{"id":24999,"date":"2022-02-24T03:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=24999"},"modified":"2022-02-15T09:18:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T17:18:19","slug":"author-qa-with-claire-stibbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/24\/author-qa-with-claire-stibbe\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Q&#038;A with Claire Stibbe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Author-QA-with-Claire-Stibbe.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-25001 size-medium\" title=\"Author Q&amp;A with Claire Stibbe\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Author-QA-with-Claire-Stibbe-300x300.png\" alt=\"Author Q&amp;A with Claire Stibbe\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Author-QA-with-Claire-Stibbe-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Author-QA-with-Claire-Stibbe-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Author-QA-with-Claire-Stibbe-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Author-QA-with-Claire-Stibbe.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Please welcome Claire Stibbe to our Featured Author Q&amp;A series at Writer\u2019s Fun Zone. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to be considered for an interview, check out our guidelines\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/guest-columnists-welcome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Claire Stibbe<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Claire Stibbe is the winner of the 2021 Page Turner Award for Fiction and a prolific novelist. Today, she writes dark, domestic suspense novels that draw on her experiences as a survivor of domestic abuse. Her aim is not just to tell gripping stories but to inspire other survivors to find freedom and independence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Claire worked as an Executive Assistant for twenty years in both London and the Far East. She now devotes herself full-time to writing. Her novels owe much to her years as a member of the Albuquerque Police Citizen\u2019s Academy where her main focus was the impact of violence towards women and their families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Claire now lives in Utah with her family. She is addicted to reading and sharing her love of crime fiction.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>On to Our Interview!<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q: Tell us who you are and what inspires you to write.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A. I write police procedurals and psychological thrillers, so it\u2019s the suspense I love. I\u2019m inspired by the \u201cwhat ifs\u201d in everyday situations, including the dialogue we hear in public places. A small incident can burgeon into a page-turner for me, so it\u2019s essential to be armed with a notebook at all times!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q: How did you get to this place in your life? Share your story!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A. I started writing stories when I was a child, but it wasn\u2019t until I was made redundant from my last job that I found a newly launched online community for writers set up by HarperCollins to source new talent. Authonomy was an open slush pile where authors submitted stories for discussion, reviews and ranking by other members. The top five that reached the editor\u2019s desk were sometimes selected for publication. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve looked back since!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q: What are you most passionate about?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A. I\u2019m really passionate about helping and educating women to make healthy partner choices. It\u2019s tough out there, and so many lack self-confidence. Listening allows me the privilege to encourage them to change the course of their lives. It\u2019s baby steps, but every one counts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q: Can you tell us a little bit about your writing process, routine, and\/or rituals around your writing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A. I like to get up very early in the morning, grab a coffee and answer email. Then I close my study door and read over the last chapter before continuing with the next. My work week mirrors a typical business week\u2014Monday through Friday, 5.00 am to 5.00 pm\u2014but on Saturdays I finish around 2.00. Sundays, I\u2019m off!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q: What are a few challenges you faced in creating, marketing, or publishing your creative work? And your solutions to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A. It was the balancing of the police procedural elements with the crime fiction elements. Joining the Albuquerque Citizen\u2019s Police Academy for a nine week intensive course taught me all the different aspects of police work and volunteering created the spark for the Detective Temeke crime series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q: What do you wish you had known before you started writing fiction?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A. I wish I\u2019d known about the Curtis Brown classes for novel writers, which take you through the process of planning a novel, to writing the chapters and finally editing and pitching your novel to agents. This gives writers the tools they need to write for the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q: What&#8217;s next for you in your creative work?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A. I\u2019ve been writing psychological thrillers over the last two years and have just completed two books. Working titles: No Good Lie and No One Like Her. I\u2019m querying agents and hoping to find a good publisher home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q: Is there anything else you wished I&#8217;d asked? Please share!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A. What books have inspired me throughout my life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since my father was a friend of C.S. Lewis, I would have to say The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Tolkien and A.A. Milne and more currently Gillian Flynn, Dean Koontz, Ted Dekker, George R.R. Martin, Tosca Lee, Ruth Ware and Frank Peretti.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hour-Detective-Temeke-Crime-Book-ebook\/dp\/B01BCUDOZ4\/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1WBJQ1P1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-25000 size-medium\" title=\"The 9th Hour by Claire Stibbe\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-9th-hour-small-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"The 9th Hour by Claire Stibbe\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-9th-hour-small-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-9th-hour-small.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hour-Detective-Temeke-Crime-Book-ebook\/dp\/B01BCUDOZ4\/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1WBJQ1P1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 9th Hour<\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Claire Stibbe <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albuquerque&#8217;s finest detective and New Mexico\/Arizona Book Award winning series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone has secrets. Some more deadly than others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the ninth girl falls into the clutches of a serial killer, Detective Temeke faces a race against time to save her life. The Duke City Police Department in Albuquerque, New Mexico is no stranger to gruesome murders, but this new serial killer on their block keeps the body parts of his eight young victims as trophies and has a worrying obsession with the number 9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The suspect is incarcerated in the state&#8217;s high security penitentiary but Unit Commander Hackett is faced with a dilemma when another teenage girl goes missing. Detective Temeke and his new partner, Malin Santiago, are sent to solve a baffling crime in the dense forests of New Mexico&#8217;s Cimarron State Park. But time is running out. Can they unravel the mysteries of Norse legends and thwart the 9th Hour killer before he takes his next victim?<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Connect with Claire Stibbe<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/clairestibbebooks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/clairestibbebooks.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClaireStibbe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClaireStibbe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClaireStibbe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClaireStibbe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LinkedIn:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/claire-stibbe-64347a63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/claire-stibbe-64347a63<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pinterest:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ClaireStibbe\/_saved\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ClaireStibbe\/_saved<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/clairestibbe\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/clairestibbe\/?hl=en<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy this Author Q&#038;A with Claire Stibbe, sharing about how she started writing and her habits, passions and her new 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