I live in Adelaide Australia and I am a member of Romance Writers
of Australia, and the local chapter SARA (South Australian Romance Authors). I
recently completed a Bachelor of Arts in Drama, English and Creative Writing. I
have had a short story published in the RWA Topaz Anthology Little Gems in 2010
called Sea and Vines. I have had an erotic novella called Blood Scent published
in July 2013 by Rogue Phoenix Press. I also have a paranormal romance called
Hidden Mortality published February 2014 by Soul Mate Publishing. World Change
is the first book in the Earthbound Trilogy.- At any given
time do you work on only one story at a time and maybe plot out the next
one or are there many ideas racing around your head?I am a
plotter. I have tried pantsing but find I have to go back and change too
many things that just don’t add up. I’m a bit of a continuity freak so
that is probably why plotting works best for me. I have exercise books
going for each story I am working on. I will have a basic concept and then
I usually use a beat sheet of some sort to work out a rough plot. I would
write about one sentence for each chapter to give me an idea where it is
going. At present I am working on book two of World Change called World
Apart. Plus so many other ideas they just have to queue up and wait their
turn.
2. Is there a genre you haven't written in but would like to? Or wish you could write in?I am willing to have a go at almost anything. The first thing I wrote was a one person one act play. It’s still hiding on my computer. I have written horror, epic fantasy, urban fantasy, murder mystery and paranormal romance. At the moment I am writing a romantic comedy with a friend. It is liberating and fun. Hard to keep the dead bodies out of the way though. I have an idea for a woman’s fiction and an erotic science fiction floating around. So many stories so little time.
3. Do you add an element of
romantic suspense in your stories?
Always. Even in the woman’s
fiction I want to write there is going to be an involvement with shady business
dealings. Sometimes I write the story so the reader knows who the antagonist is
but not the heroine. Other times I like to keep the reader guessing. I love it
when your characters have to go up against the odds and are not sure if they
will come out the other side in love or alive.
4. Say you have unlimited funds: What kind of writing office/cottage would you create for yourself?
4. Say you have unlimited funds: What kind of writing office/cottage would you create for yourself?
I would love to have a place
by the ocean. I can see the sea in the distance from the back of our house, but
can’t hear it. I would be happy with a smallish room where my desk looked out
over the sea. It would also be great to have a little deck where I could sit
with a coffee or wine and contemplate. I would also want the room to have a
door and not be open plan so I could hide myself away. Then when things got too
busy in my head with the story I could call my dogs and go for a walk on the
beach. I know it sounds clichéd but it would be so good.
5. If you could turn your novel into a TV show, which novel or series would you do? Where would it be set? Network TV (ABC, NBC, CBS), Cable (AMC, BBC, Lifetime) or Premium Cable (HBO, Showtime, Starz)?
As an Australian I am not familiar with all the different networks you have mentioned but would hope it would be on prime time. I love shows such as Once Upon a Time so would love to be alongside that. World Change is only the first book in the series so I would imagine we would be running over a few seasons. The setting would have to be Tuscany in Italy. I have always wanted to go to Florence and one day I will. Its history is fascinating. You have the Medici’s and their political machinations and then the beauty of artworks by people such as Leonardo da Vinci. Throw in religion and The Bonfire of the Vanities and it has everything. My world In World Change was based around this time in 14th century Italy.
6. Finally, tell us about your latest release!
5. If you could turn your novel into a TV show, which novel or series would you do? Where would it be set? Network TV (ABC, NBC, CBS), Cable (AMC, BBC, Lifetime) or Premium Cable (HBO, Showtime, Starz)?
As an Australian I am not familiar with all the different networks you have mentioned but would hope it would be on prime time. I love shows such as Once Upon a Time so would love to be alongside that. World Change is only the first book in the series so I would imagine we would be running over a few seasons. The setting would have to be Tuscany in Italy. I have always wanted to go to Florence and one day I will. Its history is fascinating. You have the Medici’s and their political machinations and then the beauty of artworks by people such as Leonardo da Vinci. Throw in religion and The Bonfire of the Vanities and it has everything. My world In World Change was based around this time in 14th century Italy.
6. Finally, tell us about your latest release!
World
Change
Clare gets
transported from present day Florence to an alternate world, one that looks
like fourteenth century Italy. The only way back is through a portal half a
world away, plus the local High priestess wants her dead, and the only one she
can trust is a vampire called Trevi. He is
the only one who exits in this world, and she knows more about what he is than
he does. He is hard to resist, especially when he saves her life. Trevi can take
her home but he is keeping one big secret. She will have to be like him to
survive the journey through the portal back to her world making a myth a
reality.
Maggie will be awarding an eBook copy of World Change to a randomly drawn commenter at each stop during the tour. Be sure to comment at each stop!
Excerpt
She turned to run but he was on top
of her, pinning her to the ground. She held her breath too frightened to
breathe. With the moonlight behind him, his face was in shadow. He sniffed her
then ran the tip of his tongue down her cheek to her neck. Clare swallowed as
she struggled to breathe. Her heart beat so fast she could feel it through her
chest. If he was going to bite her, then maybe this drunken illusion would be
over. He didn't bite her. She could feel his fangs as he ran them up and down
her neck. Where they touched, her skin tingled. He licked the blood away and
the pain eased where her skin had been pierced by the spear. The calming
thoughts of before were returning. She should be fighting him but it was the
furthest thing from her mind. He was turning her on and she could feel the ache
between her legs as his tongue swirled on her neck.
"Go ahead, do what you have to
do. Maybe it will bring reality back."
He didn't bite her. Instead he
trailed kisses from her neck to her lips. She should push him away but she
opened to him. His cool tongue probing. He tasted sweet. Clare had never thought
herself into erotic fantasy, but she felt an irresistible attraction to this
man she was finding hard to control. Her tongue entered his mouth searching for
his fangs. They scratched her tongue and she heard him groan as a sweet taste
entered her mouth. It was at that moment her world became dark.
4 comments:
Thanks for posting.
I meant hosting. Hope you enjoyed finding out about my book and my writing.
I am a huge fan of time travel type stories. This book sounds really good. Thanks for another good interview.
Thanks so much Courtney. It gives you freedom to go wherever you want and let your imagination run free.
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