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INTERVIEW
Welcome! Thanks for taking time to answer some of my questions. It's great to host you today! Where do you dream of traveling to and why? Ireland, England, Scotland, Italy. The first three I dream about because they are so amazingly beautiful! I would be totally happy living there in a cottage, writing and raising my family! I mean seriously, with Amazon.com you can get anything shipped to you now, so there's no need to ever leave my house! But honestly, I've always dreamed of going to Italy and Ireland. Greek Mythology has always intrigued me and so has history, so I'd love to go to where the arts started. And I can tell you why I want to go to Scotland in one word: Kilts. That's all I'm sayin'!
Does travel play in the writing of your books? It hasn't so far, not outside the US anyway. Mostly because I've never been outside the US and I like to write about places I've been before. I fear writing about places I've never been and then having it be inaccurate. But again, Kilts! I might write something there soon!
Tell us about your current release.
Dead Awakenings is an Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance about Evaine Michaels a struggling theater student who enters an unsanctioned drug trial in an effort to pay some bills, and wakes up chained to a hospital bed with no memory of who she is or how she got there, to find she'd become, A Deader. Rescued by the gorgeous and deadly Luca, Evaine must find the strength to become who she was meant to be, while fighting the rages, hungers, and lusts that now rule her existence.
Tell us about your next release. My next release is Red the Were Hunter. The first in a series of Fantasy Romances, Fairytale Retellings, slated to be released in May 2014. It came in 2nd place in the Hook, Line and Sinker contest and I'm excited for it to be released. The second book in the series, Snow the Vampire Slayer is slated for Summer 2014 and there will also be another book in the series out in time for Thanksgiving and possibly Zelle and the Tower by New Years.
When in the day/night do you write? How long per day? Whenever I can. I'm a SAHM of four kiddos that I Homeschool, so I have no set writing schedule. I try to write in the mornings and evenings when I'm not, schooling, driving, driving, cleaning, cooking, driving. Did I mention I drive a lot? LOL! I have been known to take my enormous 20 inch laptop to piano lessons, violin lessons, acting classes, auditions, dance classes and just about everywhere else I have to go, just so I can write while sitting in the car.
What is the hardest part of writing your books? Knowing when they're good enough and letting them go. I always feel there is something I don't know, haven't learned yet that can make the book better. I have a writer friend who has to tell me when to back away.
What does your significant other and family think of your writing career? They love it. My husband talks about me all the time. My girls have started to love telling their stories and my baby boy pretends to be the zombies, vampires and werewolves in my stories. It is fun to have them proud of me and what I'm doing and it's heartwarming to see my three daughters look at me as someone they want to be like. Well…my eleven and eight year olds want to be like me. My fourteen year old doesn’t. But then again, she's a teenager soooooo…
Does your significant other read your stuff? A bit. He is super busy. He's a producer and so he reads a lot of scripts. I've read him two or three of my books, but when I started putting the sex in my books, I stopped. It just makes me giggle to read that to him.
Do you have critique partners or beta readers? Yup! I have some awesome ones! I am always looking for beta readers, but I have four awesome critique partners that I love.
What was one of the most surprising things you learned while writing your books? How much fun it was and how my characters run the show. I always thought I wrote the books, but I don't. My characters do. I am constantly surprised at what they do. And I find myself laughing out loud or tearing up when they say and do things.
Who are your books published with? Dead Awakenings is with Etopia Press. The Fairelle Series is with Fallen Angel Press, and I have two other books under submission right now.
Plotter or Pantser? Why? Plotzer! I plot out 20 plot points in my book and then let the characters decide how to get there. If I don't, the throw a tantrum and the sit down on the floor and refuse to move until I let them be in charge again.
What was the scariest moment of your life? I can't go into detail but when my little boy was learning to crawl he was injured pretty badly. That was the scariest moment. My husband has also been in five car accidents in the past 4 years…yeah…I'm lucky he's alive.
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? An actress and a Mom. I went to college on a theater scholarship. I love the theatre!
What are your favorite TV shows?
Teen Wolf (goofy I know but Derek Hale, Oh my!)
Scandal (Wow!)
Hemlock Grove
Downton Abbey
People's Court (Don't ask!)
Haven
There are so many other shows I LOVED up until about a season ago, but at one point or another they fell apart and ticked me off so I stopped watching.
What songs are most played on your Ipod?
Just Give Me a Reason - Pink
Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
Roar - Katy Perry
Brave - Sarah Barreilles
Cups - Jean Simon
Darkside - Kelly Clarkson
U + UR Hand - Pink ( basically everything Pink!)
What is your favorite meal? Sushi and tempura! I also love udon soup.
What makes you happy? My kids. They're my life. I love them. They are so sweet, so hilarious and so much fun to be around. They make me truly happy.
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