Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is the first book I have written in this particular genre.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Fallout. I was inspired to write this book after spending 20 years in the medical field as a certified speech-language pathologist. As medical science advances antibiotics are becoming less effective in treating certain diseases. Viral stains are able to mutate and become non responsive to treatment as well. What happens when we run out of methods to treat these super bugs? What is society’s response?
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I tend to write late at night and early in the morning.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, James Patterson, Margaret Atwood, Jack Hunt, Nora Roberts
What are you working on now?
A thriller involving a mother who has her child murdered.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I do paid promotional advertising as well as word of mouth.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write the book. Don’t edit as you go. You can hire and editor later. Focus on the story.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Figure out your end before you write anything. The ending dictates the characters choices throughout the book.
What are you reading now?
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen
What’s next for you as a writer?
Finishing my thriller and planning out the next 3 books in that series
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 Help, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Pride & Prejudice