Thank you for taking the time to participate in this interview. Below, you will find twenty questions; some are serious while others are playful. Answer as many as you like.
1. Talk about your latest work. Is it a novel? Short story? Nonfiction? Give a brief synopsis, sharing as much (or as little) as you like. My latest is the Audiobook of Not So Easy. Of all the books I’ve written, it is my favorite story
Not So Easy (YA Fantasy)
Senior Max Sanchez has it all.
He’s the star pitcher for Port Fare High’s baseball team. He’s dating the
head cheerleader, Emma McKay, and he has a great group of friends.
Junior JD Miller’s life is Not So Easy.
Unlike Max, JD struggles with making friends. He’s a social misfit, and
he’s being bullied at every turn. He’s also barely surviving.
A tragic accident changes everything, merging their lives together,
and Max soon learns that life is not so easy for everyone. Max works to the point of exhaustion trying to help JD survive the chaos that is his life, and his eyes are opened to a world he had no idea even existed.
Not so Easy is a story about hope, surviving, and never giving up.
2. Where did you get your inspiration to write you latest work? Or, where do you find inspiration for writing? All over! The world, the news, friends. Also music. It really helps me to play the “song” I feel represents the book I’m working on. I post a playlist for my books on my web page to help the reader get into the story more.
3. Describe your writing process. Blood, sweat, and tears. Along with lamenting, rethinking, and some head banging…then I begin writing the story.
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How important are names to you in your book(s)? Do you choose names based on liking the way it sounds or the meaning? Do you have any name choosing resources you recommend? Names! I hate trying to come up with names. For the “bad guys” I tend to pick mean people that I know. For the good guys I search and search and search the internet name sites and my Facebook friends until a name rings true.
5. Is there a certain type of scene that is harder for you to write than others? Not really. Once I’m in the grove all is well.
6. What is your least favorite part of the writing/publishing process? The first draft. After that it is gravy!
7. Have you read your work since it has been published? Sometimes.
8. What is your best marketing tip? Search out bloggers and get reviews for your books.
9. What are you working on currently? What is your next project? I am in the middle of 2 projects right now. The first is a short story. It is a mystery/comedy. The main character, Aleixa, is a writing who wakes one morning to find the man she’s been dating dead in her living room. The second is a full-length novel about 2 high schoolers struggling to survive not only high school, but their families.
10. What writing advice do you have for other aspiring authors? Write write write and read read read books in your genre!
11. If you could cast your characters in a Hollywood adaptation of your book, who would play your characters? Unlovable is being made into a movie actually by Films by Serendipity. If I were casting it I would pick Lily Collins for Maggie and Liam Hemsworth for Seth!
12. Do your characters’ personalities reflect your personality or the personalities of people you know? Mostly people I know. I do try and give the characters one of my traits so I can relate to them better.
13. What is one place you want to visit that you have not visited yet? Greece, and Italy (Tuscany).
14. What were you like as a child? What was your favorite toy? As a child I was strong and fearless. And I LOVED dolls!
15. If you had a superpower, what would it be? To fly!
16. If you were a superhero, what would your name be? What would you wear? My name? No idea, but I can tell you I would NOT wear a skimpy super hero outfit that you see the heros in the movies wear. It’s FREEZING cold the higher you go! I want a nice worm coat… and goggles.
17. What literary character is most like you? Cinderella…except both my parents are alive and I have no sisters…Hmmmm…Guess I need a new character.
18. If you were an animal in a zoo, what would you be and why? Monkey. The look like they are having so much fun. I’d be a smart one and figure out how to escape, that’s for sure.
19. What is one thing you would like to accomplish before you pass away? I’d like to write and uplifting book on motherhood to help encourage mothers and woman everywhere. There is so much negativity out there and I’d like to encourage them to avoid the naysayers.
20. What do you want your tombstone to say? She came; she tried; she left…and she was a pretty good mom! (I had my 16-year-old son proofread this and he said to change the 'pretty good mom' to awesome mom ;'}
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