Today I have another fantastic interview to share with you. Blye Donovan was kind enough to offer some time to me to answer my questions. Check out her latest book, Marked as Queen of Hearts, and one click your copy today!
Tell me a bit about one of your favorites that you wrote.
Marked as Queen of Hearts is actually my favorite so far. It’s the most complex—plot-wise and emotion-wise—and I put the most of myself into the story. Some of the things the heroine goes through are things I’ve experienced myself. It made this book a bit of catharsis for me and being able to give her a happy ending helped heal us both a little 😉
Writing is a difficult endeavor. What makes you continue to write?
Somedays I ask myself this and wonder what the heck I’m doing 😆 Because you’re right, it is difficult. Sometimes the writing itself makes you want to quit, whether that’s the plot falling flat, or the characters stop talking to you. Other days it’s all the things, like editing, marketing, and promoting your books that makes you want to hang up your hat. But in spite of all that, I love writing. Bringing a story to life and sharing it with others is an incredible feat, and when people enjoy your books, it’s an incredible feeling. Those accolades, the positive reviews, make you pick up your pen (so to speak) and keep writing.
What do you look forward to every day?
Lots of things like coffee, reading, making dinner with my husband . . . but I imagine this question was meant to be writing related 😁 When it comes to work, I look forward to sitting down in front of a blank page, sipping my cup of coffee, and letting a scene flow through me onto the screen. When the characters are talking and you can see the scene play out, the story just flows. That feeling is a high I chase every day but don’t always find.
How do you define success? What makes you successful?
There’s a lot of literature out there about being “a successful indie author” and while those tend to focus on dollar signs and figures, I think just hitting that publish button is a success. Even if your book doesn’t sell a million copies, you published a book. Not everyone can say that! True success lies in your own feeling of fulfillment, and I find that by creating the book in the first place. It’s a work of art and when you hit publish, you put it on display. When someone likes and appreciates that art, is that not its own form of success? I think so. It’s important to celebrate the wins, no matter how small.
Any tips for a new writer or someone who is considering becoming a writer?
Find a good group of fellow writers because support is the most important thing you can have as an indie author. I was lucky to find that early on, and not only have I gained some amazing critique partners out of it, but we all help promote each other’s work as well. Other authors in your genre aren’t your competition. Don’t treat them as such. Instead, make friends, build relationships, and learn from their experiences. And above all, don’t give up!
Guess what? One of the best book shows in Florida is coming back to Jacksonville, Florida next month! And I will be a part of it!!!
Tickets including special events are still available, for a limited time. There are so many things planned, you will want to get an all inclusive pass so you can experience everything!
I am hosting the Bingo and Lunch events. Get your pass and come see me, sit at my table and get goodies too, exclusively from moi!
Come see me at the signing, on Saturday, to get all the books you want, signed by me. And get your chance to win a multi-author prize pack giveaway filled with books and swag at the end of the signing event!
When a man loves, he may not do so with his heart, because a vampire is no one’s friend.
Overwhelmed by the attention of two beautiful men, Sophia needs to disappear so that neither Captain Jared Walters nor Zanephyn Heardt can find her. But they do, each making their own demands on her. If only she can forget the theories that Zane is a vampire killing women for their blood. Vampires are an urban legend – they don’t exist in real life, do they?
Returning home to Cape Town, Sophia plans to continue her life as if she never knew either man. But then Zane arrives on her doorstep. All the feelings for him she tried to suppress rushes back and she agrees to marry him. He is again the man she fell in love with and dated for more than a year.
Meanwhile, six people work tirelessly to prevent this marriage from happening. His mother, the witch, knows that Zane doesn’t mean marriage in the normal sense of the word. From the day he met her, Zane had plans for Sophia she is unlikely to survive. The slayer can’t kill the vampire until the time is right – on the day of the wedding, when Zane has Sophia in his thrall. To protect Sophia until then, Zane’s mother and sister, who is a lawyer and a witch-in-training, cast daily spells to bind Zane’s purpose for Sophia.
But what exactly does Zane plan to do with her? Is Jared going to roll over and forget what he had with Sophia?
About the author:
Bio:
Bestselling international author of spooky paranormal romance, urban fantasy romance, and fantasy romance, Maggie Tideswell has a passion for romance. She combines things that can’t be explained with sweaty bodies and rumpled beds in a way that will make your toes curl and your hair stand on end.
Maggie lives in Johannesburg, South Africa with her husband Gareth and a cat called Auntie. She just can’t do without perfume, her tea and the internet. She is nearly as passionate about food as she is about creating alpha heroes every woman will fall in love with, just as she does, every time.
I am back with a pre-order. Yes!! My latest book, The Angels Ex-Wives Club is available at a low, low, never to be seen again price. If you have KU, it is absolutely Free!!
