Interview Barbara Wilson Wright

by

Patricia Scott

1) Congratulations on your November release! A Mission of Evil… what a great title this is. Exciting and dynamic. Have you written others similar in this genre or is this your first novel?

This is my third book with Wings ePress. The first two, A Life Hidden and La Sorellanza, were as I call them “chick books” I thought I’d like to try another genre. A Mission of Evil is a thriller.

2) How long have you been a writer? How do you find your ideas? And what other things do you do other than writing? Hobbies if you have time?

Like most writers, I’ve been an avid reader so the love of words, plots, characters evolved into writing. Blessed with an overactive imagination, ideas come zooming into my head all the time. Sorting them out is another problem. Hobbies? Well I still work as a district school nurse. (probably the oldest school nurse in Colorado) I love to eat so I love to cook.

3) This sounds like a cracking thriller… have you romance in it. Can you tell us a bit about it?

There’s not much romance in this book, well, perhaps just a sub-plot… enough to change the pace.

4) Who are your main characters or protagonists in it?

Kim Bessinger is one of the main characters. I like her because she grows so much as the story unfolds. She starts out as a flake, a party girl, but as she pursues her friend’s disappearance a maturity develops. Khalid is the antagonist… a terrorist who is completely focused on his mission. He has no time for mercy or compassion and every thriller has a good cop. Lt. Schonen fills the bill with understanding and wisdom.

5) Do you have a web page or blog?

No, I don’t blog and I don’t have a web page. I still start out writing on sheets of lined yellow paper and lots of sharps pencils.

6) What made you try e-publishing… or try Wings?

I met some of the ladies who run Wings ePress at a fiction writer’s workshop in 2001. I was such a novice. I just walked in with my typewritten pages, smiled, and asked what do I do now? The ladies didn’t laugh at me. They listened and encouraged me.

7) What has spurred you on since you first started writing?

I like a challenge so I keep challenging myself.

8) What has been the most exciting moment or moments for you?

The day my first box of books arrived. I opened the box, took out a book and sat down on the floor and cried, and of course the day a contract shows up on my e-mail ranks pretty high as well.

9) Have you any more books coming out next year? What are you writing now?

Nothing has been schedule for next year. I am writing a mystery play for our library’s fund-raiser. It’s a comedy and I am having lots of fun with it.

10) Have you advice you would like to give to someone just starting out as a writer?

Good advise: Read, Read , Read!

Better advice: Review, revise, re-write

Best advice: Don’t give up. If this is your dream… Go for it!