Interview around the Globe with Aurora Whittet

Let welcome to our latest and newest member to our list of authors. Let welcome Aurora Whittet to Nighttime Reading Center. She here on a book tour. She is stopping by here on October 27, 2016. I work with +Laura Fabiani iRead Book Tours and I happy learn about her book and giveaway.

I got the chance to read her books "The Murders at Astaire Castle". I enjoy both books. I would suggest that you read my review for "Bloodmark", "Bloodrealm" and "Bloodmoon". You got a chance to win a  - Prizes: 5 winners will each get a Prize package that contains:

- 1 signed hardcover copy of Bloodmark (book 1)
- Bloodmark Saga Temporary Tattoos (set of 3)
- Bloodmark Saga Bookmark

Open to USA only. Ends Dec 17.
Enter her giveaway Bloodmark Trilogy Giveaway


Let read her Bio and then go to her interview. #Interviews, #Interviewsaroundtheglobe, #NRC, #Giveaways,  #bookreview,  #bloodmark, #paranormalromance, #giveaway, @AuroraWhittet and @iReadBookTours

 

Aurora Whittet started out as a wild red-haired girl in Minnesota dreaming up stories for her friends to read. Mama’s Knight: A Cancer Story of Love is just the latest in a string of acclaimed works. Her first official writing endeavor became The Bloodmark Saga, featuring a werewolf princess-turned-ruler who falls in love with a human boy. Her first novel in the Bloodmark Saga, Bloodmark, came out in 2013, followed by Bloodrealms in 2014 and the final book Bloodmoon in 2016.

Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram

1 Describe your book in 20 words or less.
The Bloodmark Saga is a fantasy romance that combines Celtic mythology, werewolves and love.

2 Where or how did you come up with the idea for your story?

I had a dream of Ashling in a scene in the last book, Bloodmoon. I saw her, I heard her words, and I knew who she was at the end. I had to tell her story. So I began my research and character development to find out who she was and what she had to go through to get to that moment that I saw.

3 How important are names to you in your book(s)? Do you choose the names based on liking the way it sounds or the meaning? Do you use any resources in assisting you to choose the names ?

The names took a lot of time to find just the right ones to match the characters personalities and nationalities. The name meanings did play a part in their selection a lot of the time too. I use a lot of baby name books as part of my research, as well as mythology.

4 Which of your characters (in this book) is your favorite and Why?

That’s like picking a favorite child. It’s just not right. But if I were to pick one other than the main character Ashling, I would choose Baran Killian. He is an unexpected character that is strong and kind. He grows as a person and gives Ashling the freedom to make her own choices. In my mind when I wrote him I always saw actor Sam Elliot, the perfect rugged protector.

5 Was there a certain scene in this book that was harder for you to write than others?

In the third book there is a heart breaking scene that I attempted to write differently many times before I finally had to face the truth and watch a character die before my eyes. I cried so hard writing that scene.

6 If you could cast your characters in the Hollywood adaptation of your book, who would play your characters?

I don’t have an idea for the main characters, I assume they would be some amazing new talent, but a few of the others I have in my mind. I always saw Queen Nessa as Nicole Kidman, Baran Killian as Sam Elliot, Mother Rhea as Maggie Smith, and King Pørr Boru as Brendan Gleeson.

7 What was your favorite part to write and why?

I love writing scenes and creating the world in which the characters live. I am so intrigued by mixing real places with mythological places and making the scene so real it almost becomes a character itself.

8 Just as your book(s) inspire authors, what authors have inspired you to write?

I adore J.R.R. Tolkien, Jane Austen, AVI, and J.K. Rowling.

9 What writing advice do you have for other aspiring authors?

Never stop writing, dreaming and being part of the worlds you create. Use beta readers that are your demographic and if one of five says something you can take it or leave it, but if three or more say it, you better listen. Take classes through your literary organizations, like loft.org. I teach there and love giving back.

10 Do you read your reviews? Do you respond to them, good or bad? Do you have any advice on how to deal with the bad?

I read the reviews sometimes, curiosity killed the cat they say. I have gotten bad reviews and that’s totally okay. I don’t respond. Everyone is entitled an opinion. I only get involved if someone attacks another reader on a social channel of mine. I don’t allow bullying in my world. As for advice, if you get a bad review, sit yourself down have yourself a nice cry while you eat icecream and then go for a walk and move on.

11 What are you working on now? What is your next project?

I just published Mama’s Knight: A Cancer Story of Love, a children’s book for moms with cancer. That is pretty exciting for me, you can check it out at themamavillage.com. I am also working on a new YA novel publishing in late 2017 and another children’s book.

