Chrys Fey

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I decided to become a writer when I was twelve years old thanks to a rusted screw with a crooked tip. One day, I was playing with blades of grass when my fingers brushed something deep in the roots. I dug it out to find a pathetic screw, but the impact it had on me was phenomenal; a story idea came to me. I grabbed a pen and notebook to write the beginning of that story, and just like that I was a writer.

I have completed quite a few manuscripts, including a four-book supernatural-thriller series.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Hurricane Crimes is my latest release and is also my debut. It is a romantic-suspense short story published as an eBook by The Wild Rose Press.

I was inspired to write Hurricane Crimes on Christmas morning 2011, after I finished reading a book set during a blizzard, but since I’ve never been in a blizzard I thought: What about a book set during a hurricane? I started writing before Santa was even back at the North Pole!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I act things out -especially movements as I’ve written a lot of fights. I’ve also had quite a few conversations with myself to create good dialogue.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Nora Roberts and J.K. Rowling are my biggest influences. I aspire to be a fraction as good as these wonderful ladies, and although I may never get there I am willing to try.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on my next romantic-suspense, 30 Seconds, with my editor. “When a woman finds herself in the middle of a war between a police force and a deadly mob, 30 seconds is a long time!”

I am also in the middle of writing another romance called In the Ring, which is about an unlikely but cute couple: a wrestler and a librarian.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Social media. Any form of social media from Facebook to Goodreads is golden.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep dreaming, keep believing, keep writing!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Become friends with other writers. This is by far the best advice I have ever heard and taken. Writers and authors are amazingly supportive and are willingly to help out their peers in any way they can.

What are you reading now?
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

I figured I should read it myself to develop my own opinion and not let other people’s opinions sway me.

What’s next for you as a writer?
More writing, of course!

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. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

3. The Host by Stephenie Meyer

4. After the Night by Linda Howard

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