Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
About me? Well, I’m an erotic romance author, however, my books are filled with strong female leads. I love strong women and believe they should be showcased front and center. It could just be me…I am a Scorpio. I love to fish with my husband. Also, I’m a compulsive baker. Don’t ask me why but I’ll start making zucchini bread and end up with chocolate chip cookies, zucchini bread, fudge, rolls, and then because I don’t want to get fat, I’ll force it on my loved ones.
There’s just something soul soothing about baking.
My books? I’m always working on something, and there are always irons in the fire. But there are currently 8 books in my bibliography with 2 more to come by the end of the year.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I’ve always been interested, neigh, obsessed with aliens. Every morning I watch another UFO video on the Tube of You. I mean, when the International Space Station starts catching them on film? We need to admit we’re not alone.
And that can be terrifying. So I made it a romance. Because why the hell not?
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think they’re unusual. I can’t listen to music, because I used to be a legal secretary. So I’ll end up typing what I’m hearing, like with dictation. So no music. No TV either. Just me, in my office, absolute silence.
There’s always coffee…or alcohol…or alcohol mixed with coffee.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Oh there have been a lot of authors I’ve loved over the years. I’m a huge Baldacci fan. The Winner is my favorite book by far. But there are some that just inspire me: Ella Dominguez, Sylvia Day, Jenna Jacob, Shayla Black…just to name a few.
What are you working on now?
Book 4 of my Shifter Chronicles is now with the editor. I also wrote a BDSM/Suspense that goes to the editor next week.
After knocking out 2 books in succession, I’m taking stock in Pepto Bismol before I finish another suspense / sleuth novel. I’ve also been hired to write a biography and that has been the ultimate challenge. It has been started….just…started. There’s so much more to a biography than with fiction. It’s a real midnight oil burner.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve been through a few PAs that have been a huge let down. Recently, I hired WLK Book Promotions and those ladies have been very good to me.
I utilize paid and free advertising. But the best marketing, by far, is the person who loved my book and blabs about it. A few months ago, I went to a vendor event. They decided the erotic author should be next to the sex toy lady. Sylvia from Sylvia’s Temptations pimps me out like a two dollar whore. I love her!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
The first book you write is going to be a train wreck. Send it to an editor before you even think about submitting it. There are so many things to learn about crafting a novel that you will NOT, I repeat, NOT learn in college…or even high school.
This will help you with rejections. You may still get rejected, but at least it won’t be because the first paragraph had them slamming their head against their laptop from poorly written text.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write the next book.
What are you reading now?
I just finished Book 4 in the Women’s Murder Club. I absolutely loved it. No, I don’t care that James Patterson doesn’t write his own books anymore. A great book is still a great book.
Before that, I read Embracing my Submission by Jenna Jacob. I could not put it down.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Sleep? Nah, I have another suspense I’m working on plus the biography. That’s enough for 2016.
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?
The Winner by David Baldacci
Ulterior Design by Ella Dominguez
And the first survival book I can find.
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