12 Bonus Question: Characters often find themselves in situations they aren't sure they can get themselves out of. When was the last time you found yourself in a situation that was hard to get out of and what did you do?

I lost my mom to cancer three years ago and that broke my heart. No matter how dark, bad, serious or terrible the situation you still have to keep moving forward. Even if you have to crawl through the mud, just don’t stop there in the mud, keep going. I took my dark sadness and transformed it into a children’s book to help little ones through the tough and confusing times of having mom go through treatments. So I would say try to do good, volunteer, exercise and meditate. That is the only way I know to survive bad things that happen in life.

Thank you for stopping by Nighttime Reading Center, Aurora Whittet. I have come to enjoy your book about Ashing Boru. It sure got me wanting more.

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Pinterest Challenge: Pin your Author Interviews

Welcome,
You may have seen this challenge around a bit. It called "Pin your Reviews". Well in doing that challenge. I came up to with idea that why not do it for your Author Interviews. It a simple challenge you can do and anyone can do.
It quite a really nice way to get your Authors or followers to see the Interviews you did for them.

Challenge:
Steps to how you Pin your "Authors Interviews":

1. Create a board on your Pinterest (Choose a name)
2. Then go about your blog and find your Interviews you did
3. Pin each one to the board you created
4. You can make sure that they are linked to your Interview post
5. Finally you are done

You got a board where you can show off your Author Interviews.
Here is an example: Pin your Author Interviews

I challenge you to Pin your Author Interviews. I would love to find out how you did. You can let me know by reporting back and letting me know. I can come and check out your board.



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Interviews Around the Globe with Max E. Stone

Today we have a new Author. Max E. Stone is an author that contacted me about me to review is book and I am hosting his book tour for one of this books. He is having a giveaway as well. Let welcome this new author to Interviews around the Globe.

I would love if you all took a look at our author Bio.. We have some good questions and answer for him to answer. Please  also I had the opportunity to read his latest book called "One Minute There". I have a review on it here at NRC and I also got a giveaway as for all of you as well. One Minute There Review & Giveaway, The author is giving away a prize of 3 copies of "The Bleeding" by Max E. Stone (3 e-book) Here is the author bio for before we enter the interview.  We welcome Max to our community. #Interviews, #Interviewsaroundtheglobe, #NRC

My characters take over my life. I just happen to be ready with the pen and paper to record it all.

Sounds crazy, but its the story of my life...

I have been writing since the age of nine where it began as a hobby. My teen years altered my life to such a point where the pen saved my life and theWarrens, Bennetts, andJohnsons became my family.

I had no choice but to share this feeling with the world.

Connect with Max: 

Tumblr: http://thecolouredbook.tumblr.com/

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/maxestone
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/maxestone
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialmaxestone

Describe your *Latest/Recent* book in 20 Words or Less?

One Minute There jumps right in to situations, terrifying and otherwise, involving characters that are real and relatable. You will feel with and for them.

Where or how did you come up with the idea for your story (in this book)

I loved to write since I was nine years old. Only then, it was only hobby to me. It wasn’t until my teen years that it became a lifeline. That was how the idea for the series (Warren-Bennett-Johnson) came about. The idea for this particular book was birthed from its predecessor, “The Bleeding.” People wanted more of these families' respective stories and, honestly, so did I.

How important are names to you in your book(s)? Do you choose the names based on liking the way it sounds or the meaning? Do you have any name choosing resources you that you?

Usually, the name will just come to me and I go with it. Then, I end up liking the way it sounds. Sometimes, I will check the meaning via babynames.com, just out of curiosity, and it might end up contributing to the personality of the character. So the names in my book are pretty important.

Which of your characters (in this book) is your favorite and Why?

I’d had to say Derek Warren. Not because I like him. In fact, he scared me to my core when he was first introduced in the beginning of the series and this is no less true in One Minute There. But writing him and developing his fictional layers taught me the most about reality as well as the many sides of people and why they are the way they are. No one is a villain for the hell of it.

Was there a certain scene *in this book* that was harder for you to write than others?

There is a scene in which one of the main characters, Melissa, leaves behind a gory crime scene, which she is responsible for. At said crime scene, her daughter is screaming after her. I was crying as I was writing up and then sobbed again when I typed it.

If you could cast your characters in the Hollywood adaptation of your book, who would play your characters?

I’m not sure about the others, but definitely Liam Neeson for the role of Stephen Bennett, the Homicide Detective and patriarch of the Bennetts in "One Minute There." Neeson is such a strong and powerful actor and he takes over all of his roles. Just looking at what he did with his role in “Taken,” I feel as though he would do wonders with bringing Stephen Bennett to life on the big screen.

