Today, I interviewed J.H., a teen author and graphic ​designer, currently working on her book “Loathing My ​Huntress”, a book that has thriller, adventure, and ​horror, and planning to publish in 2025. She is best ​known for her internet personality on Instagram, and the ​writing contests she’s organized. Now let’s get onto the ​interview!

Q: How would you describe yourself?

Uh, I guess I would describe myself as pretty outgoing ​both online and in person. I’m pretty quiet, pretty ​reserved. Don’t really talk much, unless it’s with ​certain people, But it’s a little bit because it’s hard ​for me to trust people. But I really wish to help others; ​My classmates know me as a pretty quiet person, although ​they know I’m helpful, whenever I need them to help them.

Q: What inspired you to become a writer and start writing ​the paranormal genre?

That’s a really good question. First of all, I loved ​reading books since I was a kid; I remember getting into ​trouble once when I was 5 years old for reading a book, ​instead of playing games like everyone else, which was ​kind of funny. But my mom would read to me when I was ​little, and then it kept going and going, I even got ​awards for being a good reader and for reading a ton of ​books.

And that eventually escalated into writing stories as I ​kept getting older in my mind, I would even come up with ​random songs and randomly start singing. My friends ​always noticed that about me, they would say “You would ​seem like the type of person to write a book.”, and I was ​like “Maybe”. And then as time flew by, I started to make ​my characters in 2020.

However, I didn’t write a book about them, as I was ​writing another series that I wrote at the time. It was ​more for the fandom I was in, but I eventually grew out ​of the fandom and sadly deleted the series. And I started ​to think, “Maybe writing isn’t for me, so I’ll probably ​just drop it.”

But the characters I have made still stayed with me, like ​they were constantly in my mind. So I thought “I think I ​should just sit down and write something and see what ​happens next.”

As for the paranormal genre, well I got involved in ​paranormal stuff way back when I was a kid. I somehow ​found it interesting and it caught my attention, even ​though it also frightened me a little bit.

But I found it fascinating how people would come up with ​horror stories of beings that don't exist. That curiosity ​or interest in paranormal things led to me creating my ​characters who are from that genre.

Q: How did you find out about the writing community and ​start to meet other writers?

I remember when I first started making content about my ​characters, I did it through TikTok, and that’s where I ​got some engagement. I started my writing account, I ​remember January of this year (2024), because I would get ​videos about “Oh, writers, this and that.” on my personal ​Instagram, and I realized “Oh, wait there’s a community ​on Instagram for teen writers? Maybe i should start ​promoting myself online.” even though I don’t have the ​book out yet.

Because some of my friends started reading the first ​draft of my book, and they were like “You should promote ​this online.” but at the time, I didn’t know how. That’s ​when I started getting those videos and I was like “Oh ​wow.”

And I had made my regular account, and started making ​followers and friends that had the same interest as me, ​and I had finally found the community I was looking for.

Q: As you stated before not only are you a writer, but a ​graphic designer. How did you get into graphic design?

So, I will admit that I can’t draw (laughs), I can’t draw ​for the life of me, so that’s sad because I have all of ​these characters in my mind and I wish I could draw them- ​and that would be so amazing. But my sister can.

So I started my Writergram using slideshows, and I ​realized that they weren’t that engaging, and I didn’t ​really like them either. So I decided, I needed to make ​something that would make viewers more engaged, something ​engaging but also informative. So I started using Canva ​because I had used it for my college classes and other ​assignments, I was like “Hmm, let’s see if i could maybe ​do something with this.” And then I started to change the ​way I did my posts, and started getting better and ​better, and then I started to like my posts much more, ​and then I realized “This is graphic designing.”

Something I never thought I would ever actually do, and ​then I thought since I’m doing really well with my page, ​maybe I should consider expanding my talent and see if ​others would like to have me work for them.

So now, I would for the magazine “Calm Form” which is a ​zine for teen writers, I also work for ‘Write Till’ You ​Make It” podcast, and I’m also working for “Blanket ​Magazine”, though I don’t do graphic design for them, I’m ​a writer on there platform because it is more focused on ​psychology, as I'm studying psychology.

Q: How did you make and devise the idea for your series?

For my series, I remember when I first created my ​characters, I had a whole completely different plot for ​them, I made so many changes now than last time. And I ​like seeing how they changed throughout the years. How ​I’ve gotten better in my writing skills, but also in the ​way I wanted the plot to turn out.

I didn’t have much of an idea for the series, I just ​thought this would be one story and then we would call it ​a day, but then I realized there’s too much information I ​can’t just put in one book. Like, there are so many ​characters besides the main one that are also really ​important. So I decided to make it into a series, and ​that’s how I made the series.

Q: In your writing process, what does your mental state ​look like?

So my writing process, it’s pretty good. I do my best to ​write at least a few words a day, especially now for my ​second draft. As you know, I’m a college student, I have ​assignments to worry about, i have exams to worry about, ​besides focusing on my writing and my Instagram. And when ​I have graphic design, I have to worry about it too ​because of deadlines. It’s a bit of a struggle, it’s not ​easy managing collage and then graphic design, but I like ​doing it. When I write, I go into my world, think about