Reserve your copy, today before the price changes!
Trapped, Teresa finds her blissful marriage turned into a nightmare.
Michael is never home. When he is, he ignores her concerns.
She sets out on a new path. With a new angel.
With the help of Archangel Rafael, they co-create the Angels’ Ex-Wives Club, a safe haven for women like her to tell their stories.
Yet, Teresa is not an ex-wife and Rafael is inexplicably drawn to her.
Can Teresa and Michael find their way back to each other or will Teresa find what she needs in the arms of another angel?
Want to know the whole story of how we got here and the ex-wives club was created? Grab Escapade, first then read this stellar continuation.
Recently, I had the chance to interview a USA Today Bestselling author. I have met this author and upon meeting her, I knew I had to share her with the world!
She is such a nice person and she writes great stuff, too! Be sure to check out her featured book and one click your copy, today.
Welcome Lynessa Layne.
1. How long have you been writing and what got you started?
I’ve been writing since I was a teen, but didn’t try my hand at novels until my 30th birthday. It was one of those, ‘what do I want to do with the rest of my life now that I’ve had babies’ type of introspections. Figured I’d get about five pages in and applaud my author heroes for what I could never do. Ten novels later, voila! I could write!
2. What genres do you write and why?
Cross-genre blending of romance, suspense, mystery and thriller is my favorite to write because I need a lot of stimulation when I read. I’m able to solve crime novels way too early, predict endings or plot twists, read way too fast and wish it would’ve lasted longer. I wrote the Don’t Close Your Eyes series for myself because of that need, then decided to share it with other readers. I didn’t even know the ending to my own series until I arrived upon it, so it’s fun when readers speculate the who-dun-it or marvel at twists they cannot predict.
When I’m not working on DCYE, I’m trying my hand at several projects of different genres including paranormal and Southern Gothic. Jury’s still out on whether I’ll use different pen names for those.
3. Tell me about the moment you found out you were a USA Today Bestselling author.
Wow. What to say? Even reading this question, I still get butterflies in the pit of my stomach along with the need to double check that it really happened LOL! One of my author besties, Mariah Kingsley, was the one to notify me. I hadn’t even seen it. Ironically, it was the brightest spot on the same day my husband lost his job, like a silver lining against a storm cloud. I’m supremely grateful and still tear up.
4. Which book would you like readers to know more about and where can they buy it (buy link).
Don’t Close Your Eyes is a series about a co-ed who falls in love with a hitman/crime syndicate don without knowing his true identity. Simultaneously, she falls for the undercover cop working to bring the hitman to justice. Killer Kiss, however, is a flirty (AND FREE) peek behind the curtain of the series in that you, as the reader, know something Kinsley, the heroine, doesn’t throughout a good portion of the series.
Readers who love MC villains, dueling crime syndicates, naive yet strong heroines and series along the lines of the Sookie Stackhouse (sans paranormal) sort, should enjoy this tumultuous slow burn that ignites into spicy, forbidden romance.
“A thrilling tale about an independent woman in a love triangle.” – Kirkus Reviews
Love at first sight is for hopeless romantics, not a hitman who’s amassed a fortune leading a double life. If only Kinsley Hayes hadn’t stumbled into my crosshairs …. *** He was edgy, intense, older than me. Since the night I’d fled my attraction to the handsome stranger, I prayed I’d see him again. Then, one day, while I mixed drinks behind the bar, he walked in on the same night my crush confessed his feelings for me. My simple life of college and track drained into an underworld of peril and passion so dangerous, I risked everything for him, including my life. This is our story.
Not only is my red wolf-shifter/vampire paranormal romance book still free for the next couple of days, but it also is number 6 for Paranormal Vampire Romance!!!! Woo-hoo!!
This means not only am I an International bestselling author…I am now, also, a bestselling author in the USA!!!! YES! I have waited to achieve this title and it is finally here!!! I am so happy!
My next #goals is USA Today bestselling author.
Check out Daybreak and grab your free e-copy while this promotion lasts! Stuff your Kindle with so many other free books, too, for a very limited time!!! Promotion runs until September 23rd!!!
I am always on the go nowadays and yup, I have a new book in the editing process right now. The cover is being created too and so is the book trailer. This one will be my first solo Military Romance. It is a short story I wrote called Coming Home which was formerly listed in the anthology, No Man Left Behind. It topped the International Bestseller’s List in three countries! Well, I am adding to the story and am changing the title to “Sterling’s Heart.” Stay posted for more to come!
The big day is here. One random winner will win an Amazon Gift card! Want to win? Check the rules and enter the contest: https://www.facebook.com/Paranormal-Erotica-Authors-and-more-163267254177253/
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