What was your favorite part to write and why? (Alternate Q: What is your least favorite part of the publishing / writing process?)

I don’t really have a favorite part of “One Minute There” to write. However, my least favorite part of the writing process is the editing because it gets done multiple times. I’m such a perfectionist and I’m really much harder on myself than anyone else could be. So, though it is necessary, this would be my least favorite part.

Just as your books inspire authors, what authors have inspired you to write? (Alternate Q: If you didn't like writing books, what would you do for a living?, What writing advice do you have for other aspiring authors?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, David Baldacci, and Steve Berry have truly inspired me to write. I love their respective builds and suspense, how they have this set path that the reader follows and then the reader ends up in a place that they really never saw coming.

Do you read your reviews? Do you respond to them, good or bad? Do you have any advice on how to deal with the bad?

Sometimes, I read reviews, both good and bad. Concerning the bad ones, if it is a well-reasoned, constructive criticism, I respond with thanks and keep the tool in mind for the next work.

What are you working on now? What is your next project?

As of right now, I am prepping "One Minute There" for release in March 20, 2015. I am also working on my next project which is an extended version of the first in the Warren Bennett Johnson (New England) series, a prelude entitled "August to Life." This will be out in the summer of 2015.

Thank you for stopping by Max E. Stone. I happy for you have stop by Nighttime Reading Center. Your book a wonderful read. I loved it. I hope you come back again.

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Interview Around The Globe with Diane Daniels Manning

Today we have a new Author. Diane Daniels Manning is an author that is working though a book Tour that I have now been a tour host for. Let welcome this new author to Interviews around the Globe.

I would love if you all took a look at our author Bio.. We have some good questions and answer for her to answer. Please  also I had the opportunity to read her latest book called "Almost Perfect". I have a review on it here at NRC and I also got a giveaway as for all of you as well. Almost Perfect Review & Giveaway, The author is giving away a prize of 13 copies of "Almost Perfect" by Diane Daniels Manning (5 print copies - USA only, 5 e-book copies and 3 audio-books from Audible - international) and one $25 Amazon Gift Card. Here is the author bio for before we enter the interview.  We welcome Diane to our community. #Interviews, #Interviewsaroundtheglobe, #NRC, #Giveaways, #fiction #autism #dogshow​ @DianeDmanning
​and​ @Nouveauwriter, +Laura Fabiani iRead Book Tours, +Laura Fabiani 

Author's Bio:
Diane Daniels Manning is the co-founder and director of The New School in the Heights, a therapeutic school in Houston, Texas which helps children dealing with social-emotional challenges find success in school and life. She has a Ph.D. in Education and a post-doctoral M.P.H from Harvard and is a practicing child psychoanalyst certified by the American Psychoanalytic Association. Formerly, she was the Director of the Reading and Learning Disabilities Clinic at Tufts University, Lecturer and Research Associate in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Harvard, and Chair of the Department of Education at Tulane University. She learned the inner workings of dog show kennels by writing an authorized oral history of a lifetime President of the Poodle of Club of America. Her writing awards include the Faulkner-Wisdom Novella Prize and the Women in Film and Television Short Script Competition.

When not at The New School, Diane and her writing partners, a Standard Poodle named Misty and a rescue cat named Elvira, convene at the keyboard to share great thoughts and plan the dinner menu.

Connect with her: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook

Describe your *Latest/Recent* book in 20 Words or Less?

An old woman and a teenage boy connect over love of a dog and heal their broken families. It's ALMOST PERFECT!

Where or how did you come up with the idea for your story (in this book)?

The book started as an oral history of a famous breeder of standard poodles and evolved into a novel after I started a special school in Houston, CT.

How important are names to you in your book(s)? Do you choose the names based on liking the way it sounds or the meaning? Do you have any name choosing resources you that you?

I love choosing names for my characters. Some characters are "born" with a name that just seems right, like Benny. Other minor characters I use names of friends that I hope will tell them I am thinking of them and grateful for their friendship. All of the characters are fictitious.

Which of your characters (in this book) is your favorite and Why?

I don't have one favorite character. ALMOST PERFECT has two "main characters:" Benny.the boy and Bess, the old woman. Like them, my favorite characters all come in pairs. Bess and Mona are two sides of the same woman, as sometimes happens with twins. I also love the duo of Benny and Steffie. She is the "head" and he is the "heart."

Was there a certain scene *in this book* that was harder for you to write than others?

