Interviewing Romance Best Seller Marissa Ann

 

Marissa Ann

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USA Today Best Selling Author Marissa Ann grew up in two very different worlds, the big city and the rural South. Mobile Alabama offered her the opportunities to not only see other cultures but to experience them as well.

Every weekend she spent most of her time on the beach of Perdido with her dog, Buddy. It didn’t matter what time of the day, even midnight, they could be found walking along the shore in search of seashells.

Buddy passed away in 1997 and she still misses him today. You never forget your true best friends, even the four legged ones.

When she wasn’t in Alabama with her dad, she was in North Mississippi with her mom. Mostly spending time with her Grandfather who taught her not only how to grow a garden but how to completely live off the land as well as to love animals.

Today, she spends her time in rural North Mississippi with her husband, the kids and all of their animals on a hobby farm.

She always said she would write books one day even though many thought she never would. She made a promise to a childhood friend who left this world for the next in 2015. That she would finally write and publish at least one.

Her first book hit the market in 2018 and she’s never looked back. She now has several out with many more scheduled for release.

Her favorite books have a lot of romance with action and suspense mixed in. She loves to hear from others about her books OR theirs.

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Interview with The Writer of your next favorite Romance

1. What was the first story you ever wrote? (Unpublished or published)

The first story I ever wrote was about my dog named Buddy. I was around twelve years old at the time. I actually still have it put away in a picture album. I’ve never let anyone read it.

2. Why did you want to become an author?

I actually didn’t give it a lot of thought. I just remember telling my childhood best friend that I would one day put myself out there and try. She passed away in 2015 and one of the things she made me promise her was that I would reach that goal. That’s exactly what I did in 2018.

3. What is your favorite treat when you are writing?

Coffee. I LOVE my coffee. LOL.

4. Do you have any writing rituals you do to get in the mood?

Not really. I just sit down, look at my blank screen a minute and wait for my fingers to move.

5. Is there any type of scenes you shy away from writing about?

No but I do get shy if you ask me about a scene I’ve written.

6. What is a genre you don’t currently write but would like to try?

Cowboy/Western Romance

7. Why do you write in the genre you currently write in?

Because I LOVE it. I love reading it as well.

8. What is the most difficult hurdle you’ve had to get over while writing so far?

Procrastination. When you “work” from home, it’s hard to set specific working hours.

9. What is your dream for your book? (Ie: movie, in big box stores, etc)

Getting one made into a movie would be amazing!

10. Who would you have play your main characters if you could pick anyone in the world (dead or alive)?

A younger Patrick Swayze would be who I would want as Timber in my Wolfsbane Ridge MC series.

11. What is your favorite coffee/or tea?

Coffee with chocolate creamer and french vanilla mixed in.

12. What would you put in a cocktail that represents your latest release?

Jack Daniels

13. A fire alarm goes off in your home. What are the first 5 things you grab?

Purse, kids, dogs and my Parrots.

14.  Do you use a spoon or fork to eat macaroni and cheese?

Spoon!

15. What are you currently binge watching/or listening to?

Hell’s Kitchen

16. What do you think is the perfect girls night out?

Staying in with a glass of wine and no kids anywhere. I know, I’m a little boring. LOL

17. When you were little what was your favorite toy that you took everywhere?

When I was a little more than a year old it was a tiny baby doll. I actually still have her in a glass case.

18. What is something your readers don’t know about you?

Twenty two years ago, I worked as a stripper for a short period of time. (It was FUN. Young me wasn’t that boring. LOL)

19. Who is your favorite all time author? Do you own any of their books?

Jane Austen was and still is my all time favorite. Yes, I have copies of her books.

20. If you could interview anyone in the world who would you choose? And Why?

Reba. Because who doesn’t love Reba?

Interview with Romance Author Lexi Ostrow

 Lexi Ostrow

Making Worlds Collide

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USA Today Bestselling Author Lexi Ostrow has been in love with the written word since second grade when her librarian started a writing club. Born in sunny southern California she’s spent time in various places across the country and is not-so-patiently waiting for the USCG to return her to New Orleans. Mom to a toddler and an array of pets, her house is never lacking stories to tell.

Lexi has been a writer ever since the second grade in some form or another. Getting her degree in creative writing and her master’s in journalism she couldn’t wait to get a chance to put her fantasies down on paper. From paranormal romance to thriller there isn’t a genre she doesn’t love to spend her time reading or writing. With her BA in creative writing from UCR and her MA in multi-media Journalism from Emerson College, she’s ready to take on the literary world one novel at a time.

Reading and writing are her first loves, but her passion for shopping, love for yummy food and her love for all her many pets are not far behind. Lexi is an enthusiastic Whovian and DC Comic Show lover who isn’t afraid to talk someone’s ear off about them. She hopes to one day help other readers fall in love with writing as she did.

