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Velma Gone Awry by Matt Cost
Velma Gone Awry by Matt Cost







I never thought that editing would be something that I’d embrace. Likewise, is there anything you’ve grown to love (or at least accept) that you never thought you would? I’ve gotten poor reviews for foul language, violence, politics, and far more obscure reasons. It was then that I began to realize that most reviews are a matter of taste and opinion, and that these were not always going to jive with my chosen work of art, no matter how well written, and that was okay. My second historical, I am Cuba, ran into more criticism, mostly because readers didn’t like the fact that I cast Fidel Castro in a good light. I wrote a book about Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War titled At Every Hazard for my first, and it was well received and well-reviewed.

Velma Gone Awry by Matt Cost

If anything has faded, it would be the insatiable desire to have people read and love my books. The bloom is off the rose… what’s faded for you, this far out from debut? So, there is a business side to my writing, but I do not write for the market, I write for myself, and the market can choose to follow or not. I like to start with the hook that sets the mystery in motion, rising up throughout each climatic occurrence, and then receding, only to rise again. That being said, in my first draft, something significant has to happen every ten-thousand words to drive the book forward. My books, written fast and furious, usually run about 80,000 words at the end of the first draft, and generally I add approximately 8,000 words to that in rewrites as I flesh out characters, scenes, and the plot. I absolutely think of myself as an artiste, but at the same time, I have realized the importance of the rhythm of writing. My writing has refined into a more business-like aspect, without, I hope, losing the artistic side of things. Do you think of yourself as an artiste or are you analyzing every aspect of your story for marketability? Has that changed from your early perspective? Let’s talk about the balance between the creative versus the business side of the industry. While I believe that everybody who writes a book is accomplished, financial prosperity is much harder to achieve. What I have come to better understand is how hard and how many people are striving to become successful writers. It is a combination of my mysteries, which there are two separate series, the Mainely Mystery series, and the Clay Wolfe Trap series, and my historical novels. My upcoming historical PI mystery, Velma Gone Awry, is a culmination of all of my writing that has come before. I’d like to think that my writing has become better.

Velma Gone Awry by Matt Cost

I have always loved learning new things and creating stories. I don’t believe that much has changed in how I think about writing over the course of my career.









Velma Gone Awry by Matt Cost