I can't think of a scene that was harder to write than the others, but there is definitely one that was easiest. This book has been in the work for decades (really!), going back to the original oral history, but the final scene at Westminster Dog Show was written from the beginning and has never changed. Many readers have told me it is worth the read!

If you could cast your characters in the Hollywood adaptation of your book, who would play your characters?

The children would all be "discovered," I imagine.

I would be thrilled for any working actress over 50 to play Bess/Mona. There are too few featured roles for older women in movies or literature.

What was your favorite part to write and why? (Alternate Q: What is your least favorite part of the publishing / writing process?)

I liked writing the scenes between the older twins, Mona and Bess, and also the scenes between Benny and Steffie. I find them to be bitter sweet and often funny, and characterize the humanity of people at the different ages. Probably my favorite is when the seventy year-old twins squeeze their faces into a small, round mirror, trying to decide if they look alike, the way others say they do. The dog walks by, gives them a look, and wonders when someone is going to remember to feed him.

Just as your books inspire authors, what authors have inspired you to write? (Alternate Q: If you didn't like writing books, what would you do for a living?, What writing advice do you have for other aspiring authors?

Mark Twain obviously influenced me. I spend my childhood reading books on the bottom shelf of the Mark Twain Library in Redding, Connecticut (the setting for ALMOST PERFECT). It was founded by Samuel Clemens in the town where he died.

Do you read your reviews? Do you respond to them, good or bad? Do you have any advice on how to deal with the bad?

I read my reviews and always respond to them when contact information is provided. I am very grateful to anyone who takes the time to read my book and then spends even more time reviewing it.

What are you working on now? What is your next project?

I am currently completing GOOD ENOUGH, a version of the same basic story for middle grade and young adult readers.

Thank you for stopping by Diane Daniels Manning. I happy for you have stop by Nighttime Reading Center. Your book a great read. I loved it. I hope you come back again and enjoy working with me and other events coming this way.

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Interview around the Globe with Stephen Maitland-Lewis

Today we have a new Author. Stephen Maitland-Lewis is an author that is working though a book Tour that I have now been a tour host for. Let welcome this new author to Interviews around the Globe.

I would love if you all took a look at our author Bio.. We have some good questions and answer for him to answer. Please  also I had the opportunity to read his latest book called Botticelli's Bastard. I have a review on it here and we also got a giveaway as for all of you as well. Botticelli's Bastard Review But here is the author Bio for before we enter the interview.  We welcome Stephen to our community. #Interviews, #Interviewsaroundtheglobe, #NRC, #Giveaways, #historicalfiction #ArtHeist @BotticelliBook and @Nouveauwriter, +Joyce DiPastena, +Laura Fabiani iRead Book Tours, +Laura Fabiani 

Author Bio:
Stephen Maitland-Lewis is an award-winning author, a British attorney, and a former international investment banker. He held senior positions in the City of London, Kuwait, and on Wall Street before moving to California in 1991. He owned a luxury hotel and a world-renowned restaurant and was also the Director of Marketing of a Los Angeles daily newspaper. Maitland-Lewis is a jazz aficionado and a Board Trustee of the Louis Armstrong House Museum in New York. A member of PEN and the Author’s Guild, Maitland-Lewis is also on the Executive Committee of the International Mystery Writers Festival.

His novel Hero on Three Continents received numerous accolades, and Emeralds Never Fade won the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Award for Historical Fiction and the 2011 Written Arts Award for Best Fiction. His novel Ambition was a 2013 USA Best Book Awards and 2014 International Book Awards finalist and won first place for General Fiction in the 2013 Rebecca’s Reads Choice Awards. Maitland-Lewis and his wife, Joni Berry, divide their time between their homes in Beverly Hills and New Orleans.

Connect with Stephen: Website ~ Facebook ~ Twitter

How did you do research for your book?

The internet is my primary source for research, but one has to be very disciplined so as not to go off in tangents in reading material with is irrelevant to the topic in hand. For that reason, visits to local libraries are ideal, although more time consuming. With regard to Botticelli’s Bastard, the research covered many different periods of European history, which made the project enjoyable and it did not at any time feel onerous.

If you could put yourself as a character in your book, who would you be?

Unquestionably, Giovanni Fabrizzi, the art restorer. He was burdened with sadness and later on was faced with the dilemma of Satan on one shoulder and the good angel on the other in determining his course of action. But there is a moral tale for all of us and I found myself inspired by his ultimate decision.

What made you write a book about a talking painting?

A painting that has survived 500 years, has traveled across continents, and has hung on many different walls, has a life of its own. Just as Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Grey had a painting that aged, my painting in Botticelli’s Bastard talks to the restorer. Just as a writer or an actor can get totally immersed in his character, so can a restorer working over a long period of time and in the minutest detail, become overtaken by the painting on which he is working.

