Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I like cats.
And rain.
I started writing in 2005 when my exhusband started living with someone else. I was drunk and slamming Twilight one evening and a friend challenged me to write something better.
So, fueled up on loathing, BTVS, and whiskey Dylan Hart was created. The series spanned 6 books, 2 dimensions, and hit a few bestsellers lists. Dylan Hart herself even topped a Bustle list for Badass Female Characters.
Since, I’ve started the Prudence Penderhaus series, written for anthologies, remarried, bought a house, and started an art and design company focusing on publishing.
It’s been a hurricane but I’m not done yet.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
19 Marigold Lane, which was inspired by 17 Marigold Lane, the first book in the Prudence Penderhaus series.
Way back in 2015, I had an idea to write a Rear Window-esque type story about a teenage girl who didn’t fit in and would otherwise go unnoticed.
It didn’t end up a Rear Window-esque type story, but one about a teenage outcast nonetheless.
I wanted to represent teens that I thought were previously underrepresented or poorly represented. Not just the outcasts, but the shunned, the bullied, the freaks. Then I put them in a typical murder mystery type story because why the hell not?
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I complain a lot. Mostly to myself.
Is that unusual?
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
Oh, the Places You’ll Go.
Pete the Cat.
What are you working on now?
Prudence Penderhaus book 3, aptly named 21 Marigold Lane.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
There isn’t just one. It’s definitely a village. I think the best way to get your book into the hands of readers is someone they trust telling them to read it. Word of mouth is your best friend.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t be a d*ck. Readers don’t like it. Other authors don’t like it. You will be burned at the proverbial stake.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Loose is fast and on the edge of out of control. – Harry Hogge
What are you reading now?
I have a few books started but not completed. I can’t read more than one at a time, yet here I am with 5 books open.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I have a few projects always open and never finished. I hope I’m not the only one.
Prudence Penderhaus is still two books from complete, so I suppose I should finish that series.
Books have never really been the end game. The goals have always been screen. I’ll get there, but for now, looks like I’ll be spending my foreseeable future in Flintlock.
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 first that came to mind was Bloody Bones (Anita Blake). I think that’s the one book I’ve read more than twice. I’m not one for reading a book more than a few times. I’ve memorized the words, and unlike movies and music, I’m the only saying them in my head. Maybe it’s not the books I don’t want to hear more than once, it’s my own head-voice.
What was the question?
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