M.D. LaBelle is an international award-winning, bestselling author of 38 books on over 200 paid web novel platforms. We enjoyed having this Author Interview – M.D. LaBelle, for our blog. Check out this fantastic author and follow them for more amazing stories.
M.D. LaBelle is an international award-winning, bestselling author of 38 books on over 200 paid web novel platforms and all the online book retailers. She lives in Michigan with her husband and four out of her six children. Her genres include horror, erotica, romance, thriller, fantasy, and children’s books.
M.D. LaBelle has won awards in writing starting at the age of 12 years old, all the way up to a year ago after she began to write again and compete internationally. She took a 16-year hiatus from writing; however, after having a horrible accident and three children later, she is back. Within the last year or so, she has done T.V., radio, internet, YouTube, and blog interviews around the world.
M.D. LaBelle has several social media accounts under her name and a website/bookstore that has some of her eBooks on it and also signed copies of her paperbacks. Check it out at mdlabelle.com/bookstore. She also has an Amazon bookstore which you can take a look at that has almost all of her published works on it at https://www.amazon.in/M.D.-LaBelle/e/B092DTY912%3Fref.
While M.D. LaBelle spends most of her time writing; she does artwork and plays her violin because she also has a B.S. in Art and used to be a professional violinist. Find out more about her books and where you can meet her at her book signings on her website.
When did you start writing?
I originally started writing at age 12 and won the Young Author’s Competition.
What was it like growing up?
I read lots of books, but I also performed in quite a few symphonies and won plenty of competitions for my violin as well, so I was always busy. No real-time for socializing.
How was your early life?
I was born with a really rare childhood cancer that only five in the world at the time were ever diagnosed with. After my mother initially found it, they finally sent me to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, and they saved my life. Because of this, I have met many wonderful and interesting people through the years as a child.
I met movie stars, T.V. actors, and more. I was also featured in Discovery magazine because I was the only survivor of my cancer at the time in the 1970s. Now, I have found that there still have only been a handful of children who have ever had it. Even though I had an interesting childhood, it was depressing because I always met friends at St. Jude who would not be there when I returned later on.
As a small child, I could not understand why I was so fortunate to live when most of the others died. However, now I live my life to the fullest because I realize that I was saved for a reason, and I don’t intend on wasting the precious time I have left.
What has been the biggest influence in your career?
I would have to say, my manager. I would have never published my first book if it hadn’t been for my family and my manager pushing me to find a way. From then on, he has been my rock and helped me to make the right decisions.
Tell us about your newest release.
It is a novella series called The Bad Behavior Series. Just Love Me, Love Me Now and Love Me Forever. It is a dark romance which is my first one, and it is about a female serial killer with a twist. The male love interest is a detective assigned to her case, and she has no idea what or who he really is. However, the further things go, she may or may not find out who he really is more than anyone else will. Then there will be a prequel to it called The Skeleton In The Closet Series, which follows Jon before he meets her a little earlier in life, and you find out what makes him really tick.
Which book of yours would you call your favorite child?
If I had to pick one, it would be The Lusting After Mr. Knight Series only because I could really relate to Dani, and I have found that most women do as well. She is a sweet book nerd who, once she is forced to become a stripper, discovers there is a much wilder side to her than she could have ever suspected.
What inspired you to write this book?
As for most of my books, I had a dream one night a few years back. It started out as a simple love story and turned into so much more. As soon as I have the dreams, I wake up and write them down if they stay with me because, usually, mine are in full color and very real.
What are you usually found doing when you’re not writing?
Snuggling up with my husband and watching a movie, and of course, always trying to spend time with my kids and our moms. However, they are almost adults now and two of them are, so they don’t really want to spend time with their parents. Lol.
What does your writing space look like?
Actually, I put my legs up on the couch and wrap myself in a blanket with a glass of pop, a snack, and my phone before I turn on my laptop and start typing away. I need to be comfortable, or I don’t get anything done.
If you wrote your autobiography, what would you name it?
Meant To Be: The Violinist’s Tale. In a way, I sort of have already, obviously, fictionalized. When I wrote that book, I put myself in that place and then wrote the story around it. The beginning, where she has a horrible accident, did happen to me and certain other details in the book. However, the rest of it is fictional.
How long did it take to write your novel, and what was your process?
That one about a month. At the time, I was still writing on paid web novel platforms, so I got into the routine of writing a chapter at a time and then posting it onto the platforms for the readers to read. So, I would say I wrote anywhere from one to five chapters a day. Sometimes I would even write the whole book and then just post a few chapters a day. That one in particular, if I remember correctly, I wrote the whole book and then put it on there. Of course, I always published them on Amazon as well because that is where I started out. Eventually, I expanded to Barnes & Noble and all the rest of them.
Favorite reads?
Definitely Stephen King’s old stuff, Anne Rice, Danielle Steel, and V.C. Andrews.
Do you have any book recommendations?
Stephen King’s IT, Any of Anne Rice, V.C. Andrews Flowers in the Attic.
What’s your next big project?
After a few children’s books, the prequel, and finishing up The May I Alpha? Series, I am going to do a few longer Paranormal romances that involve vampires and werewolves. Of course, I have signed up for a smutty book box too, so I am always generating new books for that while still using some of my old ones as well.
I also have a few horror books on the block to crank out before the end of the year. I have a few book signings, interviews, and other things coming up between the summer and the fall too.
Do you have any advice for aspiring authors?
Never stop. If you think you are not good enough, just keep going because there is always someone out there who will love your book or books. Also, never stop at one book. You will not get discovered at just one unless you are extremely lucky.
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