Q: Tell us a little about your experience with The Wild Rose Press.
A: My experience with The Wild Rose Press has been excellent. When they first established themselves as a publisher, it felt like they did it just for me. I love the hodgepodge of stories they publish. The owners are genuine people who care about each individual, and who care about the love of reading. I love their availability and the editors’ availability for questions. We have a weekly chat, with other monthly sub-genre chats. It’s been great!
Q: What tips/tricks do you use for marketing or promoting your own titles?
A: Being available to readers is important. I try to make the chats, I belong to several forums (though most of the time I lurk), and The Wild Rose Press sets up several group loops during the year that I attend. I set up my own book signings and research new and unusual ways I can promote.
Q: What is one thing you’d want to tell a newer author, just coming into the game?
A: Don’t let yourself get overwhelmed with the process, and take it day by day. Don’t try to do too much at once.
Q: Could you tell us a bit about your latest release?
A: ONE WRONG MOVE features Rayma, the secondary character in my first novel (HOLDING FAST). She has moved on from a bad relationship (which unfolds in the first story) to meet Camden, a chef for a restaurant touted to be the cover for a large drug-smuggling operation. Their worlds collide when she releases a story on the restaurant, has a contract put out on, and discovers Camden is an undercover DEA agent.
Q: What’s your favorite genre to write in and why?
A: I love romantic suspense. I’ve been doing a few contemporary novellas, but romantic suspense is my first love. The mystery of falling in love, the action in the storyline that keeps the characters away from each other, that brings them together. The danger element. I just love staying up late at night crafting a moment that is terrifying, but eventually works out.
Q: What types of research do you do for your books?
A: I love research almost as much as I love writing and I love to learn new things. I always envied actors being able to learn something new, like how to fence swords or whatever. I read a lot of nonfiction books that deal with what I’m writing on, I do a lot of internet research, (and of course make copious notes), I’ll even subscribe to a magazine that deals with the topic I’m writing, and I’m not afraid to ask someone. For every story I write, I have a sub-folder labeled “Research” on my computer where I will post links, cut and paste topics I don’t want to lose, and even pictures just for myself to turn to.
Q: What would you do if you weren’t a writer?
A: Cry every day. Seriously, writing is what keeps me sane in this otherwise insane brain of mine. I work full time as a legal secretary/admin. assistant and I’ve been doing that for almost ten years now. I’d probably have to stick with that, but writing is like a stress relief (though it causes its own stress). If I wasn’t writing and could choose any other career (without worry that I don’t have the skill), I’d love to do graphic arts or even be a research analyst.
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