Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have been a reader since I could put words together and a writer since I could do the same with sentences. I grew up in a big family (where a person can tend to get lost) and I created my own world made of books, paper, pen, and a gift for hiding.
I do the same to this day when necessary!
I love to read…I am all about music. You are not likely to find me without headphones on. Music helps me refuel and inspires me to write.
I currently have four books to my name and I have so many more ideas for future writing locked away!
I primarily write contemporary romance, but my latest writings have been paranormal romance. I love the draw of the unknown and the ability to create a world and circumstances that support the unknown.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Nolan’s Evolution” is my latest published book. It is actually the sequel to “The Awakening.” There will be three books total in that series.
The series was inspired by an evening out on my back deck. (white wine may have been involved)
I had just watched the sun set through the row of trees in my backyard, and I was studying those trees, I had a random thought. “What if, as I study these shadows, there was someone studying me as well? Someone watching over me?”
I was raised to believe in angels…demons…the supernatural. So, why couldn’t there be a guardian watching over me?
I got so excited, I immediately went inside and began to write Nolan, Raina, and Thanatos’s story. A story of dreams, immortality…love unconditional.
I am very much connected to the characters…Raina…she’s me.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have a few quirks.
1. I sit with my legs folded beneath me. (I can never sit normally when writing.)
2. I have to have music, but never the kind with words while writing. I get distracted and either start typing those words or singing the song. Classical inspires me as I write…all the other genres when I’m not.
3. I often pause between chapter or paragraph to daydream. Nothing ever makes it to print that I haven’t already imagined vividly in my mind.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
As a girl? Janette Oke. She writes historical romance and hers was one of the first real novels I ever read. “Love Comes Softly” I have read it no less than a hundred times. My Grandma was certain that I got every book Janette ever wrote.
Now? I love Jane Austen. I have been told my book “More than Scars” has an Austen feel. Biggest compliment EVER!
Paranormal wise? J.A. Redmerski’s Darkwoods series is one of the reasons I continued with my “Wake Up” series. She created a world I wanted to live in.
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on the third book in the “Wake Up” series. I also have two other contemporary romances I have been devoting my time to.
In the future I will also be trying my hand at a non-fiction. Still in the creative phase of that one and it will be a challenge, but I am up to the challenge!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I would have to say Goodreads has been the best way to touch other readers and even writers.
I have met some of the best people there and I found that I wasn’t so crazy! What do I mean by that? I thought I was the only over the top in my obsession over my characters. I thought I was weird for investing so much time into my writing. I was wrong. I have met writers and readers who understand me…who connect with me…and I feel at home. There is no shortage of support there.
The acceptance of Indie authors on that site is amazing. I always call it the FB for readers and writers.
Other than that? Word of mouth and having personal contact with readers.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t think so hard about it. Write what you feel and never compromise your ideas. You can’t make everyone happy and not everyone is going to love your style. Some will hate your story…but you will find those who love it and that is what makes it worth it.
I always say…If we were all the same…how BORING life would be!
Be different…be bold…and grow a thick skin!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Oh my! I have had so many nuggets of wisdom passed to me!
One thing I heard constantly and have finally grasped is…Do you. Be yourself and don’t worry so much what others think! (again…don’t compromise your ideas)
My good friend (and talented author) Oak Anderson said this to me one day; “Why coast when you can excel?” and it was not related to my writing at that moment, but I started to incorporate it into many aspects of my life. Especially my writing. I say it to myself all the time.
What are you reading now?
I just recently finished “The Lucidites Series” by Sarah Noffke. (beautifully written)
I have not been reading as much as usual. Working a lot on the writing.
I use reading when the writing becomes too much or feel like it is getting stale.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Well, hoping to get book three in the series out in the next six months.
I have no end to the ideas for the next few adventures…it is incorporating them that is the hard part. I can’t wait to share more!
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 is the hardest question!! I have so many favorites and have learned I hold respect for certain authors both known and up and coming! So if I could…I will list my four fave picks from each genre I like.
Romance: 1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, 2. Voice In The Wind by Francine Rivers 3. Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke 4. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
Paranormal/Fantasy: 1. Mayfair Moon by J.A. Redmerski 2. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 3. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia 4. Evermore by Alyson Noel
Horror: 1. Charlotte by Stuart Keane 2. Pet Cemetery by Stephen King 3. Bad Girls Don’t Die by Katie Alender 4. When Angels Fail by Michael Benavidez
Crime/Thriller: 1. Take One With You by Oak Anderson 2 Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins 3. Kiss The Girls by James Patterson 4. Whispers by Dean Koontz
There are so many more…so so so many more! If I could cheat…I would take one item…my Kindle, and then I would have them all! (for as long as my battery lasted)
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