Hey hey!! Hello friends!

I know it’s been a little bit, but we’re back today with a wonderful 3Q’s from the also wonderful (and author of some truly brutal horror) Ali Seay!

Welcome Ali!

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?

Ali: It looks like chaos most days. I get up somewhere between 8 and 10. I drink some sort of caffeinated beverage and I often write with that first cup. Some days I don’t get to it until after lunch or even later. The goal, most days, is to write before my afternoon walk. If my brain won’t cooperate, I recalculate. I used to be much more rigid, but I’ve calmed down a bit.

Most days I try to and manage to hit at least 1,000 words. That’s the low-key goal. Some days it can be triple that, others it will only be half that. Some days, I know my brain needs a break, so I don’t write at all.

I’m currently adding a day job to the mix so that should make things even more interesting.

Steve: You end up at an estate sale and discover an unpublished manuscript from an author you love.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?

Ali: I would absolutely have to share it with the world. After I read it first and savored the experience of course. But yeah, it’s no fun to discover something that amazing and then keep it to yourself. Everyone needs to know how lucky you were (and how generous you are).

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

Ali: My newest is slated for July 2023 with Grindhouse. It’s called Hysteria: Lolly & Lady Vanity. It contains 2 novelettes that feature women coming undone. It’s my (quite bloody) love letter to being a woman and the stresses that come attached whether you’re young or old. I wrote both pieces a while back and knew they’d need a special publisher to give them a home. No surprise that they found an excellent home at Grindhouse. I’m so excited for its release I can’t stand it.

Steve: Bonus Question! You receive an invitation in the mail from one of these two people. The invitation invites you to have dinner and spend the night in their home. Do you accept the invitation from Victor Frankenstein or Dracula and why?

Ali: Hmm. That’s a hard one. I would have to lean toward Dracula, I guess. I like to flirt with danger (at least in my mind) and I think a blood thirsty host with the ability to glamour and shapeshift is a pretty dangerous scenario. In my mind, all I see when I think of Dracula, is the deliciously vivid movie version with Gary Oldman. A visually stunning tale of love and death. I’d definitely have to traipse through the fog to see what that was all about.

Steve: Great choice!

Thank you so much for doing this, Ali!

To find more of her awesome work, check the links!

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ali-Seay/author/B085RY7ND3

Website: https://aliseay.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AliSeay11