Your book is set in London, Florence, Munich, Paris, New York, and Zurich. Have you ever been there?

I was born and raised in London, and I have also lived in Munich, Paris, and New York. In my former professional life, I made frequent trips to Zurich and I spent a week once on vacation in Florence.

What is the last great book you’ve read?

Sophie’s Choice by William Styron. This novel is superb on every level – character, plot, language, and overall style. I first read the book many years ago, at a time when I was not writing professionally, so I didn’t appreciate the subtlety and brilliance of Mr. Styron. Reading it again recently, I realized that the author was one of the major world’s literary geniuses. His writing is so fine that I have to resist the temptation of never writing another word.

Do you write every day?

I try to do so. Even if I am not writing a novel, I think it is important to write something on a daily basis, whether it be a journal entry, or a complex social or business letter. The great piano virtuoso Arturo Rubenstein remarked once that “the first day I do not practice, I notice. The second day I miss a practice, the critics notice. The third day – the audience notices.”

How long have you been writing?

When I was still a teenager in London, I was a contributing columnist to Melody Maker, a weekly musical journal, and I also freelanced in writing liner notes for record albums and reviews of jazz concerts. During my days as an international investment banker, I wrote regularly articles for various professional journals. I spent a few years writing for a daily newspaper, and have now written fiction full time for sixteen years.


Thank you for stopping by Stephen Maitland-Lewis. I happy for you have stop by Nighttime Reading Center. Your book a good read. I liked it. I hope you come back again.

Interview Around the Globe with Joyce DiPastena

Today we have a new Author. Joyce DiPastena is an author that is working though a book Tour that I have now been a tour host for. Let welcome this new author to Interviews around the Globe.

I would love if you all took a look at our author Bio.. We have some good questions and answer for her to answer. Please  also I had the opportunity to read her lastest book called Loving Lucianna. I have a review on it here and we also got a giveaway as for all of you as well. Loving Lucianna Review But here is the author Bio for before we enter the interview.  We welcome Joyce to our community. #Interviews, #Interviewsaroundtheglobe, #NRC, #Giveaways, #medievalbooks #RomanceBooks @JoyceDiPastena and @Nouveauwriter, +Joyce DiPastena, +Laura Fabiani iRead Book Tours, +Laura Fabiani 

Author Bio:
Joyce DiPastena dreamed of green medieval forests while growing up in the dusty copper mining town of Kearny, Arizona. She filled her medieval hunger by reading the books of Thomas B. Costain (where she fell in love with King Henry II of England), and later by attending the University of Arizona where she graduated with a degree in history, specializing in the Middle Ages. The university was also where she completed her first full-length novel…set, of course, in medieval England. Later, her fascination with Henry II led her to expand her research horizons to the far reaches of his “Angevin Empire” in France, which became the setting of her first published novel, Loyalty’s Web (a 2007 Whitney Award Finalist).

Joyce is a multi-published, multi-award winning author who specializes in sweet medieval romances heavily spiced with mystery and adventure. She lives with her two cats, Clio and Glinka Rimsky-Korsokov, in Mesa, Arizona.

Connect with her: Website ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Pinterest ~ JDP NEWS ~ Medieval Research

Our Interview with Joyce DiPastena:

Describe your *Latest/Recent* book in 20 Words or Less?

Loving Lucianna: A Hearts in Autumn Romance
A secret from her past may destroy Lucianna’s second chance at love.

Where or how did you come up with the idea for your story (in this book)?

The idea came from a writing challenge on Facebook. A group I was in challenged all its members to write an autumn themed romance for a joint promo event this fall. I started batting around ideas in my head and the thought came to me, "What if I wrote a story about a couple in the 'autumn of their years?'" I had a pair of secondary characters from an earlier romance I had published ("Illuminations of the Heart") where a couple in their 40s and 50s had fallen in love. It was a very small part of that story, but I decided it would be fun to write this couple of story of their own and find out where their romance took them. That story turned into "Loving Lucianna."

How important are names to you in your book(s)? Do you choose the names based on liking the way it sounds or the meaning? Do you have any name choosing resources you that you?

Usually I choose names because I like the way they sound and certain names raise certain images in my head (blonde, brunette, redhead, etc). For "Loving Lucianna," however, since several of the scenes were set in medieval Italy and I'm half-Italian on my father's side, I decided to raid my family tree for the names of many of the Italian characters in the story.

