comic book character and what is your superpower?

Michelle: Cries silently into her cold cup of black coffee in shame. I have to admit something. I do not read comics. Yes, I have seen Marvel and DC movies, and yes, I have even tried to read comics growing up, but they weren’t and aren’t for me. I wouldn’t even know where to start!

However, a superpower? I can give you this one. I would want the ability to heal any injury or disease to myself and others. Not necessarily an “immortality” power, but one that would potentially make a longer life?

Thanks for having me. I apologize for the swear words.

Steve: Thank you so much, Michelle!

To find more of her work and Eerie River Publishing’s work – check the links!

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Michelle-River/author/B07WKKB3Z5

Eerie River Website: https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/

Book Box Canada Website: https://www.bookboxcanada.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EerieRiver