Dragon Soul Press took the chance to interview K. Anders, an author featured in the Pirate Gold anthology.

---

1. Introduce yourself.
   • Hello! I’m K. Anders. I currently practice medicine in the Midwest, but I’ve lived all over the
     country and explored all sorts of interests from academics to sports, arts, music, and ballroom
     dance. My wife and kids take priority for me, but I spend my spare time in self-defense training,
     preparing costumes for and going to Renaissance Festivals, and–of course–writing stories.
2. What prompted you to begin writing?
   • I was heavily into the arts and started writing in Highschool. My friends and I would write
     scripts for movies and film them on the old VHS camcorders. I didn’t actually write in story
     format, however, until I was in college. At BYU I wrote a short story called “Shrink” which was
     published in the university’s literary magazine. It was decades later, however, when I began to
     write in earnest. Covid had struck and, with a lot of time on my hands, the urge struck me again.
3. Do you have a favorite story or poem you’ve written? What’s it about?
   • Do you have a favorite story or poem you’ve written? What’s it about?
     Of the four published stories I have so far, my favorite is a horror story called “The Legend of
     Mahi Kino.” It’s about a boy who violates a sacred tribal trust. In his hubris, he awakes an
     ancient curse and in doing so dooms his people. Kino spends the next century trying to make things right and is finally given the opportunity to appease the mystic forces of his heritage.
4. How many projects do you have planned over the next few years? Tell us about one.
   • I currently have two short stories submitted to anthologies and hope to hear about them soon.
     One is an urban fantasy/supernatural thriller. The other is a medical drama. A third story is about to be completed for an open call. This one is an eldritch horror story set in the old west. I have an urban fantasy/supernatural thriller novel submitted to multiple publishers and hope to turn that into a series. I’m also working on a second urban fantasy novel series which takes place in a world invaded by creatures from another dimension. This series which I call “The Lightwalker Legacy” features teams of resistance fighters in post-apocalyptic Europe who use remnants of modern technology, medieval weapons, and magic to combat evil dread lords summoned by unwitting cultists.
5. What is your writing process like?
   • Because of my busy schedule my process is to write whenever I have two minutes together. I
     tend to use a brief outline which is frequently revised as my characters do the unexpected. So I’m neither truly an outliner nor a discovery writer.
6. Where do you draw inspiration from?
   • Where don’t I draw inspiration from? I’m a music lover and I love to create soundtracks for my
     story which frequently help me get in the mood to write specific scenes. But everything around
     me from a snippet of conversation to a spin off idea from a movie or book can set me down the
     path of creation.
7. Who is your favorite author / what is your favorite book?
   • How do you choose just one? I’m an avid reader and love a variety of genres but if forced to
     choose a single author, I’m going to have to say William Shakespeare. His use of language still
     inspires me, and you can see traces of his style in my Dragon Soul Press story “The Warlock’s
     Daughter.”
8. What is one goal you have for your writing future?
   • My goal for the future is to complete the two novel series I’ve started.
9. What do you hope readers enjoy most from your work?
   • I hope that my readers feel like they’ve experience a range of emotions while reading my stories.
10. Where can readers learn more about you?
    • On Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, and my website.