Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an eighty-one-year-old grandmother who has written her fifth suspense novel, There Was an Old Woman (paperback is 249 pages). I would sincerely appreciate it if you would review my book. It is scheduled for release by The Wild Rose Press, Inc. on August 30, 2021. I have had four other suspense/thrillers published, all currently available on Amazon—Let Freedom Ring (2016), Before We Fade Away (2018), A Conflict of Time (2018), and Whatever It Takes (2020). I keep busy for a retired, old lady.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
There Was an Old Woman is the name of my latest book to be released on August 30, 2021. The setting of all my other novels was a mythical town in Florida. However, since I have recently moved back to my hometown in northeast Ohio, the locale of this thriller takes place in this area.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
In my stories, I like to write about ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations. I want the readers to put themselves into the place of the characters and feel what they are feeling and see what they are seeing. I want them to be part of situations beyond their imaginations and to experience things vicariously that are too dangerous or absurd to experience in reality. It would be like living your everyday life, then, BAM, something totally out of your control forces you to take action that you never thought you were capable of doing.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Linwood Barclay, Harlan Coben, Lisa Scottoline, Karen Slaughter
What are you working on now?
I’m working on a manuscript I call 1010 Colleda Avenue. It’s about a super of an eight-flat apartment building above a bar and a barber shop.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m planning a book release/signing in the small town where much of the book takes place. Hopefully, the local townspeople will want to read it. I also am trying different online websites to enhance the sales.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Perseverence and determination.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
When trying to get a book published, go directly to the publisher. Avoid the middle man (literary agents).
What are you reading now?
If She Wakes by Michael Koryta
What’s next for you as a writer?
I still have stories in my brain. If I last long enough, I’d like to release them.
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?
I’ve said it before. I’d take one or more of Linwood Barclay’s series so that I know I’d be able to read all of them in order.
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