1.) What brought you to writing? Tell us about your journey.
I've always loved writing, from the time I was a kid. I used to write a lot of short stories and stories that involved girls and horses, my love at that time. Somewhere I have a notebook full of them. As I got older, I got into romance, romantic suspense, then paranormal. And of course, I fell in love with Harry Potter like everybody else. I also love Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Kim Harrison and so many others. What competes most with my writing time, is the time I want to spend reading.
2.) Will you continue to write in the Paranormal genre and are there other genres you would like to write in?
I definitely will continue to write in the paranormal genre, since I enjoy both writing and reading it so much. But, I also have an historical romance set in Vermont that I'd like to finish, as well as a romantic suspense.
3.) What kind of research did you do for A Little Magic?
Well, I've been taking Irish step dancing classes for about 15 years now, and competing for maybe the last 10 years. I thought it would be cool to share my love for step dance in a book, plus it's not one of the usual hobbies/sports you see mentioned. For the "Valley girl" stuff, I picked up a book about that, and also read several books on witchcraft and magic to familiarize myself.
4.) What is next for you? Are you working on a new book?
I've just started a new YA paranormal, titled “Everything to Live For.” It's about a girl who has suffered a great loss and is floundering in her life, when she discovers that an ancestor in her family tree was hung as a witch in 1700s Connecticut.
On my own family tree, I have an ancestress who was hung as a witch in 1700s Connecticut, which is where the seed of the idea came from for this new book. They tried to make this woman betray her best friend, and she held out long enough for the friend to get passage back to England. That friend later became the great-great - however many times over - grandmother of Winston Churchill.
5.) What advice would you give a writer considering eBook publishing?
I would say, go for it. The forum, Kindleboards has been a big help to me, as have friends who E-published before I did. I couldn't have done it without their advice and guidance. By all means, continue querying agents and print publishers, but it's hard to break in there these days and for myself, I'd rather have my book out there hopefully to be read and enjoyed by people, than gathering dust in a drawer at home.
