Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Addison Winters has an MA in psychology and is currently working on her doctorate. She has authored six books with her seventh releasing in February 2019. Her With Honors series includes What I Really Learned in College and Making the Dean’s List with Transferring Credits releasing soon.
Addison also writes a successful young adult fiction series under A. L. Waddington which includes Essence, Enlightened, Perception, and Illumination as part of the EVE series. The spin-off to the EVE series, the Spirit Quest series is slated to kick-off at the end of summer 2019.
Addison grew up in the Midwest and after decades of shoveling snow and skidding around on ice, she turned in her snow shovel for golf clubs and moved to Arizona. When she is not researching, studying, reading, or lost in a world of her own creation, she can be found hiking through the mountains or trying to do improve her golf score. She lives with her husband, Eric, their daughters, four very spoiled puppies, and a bearded dragon.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Making the Dean’s List, the With Honors series, Book 2. It’s the sequel to What I Really Learned in College and follows Mason, Alex, and Hayden as their love triangle becomes more complicated. My husband Eric was the main inspiration for the book along with my readers – plus those long hot summer nights in the desert!
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write most of my books on my laptop, but I always carry a small notebook in my purse. That way, when I’m out and about, I can sit down and continue writing when I’m waiting somewhere or whatever. Yes, I could write on my phone, but I really do not like to. There’s something about scribbling in a notebook that still brings me a lot of joy.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
The two authors who have influenced me more than any others would have to be Anne Rice and Stephen King. I love them both! But more recently I will admit, I have fallen in love with Diana Gabaldon and her Outlander series. I devoured each of her books!
What are you working on now?
I have started working on a new erotica series and I am hoping to release the first book, Mounting Deuce, in the Fall of 2019.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I enjoy twitter over Facebook and have participated in blog tours in the past. But honestly, what works the best is word-of-mouth. There is no better honor or praise than having your books recommended from one friend to the next.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
There is no simple formula to writing. I wish there was. My only advice is to sit down and do the work.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Always do what scares you the most.
What are you reading now?
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War by JoAnne B. Freeman. I am doing research for the spin-off series of my YA books that I write under A. L. Waddington.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I do my best to alternate books that I write between my YA fiction series and my erotica series. While they are two drastically different genres, I dearly love them both and each gives me a break from the other.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
1. Gone with the Wind (my all-time favorite)
2. Outlander
3. Lord of the Rings
4. The Shining
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