McKinney found her literary agent by following the old approach. The path of publishing was not an easy one for McKinney as she had to face over 250 rejections over a period of ten years before she finally succeeded in getting her first novel published.
She prays for the situation to change so that writers of all castes and races can publish their work without any discrimination. McKinney claims the world of publishing and its innner workings are quite racist in nature. She knows that people don’t want to hear about it, but sadly, it is the truth. The thing that surprised McKinney the most about publishing was racism. People will always have something or the other to say about their work, but they should not pay heed to their views and be hopeful of the fact that the future is going to be grateful. McKinney also suggests the aspiring writers to never stop writing. And if the company if of another creative person, it is much better to share ideas and thoughts. So, having a company is always beneficial. Writing is a frustrating and lonely business. She always advises aspiring authors to find their community and other writers who have similar tastes. McKinney liked her description of the fight scene so much that she decided to develop it into a full-length book. The collision of the two things in McKinney’s head gave rise to the fight scene featuring modern-day Alice. The same day, McKinney had read somewhere that a life action of Alice in Wonderland was going to be made by Disney and it made her wonder how that would appear. The inspiration for writing her first book came from watching a show of Supernatural. McKinney believes there is a lot more difference between publishing and writing. However, the idea of pursuing publishing struck her mind sometime around the summer of 2007. She thinks it was always at the back of her mind to walk down the path of writing after growing up. McKinney never really had to make the decision of becoming a writer. She has also been reading stories that amused her for a very long time. She claims to have been telling stories since she was small. McKinney also writes poems in her spare time that she often reads out to her nieces and nephews. The new writing projects of author McKinney include working on a graphic novel featuring the twin sister of Wonder Woman named Nubia for DC. In her free time, McKinney likes to play with her cat that she has named Sir Chester.
She resides in Kansas and is always surrounded by nephews and nieces. McKinney also considers herself as aa adamant Hei Hei stan, Blerd, and gamer. In addition to writing, she has spent time reading books for agents and serving as a judge in several online writing competitions. She is an advocate for inclusion and equality in publishing.
She is particularly famous for writing the Nightmare-Verse series. McKinney is an excellent American author of fantasy, young adult, fiction, urban fantasy, adventure, science fiction, and romance novels.
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