Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a Chicago girl who ran off to Hollywood to pursue a screenwriting dream! I have a dog named after a piece of candy (Licorice), was once hit by a tree (seriously), and wear hot pink sunglasses (why not?). Between working in production on television shows like Austin & Ally, Hannah Montana, and That’s So Raven and playing with my super cute baby twin girls, I write books! Make sure to check out my young adult murder mystery, horror, paranormal romance, and chick lit novels as well as my new adult romantic comedy books. My young adult books include: Adventures in Funeral Crashing (#1), Adventures of a Graveyard Girl (#2), Adventures in Murder Chasing(#3), Adventures of a New Year’s Kiss (#3.5), Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak (#4), The New Girl Who Found a Dead Body, Doppelganger (#1), Doppelganger 2: On the Run (#2), Connected (A Paranormal Romance), and more! My new adult books include: Crashing Prom.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest release is actually a short story from my Funeral Crashing series. The collection is called Losing It: A Collection of V-Cards, which is a YA/NA crossover with 22 other authors sharing our characters’ first time. Mine is a sweet romantic scene about Kait, the weird girl, and her crush, the most popular guy in school, Ethan Ripley. My last full length novel is called Crashing Prom and it’s a new adult romantic comedy. It’s about a girl whose fiance breaks up with her. Her friends decide to take her on a cross country trip to the prom so that she can start over with no regrets. It was inspired by my own break-up with a past boyfriend, so I wanted to write a getting over a break-up story.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I must write while drinking coffee!!! Then again, I might just love coffee.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have always been a reader so I have so many influences. Some of the big ones are: Meg Cabot, Sophie Kinsella, The Nancy Drew mysteries, RL Stine, Christopher Pike, Richie Tankersley Cussick, and Stephen King. I’m also heavily influenced by television shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Roswell, Hart of Dixie, Fringe, The X-Files, kdramas, and more!
What are you working on now?
Right now I’m working on Adventures in Homicide and Heartbreak which is the fourth book in my Funeral Crashing series. It’s a YA romantic mystery. The inspiration behind my Funeral Crashing series was a conversation that I had with my mom after a funeral about professional mourners. My brain immediately went – what if a high school girl was a professional mourner? Then I wrote it for thea 3 Day Novel Contest and my brain went….and what if she solves mysteries…with the hottest guy in school? Thus, the Funeral Crashing series was born!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Advertising works best to promote books. I also really use my newsletter. Those readers are my fans and they rock!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing! Even if one book doesn’t do well, write what you love.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write every day. It’s so simple, but it can be very hard to do.
What are you reading now?
I’m reading Insurgent by Veronica Roth and Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Lots and lots of writing! I feel like I have so many stories that I need to tell and there’s not enough time in the day to write them all down! I’m finishing my Funeral Crashing series and my Doppelgangers Series this year. I’m also planning to start a new YA contemporary romance series set in Hollywood.
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. That would be awful. 3-4 books only? Okay. Breathe. I can pick even though this would be my worst nightmare. I’d choose: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maude Montgomery, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling.
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