Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
La Vie en Rose is my twenty-third book!
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest title is La Vie en Rose {Life in Pink}. It was inspired by the incredible pressure women sometimes feel to be beautiful in a challenging world, full of internal battles. Sometimes looking our best comes second to doing our best.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Is there such a thing as an author who isn’t unusual? I can write about 10x faster than I can read–that’s sort of odd. But aside from that, I’d say I’m your typical coffee addicted, introverted, insomniac who loves books on an obsessive level. And I have two cats that prefer to nap on my keyboard, so I’m skilled at typing around them.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Lisa Kleypas’ way with words, Bella Andre’s determination, and Lorelei James’ dirty mind.
What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on my next release, Protege. It’s the first novel in the Master’s Creed Novels and is coming out August 16, 2016 from Penguin Random House.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’d say, more than anything else, the most effective promotion comes from a reader who speaks highly of my work. Their praise carries the most weight in the readers’ circles in my opinion. So the best thing I can do as an author, is write and give them quality entertainment–and thank them when they review and share their thoughts.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write! Write! Write! And keep an open mind.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Wow, that’s a big question… How about some “good” advice? *Start your day with the most dreaded task ahead so it’s quickly out of the way and you can focus on what makes you happy.*
What are you reading now?
The Hip Chick’s Guide to Macrobiotics
What’s next for you as a writer?
A project I’m working on with Allyson Young. The working series title is Degrees of Separation, but that may change. It’s an MMF Romance and we’re having a lot of fun with it.
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?
A blank one, so I could still write and fill in the pages, Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond, a photo album of my family, and Lisa Kleypas’ Sugar Daddy.
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