JMR-Welcome to the Books Delight, Mark.
Tell our readers where you live, what you do for fun and what does the perfect
day look like? MJR- I live in Canada with two small dogs for
company. Hobbies, and what I like to do – I enjoy traveling at least once a
year – haven’t done South America yet but Greece and Rome are higher on my
list. My perfect day is one where I get a good hour or two of writing down
without interruption. JMR-What’s your favorite historical time
period? Why? MJR- Nothing
specific, it depends on the story and the story’s needs. I’ve written for the Revolutionary War already. At some point I would like to have something set
during the Salem Witch Trials, and ninth or tenth century England in my work. JMR-Who is your favorite historical
figure? Why? If you could ask them one question, what would it be? MJR- Again, I don’t have a specific person in mind –
it just depends on the setting and who happens to be around during that period
of time. JMR- How did you come to be a writer of
historical fiction? MJR- I just kind of fell into it I guess. My mom
collects Diana Gabledon’s Outlander series when they come out in hardcover. JMR- Did you visit anyone of the places
in your book? Where did you feel closest to your characters? MJR- Not yet, it’s somewhere on my travel plans
though. At present, I can only visit those places through my writing. JMR-Mark, tell us about your new book, Never
be a Saint: A Mythos Novel . MJR – It’s a Revolutionary War story spread across a
few years before and after the Declaration of Independence, with a third of it taking
place in contemporary US. I’m cautious about revealing too much but it also
deals with LGBTQ themes. JMR-Your book blends mythology and
history, which is your favorite god? Greek or Roman? What does mythology add to
the flavor of your story? MJR- Good question. Choosing my favorite god would
be as hard as picking a specific time period – I find all of them fascinating,
too much to say just one of them. JMR-What projects do you have in the
pipeline? MJR- Too many to list but that’s apparently how my
brain works. My primary focus is on Song for Dalriada, a fantasy echo of the
Anglo-Saxon period in history. But I’ve also got Shieldmaiden and Little Beauty
as connective works to my Eve book. Last but not least, a non-canon retelling
of a pair of werewolf twins, if they’d stayed in Russia and grown up there,
rather than their home in London. JMR- Tell our readers how to find you on
social media and the web. MJR- I’m on twitter and Instagram, with a much
smaller platform on facebook and Bluesky. I prefer twitter more than anything
else. While I do have a website – it hasn’t been updated in a while. If you’re
looking for my books in particular, Amazon is the best place to find them. JMR- What question were you hoping I’d
ask but didn’t? MJR- None, this was a very well put together
interview. Thank you for giving me this opportunity.
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