Which of your characters (in this book) is your favorite and Why?
I think the title character, Lucianna, is my favorite in this book. I loved learning more about her and how she became the woman she was. I think she didn't always come across as a sympathetic character in "Illuminations of the Heart"--she could be a little prickly, a little temperamental and judgmental and haughty and proud. Now, with "Loving Lucianna," both I and the readers know why and how she became all those things. And I hope now that they understand her, she will win their hearts.

Was there a certain scene *in this book* that was harder for you to write than others?

I don't know that any of the scenes were harder for me to write than others. Some of the scenes between Lucianna and her girlhood friend, Elisabetta, did make me cry when I wrote them, just because their relationship touched me so.

If you could cast your characters in the Hollywood adaptation of your book, who would play your characters?

I get asked this question a lot, but I never have a good answer because I can never find actors or models who actually look the way I imagine my characters in my head. I always have very clear pictures in my mind of how my characters look when I write them. A writing friend of mine told me that was like my "superpower." LOL! Actually, I find more inspiration for my characters in paintings than I do in the movies. I've even put together a page on my website with some of the paintings that have inspired me in some of my novels. You can see it at http://joyce-dipastena.blogspot.com/p/art-gallery.html.

What was your favorite part to write and why? (Alternate Q: What is your least favorite part of the publishing / writing process?)

My least favorite part of the writing process is forcing myself to write when I don't feel like it. Because many times I don't feel like writing, but someone said to me once, "A real writer writes whether she feels like it or not." So when I don't feel like writing, I ask myself, "Do you want to be a real writer or don't you?" And the answer is always "yes!" So I push myself to write even when I don't feel like it, and the next day when I see that my story is progressing, I'm always glad that I fought my way through those "don't feel like it" times.

Just as your books inspire authors, what authors have inspired you to write? (Alternate Q: If you didn't like writing books, what would you do for a living?, What writing advice do you have for other aspiring authors?

Even though I don't write Regency romances and have never really wanted to, I fell in love with the Regency romances of Georgette Heyer when I was in Junior High School and read many of her titles over and over and over. When I first started writing, I think I copied her style, if not her settings, a lot. Gradually I developed my own style and voice, but I think many writers when they're starting out consciously or subconsciously strive to imitate an author who they admire. For me, in my early years, that was Georgette Heyer.

Do you read your reviews? Do you respond to them, good or bad? Do you have any advice on how to deal with the bad?

Usually when I first publish a book, I'll go read the reviews to see how the book is doing, but I confess that I don't deal well with bad reviews. Seems like one bad review can block out a dozen glowing reviews and make me think I'm the worst writer in the world. So I've learned that for my own peace of mind (and ability to continue writing) it's best if I try to avoid reading the bad reviews. I guess my skin just isn't thick enough. My advice on how to deal with the bad? (1) Just don't read those reviews--I mean the really bad reviews--if you can avoid it. There is rarely anything helpful in them. ("Medium" reviews might be helpful, but the super bad ones are usually not.) (2) If you can't avoid a bad review, then tell yourself, "That reader wasn't my target audience." Because it's probably true. The people who love your book are the people you are writing for, not the people who hate it. You'll never please every reader there is, and if you try to make a bad reviewer happy, you'll probably end up alienating the reviewers who liked your books before you "changed them" to try to please a bad reviewer. So focus on the people who like your writing and write for them with all your heart. They're the "audience" that you want to please.

What are you working on now? What is your next project?

I have a manuscript being beta read right now that I'm planning to publish in early 2015 called "The Lady and the Minstrel." It's also a medieval, but it's set in England in the reign of King John and while it has a strong romance in it, it's not purely a romance. I call it a romantic historical, because it deals with other historical and plot concepts and relationships in addition to the romance. But it starts with the romance and ends with the romance, and I promise it ends with a "happily ever after." As I said, watch for it in early 2015!

Thank you for stopping by Joyce DiPastena. I happy for you have stop by Nighttime Reading Center. Your book a good read. I liked it. I hope you come back again.

Interviews Around the Globe with Roselyn Jewell

Today at Interview Around the Globe we have another Author Interview. If you decide that you want to contact her. Their information is in the post.

Welcome to our ninth author. Lets just right into it. First let introduce our Author.

Welcome to “Interviews Around the Globe” with our newest author Roselyn Jewell. Welcome Roselyn. Come and Meet Roselyn Jewell and then I will jump into the Interview.

You can Contact Roselyn Jewell at these sites:


Websites: http:/roselynjewell.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jewellromance
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jewellromance Linkin: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/roselyn-jewell/98/813/201 
Google:google.com/+RoselynJewell Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/32771749-roselyn-jewel 
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Roselyn-Jewell/e/B00LGV9WO2/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

Describe your *Latest/Recent* book in 20 Words or Less?

