Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and I’m known for my big family romance series, The Friessens, The Outsider and The Wilde Brothers.
I have written over 40 titles, in multiple genres, such as romance, western, military, and mystery/suspense and in multiple series, including The Outsider, Walk the Right Road, The Wilde Brothers, Saved, The Friessens, and my two newest additions, Married in Montana and my high-stakes suspense and sizzling, red-hot romance series Kate and Walker: Deadly, Dangerous, and Desired.
I write the type of books I want to read and I am a big fan of the happily ever after, for now. But you know that disaster and doom is pending on the horizon.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My new release, UNFORGIVEN, is the final book in The Wilde Brothers series. A series about five very alpha male men, their struggles, what they overcame as children and their journey to find the right women for them. UNFORGIVEN is about the last brother, Samuel, a young lawyer and the woman that divided his family.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My writing schedule consistently is, I write in the mornings, I start early and unless I am on a deadline I shut it down around lunchtime. I never schedule appointments early in the day and keep that time in the mornings as my time to write. Although as of late promotion and social media has been cutting into by writing time.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
There are so many authors out there that have influenced me and helped guide my career to being a successful author, and far too many to list.
One of the things that I have learned from some of the best authors out there, other Authors are not the competition, because there is more than enough to go around.
What are you working on now?
Currently I am working on a project I’ve wanted to write all year. He Came Back, it is a military suspense about one woman’s journey when her husband returns, but everything she knew about their relationship and him, has changed.
He Came Back will also bring back a character many fans have asked for who was introduced in Walk the Right Road series, Zac. He was introduced in Bounty as the ex military forensic specialist and married Diane in Blown Away. He has a dark past a lot of secrets, a lot of which you will learn about in He Came Back.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Promoting is a full time job. And if you want to promote successfully you have to embrace social media. It isn’t just one website or one method that works but a combination of many promotional sites, from utilizing facebook, facebook ads, twitter, google plus, purchasing multiple ads on promotion sites, running giveaways, blogging, and utilizing my newsletter list. And always be willing to ty something new.
One of the things I’ve learned is the industry is always changing. So what may have worked yesterday, may not tomorrow.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up! What separates a successful author from those barely making a living, is the successful ones never give up!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If something isn’t working in the way your coming at it take a step back, re-evaluate, and come at in a different direction. Words that I live by. Advice that has given me the successful career as a bestselling author.
What are you reading now?
Several books by some bestselling Indie Authors.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Write, write, write. I have a christmas romance, Loving Christine which will be out in late November 2015. And I’ve slated six books to write for next year.
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?
That’s not fair. I would take my kindle that is loaded with hundreds of books.
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