Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi! *waves* I’ve been writing since I could hold a pen and make letters, but have only been publishing for the past year. Writing well was always a skill that I loved possessing, but it was always a means to an end rather than something I did just because I loved it. Finally, I realized how silly I was being and gave myself permission to pursue this passion.
Since January 2020, I’ve written and published four books, two slow-burn new adult romances and two sweet and clean novellas.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My last project was a new adult duet with a hefty dose of suspense, Say You Love Me and Say You’ll Be Mine. They tell the story of a young woman to whom family is everything, especially after a tragic accident takes her mother’s life and gravely injures her younger brother. She willingly changes course in her studies, graduates early, and lands a teaching job that doesn’t inspire her just to retain guardianship of her brother and take care of him. In order to pay his staggering medical bills, though, she ultimately has to moonlight as an exotic dancer.
This creates a problem when her brother’s best friend—one of her students—sees her dancing. It doesn’t sit well with him. She was once the girl of his dreams and now she’s taking her clothes off for strangers.
She wasn’t looking for a hero, but he’s determined to save her, anyway.
This wasn’t particularly inspired by anything, to be honest. I love taboo romances and stories of forbidden love, and thought it would be fun to switch up the age-gap a bit. I had fun writing this.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know how unusual it is, but I’m pretty old-school. I have to compose by hand initially, and then begin editing and revising as I input my manuscript into the computer. I also nearly always have company while I write in the form of a 16 year-old chihuahua and a cat or two.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m a former English teacher, and as such, love a good book. Any good book. I’ve been moved to tears by such books as Family by J. California Cooper and enthralled by the mystery of The Count of Monte Cristo. Romance, though, has been my go-to for sheer entertainment and escape since I was 13 years old. I love the tried and true greats such as Nora Roberts and Sandra Brown. I equally love the new greats such as LJ Shen, Ilsa Madden-Mills, and Parker Huntington.
What are you working on now?
My current WIP is titled Remember Me and is the story of a young woman who develops amnesia in a car accident. When she awakens post-accident, she discovers a fiancé she’s forgotten, a life she doesn’t remember, and a pregnancy that shakes her to her core. I think I saw a movie once about a woman losing her memory and that must have inspired me.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
To promote, I use the standard social media sites, with excerpts and teasers and giveaways.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read your genre. WRITE, even when you don’t feel like writing. Study your genre conventions and understand that publishing a book is more than just writing a story. That’s the easiest part!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t compare yourself to others. It’s so easy to look at XYZ and think, “they’re doing so incredibly well; I’ll never measure up. I’ll never get there.” Everyone’s experience is unique, and everyone’s path is different. Just keep your eye fixed on the goal ahead, and eventually you’ll get there.
What are you reading now?
I’m currently reading Meagan Brandy’s new and final installment in the Brayshaw Boys series, Break Me. It’s amazeballs.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Next! After my current WIP, which is due for release December 28, I will be collaborating with another author I adore, Jennifer Hartmann, on the start of a fun, albeit dark, new anti-heroes series. I cannot wait!!
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?
Oh, no, really? That’s like choosing a kid! I’d bring my exceptionally well-charged Kindle, with absolutely everything downloaded ahead of time, lol.
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