Coffee, Love, and Other Stimulants – Kate is searching for love, without seeing what’s right in front of her.

Where or how did you come up with the idea for your story (in this book)?

I actually have what I think is a pretty unique process that helps me to get ideas for my books. I have written down 100 or so different plot points, ideas for character personalities, settings, and things like that. They’re a mix between things I like to see or think would be fun to write about, and things that have been used in some of my favorite romance novels. So when I want to write a new book, I will pick 5-10 of them out of a hat and challenge myself to write a story that incorporates all of those things. It makes the writing difficult and exciting but also really fun! So that’s how I came up with the ideas for this book and a lot of my others.

How important are names to you in your book(s)? Do you choose the names based on liking the way it sounds or the meaning? Do you have any name choosing resources you that you?

I’d say a good bit of names are either names that I've always liked when I've heard them, or names of people in my family or friends or people that I've known at some point in my life. Actually right now I have a Kick starter campaign going and some of the rewards are using backers’ names in upcoming books, and that’s something I intend to continue to offer readers in the future as well.

Which of your characters (in this book) is your favorite and Why?

Hands down, Samantha aka Sam is my favorite. She encompasses a lot of the qualities that I’d love to have. She’s my first lesbian character, but she won’t be the last. Anyway, she’s so sure of who she is and couldn't care less one way or the other what people think about it. I admire that and it’s a quality I’d love to have. I tend to think too much about what people think. She’s also a great and loyal friend, which is a great quality in anyone.

Was there a certain scene *in this book* that was harder for you to write than others?

Yes, I don’t want to give too much away, but there was a scene where the main character had broken up with the guy she’d been dating and he didn't like it and became abusive with her. I’m not going to say more than that, but that was definitely hard to write for multiple reasons.

If you could cast your characters in the Hollywood adaptation of your book, who would play your characters?

Wow, that’s a hard question! Well I think I’d choose Jennifer Lawrence to play Kate. She’s a great actress, is wildly popular right now, and does an awesome job of portraying emotional stuff. For Todd, I’d say maybe Christian Bale. But really, if Hollywood wanted to make a movie out of any of my books, I’d be more than thrilled with whoever they chose I’m sure!

What was your favorite part to write and why?

My favorite part is writing the resolution scenes. The ones where the characters have found love or solved the mystery or met their goal, those real feel-good moments, where everything is right in their life in that moment. That’s always fun because I feel like I experience all of those emotions along with them.

Just as your books inspire authors, what authors have inspired you to write?

“That’s a hard question too because there are SO many great authors out there! Some of my favs are Janet Evanovich, Mecredes Lackey, Tanya Huff, and Illonia Andrews.

If I wasn't a writer, I’d probably be, well a stay at home mom and wife is very important. But I think I’d also make a good psychologist.

Advice for other aspiring authors would simply be to go for it. Finishing an entire book is the first step. A lot of people start and never even finish, so if you get that far, you’re already on the right track! Also never give up and never let anyone make you feel like you’re anything less than awesome.

Do you read your reviews? Do you respond to them, good or bad? Do you have any advice on how to deal with the bad?

Absolutely! What kind of an author or professional in general would I be if I didn’t? I read every single review and yes I respond one way or the other. Hey, we’re all humans with free will and everyone has their own opinions and are entitled to them. As an author, I don’t take it personally if I get a bad review. It’s not that person’s cup of tea and that’s fine! Constructive criticism is always good too and I absolutely take it to heart and try to implement changes accordingly.

What are you working on now? What is your next project?

I’m actually really excited about a book that will be coming out within the next few weeks, called Degrees of Separation. Thus far, I’ve done almost exclusively romance, with one book that was equal romance/mystery. But this new book is more like 60% thriller, 40% romance. I had a lot of fun writing it and I have very high hopes for it! Again I don’t want to give too much away but it features a plot to assassinate the president and a secret government organization. I had so much fun writing this one and hope the readers will have just as much fun reading it!

Bonus Question: Characters often find themselves in situations they aren't sure they can get themselves out of. When was the last time you found yourself in a situation that was hard to get out of and what did you do?

Every time I’m in a situation like that, I tend to make a very drastic change in my life. Drastic changes in locations and situations are normal for me; one of the things that let me put my whole being into very different scenarios. I grew up moving around the country and have had the privilege of seeing the beauty of every environment in the US, which is an amazing experience. I have learned that such changes always lead to new opportunities, no matter how hard things can be. I don’t really specifically remember the last time, thankfully I think it was many years ago, but I’d say I handled it by making a big change to my surroundings or the people I was associating with at the time.


