Today we are chatting with A. K. Smith the author of A Deep Thing
Tell us something unexpected about yourself!
I'm a new scuba diver, and diving in a cenote (underwater caves in the Yucatan) and surviving– was one of my biggest achievements. Puerto Penasco, Mexico has a special place in my heart; it’s where I escaped after walking out on Corporate America and where I fell in love on a sailboat. I love Mexico, and I became a Mexico resident. A Deep Thing takes place in the Yucatan.
What novels affected you the most growing up?
Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Sydney Sheldon, Judy Blume, Ronald Duhl anything my older silblings had laying around, anything I could find at our school library.
Where did the idea for your current book come from?
My husband and I took a romantic trip to the Mexican Rivera maya in the Yucatan and discovered cenotes. Cenotes are deep iridescent underwater caves with fresh water. Outside Porto Morelas, Mexico there is a road called “Ruta de Los Cenotes” we hired a taxi driver to take us to see a cenote. We drove back uncommercialized dirt roads and in the middle of the jungle he let us out and we walked back a jungle road to a beautiful hole in the ground. The water luminescent, we were in awe of our surroundings.
You can dive, snorkel and swim in these wonders of nature, and the setting was surreal. When we returned home I couldn’t stop thinking about the cenotes, why had I never heard of them? Why were they so secret and on private land? What if? We returned to the Riveria Maya halfway through my novel and dove the cenotes in Tulum. It was an incredible experience. My novel A Deep Thing, was born in the Yucatan.
Do you think there’s any way you could ever run out of ideas for books?
Only if I find the Fountain of Youth or become immortal because I have 100 more years of ideas. It's time I'm afraid of running out, not ideas.
What is your routine for writing and has this method changed over the span of your career?
My routine is being at my desk, in my office, and blocking out the world.
How important is marketing and social media for you?
Very important, looking forward to working with Your book promoter
What advice would you have for other writers?
Write, don't give up, and just try it. Block out 30 minutes everyday to write it's something…
What are you reading now?
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
What’s your next step?
Self-Publishing a Travel Secrets book coming to Amazon February 1st! Publishing more fiction books with unique settings and suspense!
A Deep Thing is available on Amazon here
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