Katherine Dempster is a lover of the light that creates the shadows. Her newest paranormal series, The B.I.T.N. Bureau assignments, has the first book, Welcome to Aumbry Valley, available now. Her debut series, The Patrons, consists of three novels released with Wild Dreams Publishing, along with a novella, Phoebe Blake: Boy Crazed Banshee. Her paranormal thriller, Into the Lake, is inspired by the Canadian lakeside country home where she resides with her husband and fur babies.
Keep an eye out for other works in progress that she will bring to you in the future!
“Not everything dark lives in the shadows.” The Patrons.
Here is an interview with author Katherine Dempster
Katherine Dempster, can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I’m Katherine Dempster, the author of The Patrons, a paranormal New Adult book series, that currently has the first two of three books published with Wild Dreams Publishing. I’m a Canadian with a severe book addiction and a passion for travel.
Katherine Dempster, How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?
I’m Katherine Dempster, currently finishing a novella that goes alongside The Patrons and The Patrons: Bloodlines that will tell the story from the point of view of the protagonist’s best friend, and I’m working on a supernatural novel titled Into the Lake.
How do you develop your plots and characters?
The Katherine Dempster plots develop over time in my head. Sometimes, it’s the ending that comes to me first, and I’ll work backward. At other times, a general idea of the situation or world in which the characters live will start to form. Characters, for the most part, tend to introduce themselves to me as I go. They can throw a wrench into my plots at times!
Katherine Dempster: What’s more important: characters or plot?
To me, they go hand in hand to create a story that you can immerse yourself in, but if I had to pick one, I suppose it would be characters. If you don’t care about them, their adventures and stories have a hard time taking root and sticking with them as a reader.
Are there certain characters you would like to go back to, or is there a theme or idea you’d love to work with?
Phoebe Blake, the best friend of Abby Whitmore in The Patrons, is the protagonist in the novella that I’m working on, and I’m enjoying seeing that world through her eyes. She’s more fun-loving than Abby and it’s been a blast to work on.
Katherine Dempster, how do you market your work? What avenues have you found to be most effective for your genre?
Being published with an Indie publisher, social media is a godsend. Wild Dreams excels at promoting its authors via Facebook, Twitter, and similar platforms. Allowing us to contribute to the marketing effort on our social media accounts helps amplify the message.
Many great sites are solely dedicated to promoting books and indie authors, and we’re always grateful for the time and effort those individuals put in.
Will you have a new book coming out soon?
Next out will most likely be Phoebe Blake: Boy Crazed Banshee, and hopefully closely followed by Into the Lake. Once I’m able to move on from those, I have a new series that I’m working on titled The Corpse Flower Chronicles about a young lady named Nora and the unusual life she’s born into.
What is your preferred method to have readers get in touch with or follow you (i.e., website, personal blog, Facebook page, Goodreads, etc.) and link(s)?
Facebook is the best way to get in touch, as well as Goodreads – although I’ve been horrible at updating my Goodreads.
What do you want to say about our website?
I’m enjoying the layout. Very easy to navigate through the content, and the articles have been quite varied and enjoyable!
So, that’s all about Katherine Dempster. Hope you liked this beautiful interview. I like it very much. Thanks for being with us.