Thank you for taking part. I would like to thank Roselyn for coming by Interviews Around the Globe.

Interviews Around the Globe with Jerome Brooke

Today at Interview Around the Globe we have our Today at Interview Around the Globe we have our sixth Author Interview. Before we get into the Interview with our sixth interview. So let me start this interview. If you decide that you want to contact him. Their information is in the post.

We are in our second month of this feature. I hope to get better has I do it. For our sixth Author Interview. I was contacted. to do this. Let introduce our Author.

Welcome to “Interviews Around the Globe” with our sixth author Jerome Brooke. Welcome Jerome. We will just go ahead and jump on into the Interview.

Describe your *Latest/Recent* book in 20 Words or Less?

The City of the Mirage (Amazon) is a fantasy. The book is set in an empire of the stars.

Where or how did you come up with the idea for your story (in this book)?

I projected into the distant future the history of mankind.

How important are names to you in your book(s)? Do you choose the names based on liking the way it sounds or the meaning? Do you have any name choosing resources you that you?

I use names from mythology.

Which of your characters (in this book) is your favorite and Why?

Astarte the Divine rules a great empire of the stars. Her story is set is the distant future.

Was there a certain scene *in this book* that was harder for you to write than others?

 The climax of the book was a final battle between the legions of Astarte and her rivals.

If you could cast your characters in the Hollywood adaptation of your book, who would play your characters?

The young Elizabeth taloy might play Astarte.

What is your least favorite part of the publishing / writing process?)

Obtaining reviews is very hard.

Just as your books inspire authors, what authors have inspired you to write?

I am useless aside from writing.

Do you read your reviews? Do you respond to them, good or bad? Do you have any advice on how to deal with the bad?

I read all reviews. I ignore bad reviews.

What are you working on now? What is your next project?

I am writinf an erotica series as Kitti Katzz.

Bonus Question: Characters often find themselves in situations they aren’t sure they can get themselves out of. When was the last time you found yourself in a situation that was hard to get out of and what did you do?

I was unhappy back home in California. I relocated to Thailand.

Thank you for taking part.  I would like to thank Jerome for coming by Interviews Around the Globe.

Interviews Around the Globe with Ethel Cook-Wilson

Today at Interview Around the Globe we have our first July Author Interview. If you decide that you want to contact her. Their information is in the post.

Welcome two our first July post. We are just a day before our nation birthday. I hope you all have a good weekend. Lets just right into it. First let introduce our Author.

Welcome to “Interviews Around the Globe” with our newest author Ethel Cook-Wilson. Welcome Ethel.. Come and Meet Ethel Cook-Wilson and now I will jump into the Interview.

Describe your *Latest/Recent* book in 20 Words or Less?

Julian Carlton, I am not just another George! is a historical novel based on murders that happened at Taliesin the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. The hundredth anniversary is August 15. The book is available as eBook or conventional. I’m excited for the world to read Julian’s story.

Where or how did you come up with the idea for your story (in this book)?

I read a novel about Frank Lloyd Wright’s love affair and learned of the tragic end. I used that as an inspiration to write my novel.

How important are names to you in your book(s)? Do you choose the names based on liking the way it sounds or the meaning? Do you have any name choosing resources you that you?

I tried to choose names normally used in the time period or those unique to different cultures.

Which of your characters (in this book) is your favorite and Why?

Gertie. She was an innocent in so many ways. I am glad she escaped Julian’s wrath.

Was there a certain scene *in this book* that was harder for you to write than others?

The murder scene and whenever Gertie was mistreated.

If you could cast your characters in the Hollywood adaptation of your book, who would play your characters?

Julian was Bajan and Gertie Nevesian, so Actors of color would be best suited.

What was your favorite part to write and why?

The chapters about the Caribbean islands.

Just as your books inspire authors, what authors have inspired you to write?

J. California Cooper, Nancy Horan, Julia Alvarez,Paul Laurence Dunbar

Do you read your reviews? Do you respond to them, good or bad? Do you have any advice on how to deal with the bad?

I try to improve my craft if the criticism is about that. If it was about someone’s feeling or opinion, I respect it, but try not to be too affected by it.

What are you working on now? What is your next project?

I want to do a book about a beach that was a great part of my early life.

Bonus Question: Characters often find themselves in situations they aren’t sure they can get themselves out of. When was the last time you found yourself in a situation that was hard to get out of and what did you do?

I try to remain calm and pray!

Thank you for taking part. Your responses were good to reading. I would like to thank Ethel for coming by Interviews Around the Globe.

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