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW

1.       What was the first story you ever wrote? (Unpublished or published) The Snowflake Who Lived in California. I was in second grade and it was about 50 typed pages :D

2.       Why did you want to become an author? I’ve been in love with losing myself in books since I was in kindergarten. It made me want to help others have that same escape. The constant fantasies chattering around in my head doesn’t hurt either, though.

3.       What is your favorite treat when you are writing? I don’t eat when I write, but I absolutely will devour a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos if I’m editing.

4.       Do you have any writing rituals you do to get in the mood? I do not. I spend most of the day trying to mentally capture the scenes I have inappropriately playing in my mind when I should be doing other things so I just sit down and jump in.

5.       Is there any type of scenes you shy away from writing about? Hmm, there really aren’t any. I know my weakest scenes are action. No matter how many battles I write, I always worry I rush them or they’re not realistic enough. I normally don’t get over that until the book is out into the world and I read it after a few months of stepping away from it.

6.       What is a genre you don’t currently write but would like to try? Romantic Suspense. I live for Heather Graham and similar authors but have never felt I could create my own mystery strong enough to keep people reading – even though I watch and read them all the time.

7.       Why do you write in the genre you currently write in? Escape. I genre hop, and just recently completed the epilogue on a steampunk romance. For me, steampunk allows me to play with history and add some spark and magic into it.

8.       What is the most difficult hurdle you’ve had to get over while writing so far? Imposter Syndrome. I don’t get very much engagement on social media when I post book things – whether it’s teasers or announcements, I just don’t have the support system. It makes me constantly worry it’s because I’m not good enough – either as an author or a friend – but then I’ll post something silly about my life and people are there so it really just enforces worry I’m not authoring correctly.

9.       What is your dream for your book? (Ie: movie, in big box stores, etc) To get to Grand Central Romance.

10.   Who would you have play your main characters if you could pick anyone in the world (dead or alive)? I don’t fantasy cast a lot because I worry I’ll start to plant traits I know from a movie or a social profile. That said, I’m starting on a super secret Arthurian project and I for sure need Jake Stormoen to be my Lancelot, Abigail Spencer to be Gwen, Reece Richie to be Merlin, and Aaron Ashmore to be King Arthur.

11.   What is your favorite coffee/or tea? I’m basic – pumpkin spice fraps are the only coffee I drink and tea is reserved for when I have a cold.

12.   What would you put in a cocktail that represents your latest release? Ooh I love this questions … and have absolutely no idea. So, I’m cheating and googled steampunk themed cocktail and realized it would need to have Absinthe.

13.   A fire alarm goes off in your home. What are the first 5 things you grab? Assuming my kiddo and pets can get out on their own – my laptop, my cell phone, the box of our family pet ashes, and my wedding bands if I’m not wearing them.

14.    Do you use a spoon or fork to eat macaroni and cheese? Fork because I’m a giant child and like to the slip the noodles over the prongs :D

15.   What are you currently binge watching/or listening to? I just started “The Irregulars” on Netflix and I’m enjoying it!

16.   What do you think is the perfect girls night out? I’m very much a dichotomy on nights on. On one hand, give me loud pumping music, sequin dresses, terrible drinks, and high heels and I’m in heaven. On the other, I’ve grown quite content just heading out back with the girls and some drinks to chat.

17.   When you were little what was your favorite toy that you took everywhere? A little lamb (that I shaved thinking the fur would grow back),wrapped in my baby blankie.

18.   What is something your readers don’t know about you? That I’ve never actually watched a porn to check and see if my sex scenes work outside my imagination LOL

19.   Who is your favorite all time author? Do you own any of their books? I cannot pick just one – Heather Graham and Larissa Ione are a tie. I do own all books from each, some took forever to hunt down, too!

20.   If you could interview anyone in the world who would you choose? And Why? I’d love to get in front of any TV Exec and make them spell out exactly why they cancel shows that are absolutely resonating with fans. 

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Cara North-Contemporary, Paranormal, Sci-Fi

September North- All YA for mature readers

Echo North- Fantasy

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INTERVIEW WITH CARA NORTH

What was the first story you ever wrote? (Unpublished or published)

The first story I ever wrote was in elementary school. It won an award, but it is long lost in things I did not get to keep from my childhood. I wrote lots of stories in school, got in-school suspension for a romance I wrote in high school. Then I wrote a book in about 4 journals that eventually turned into a version of the first book I typed up for publication, The Art of Ethan, which did eventually get published, and since getting the rights back, I have republished. 

Why did you want to become an author? 

I have stories to share and think people would enjoy reading them. 

What is your favorite treat when you are writing? 

Soda.

Do you have any writing rituals you do to get in the mood? 

Nope. Just open whatever file I am working on and get to it. 

Is there any type of scenes you shy away from writing about? 

Not really, but I have no interest in writing historical because I don’t think I am up for that level of researched detail. 

What is a genre you don’t currently write but would like to try? 

Aside from actual horror and historical, I am down to write. 

Why do you write in the genre you currently write in? 

Most of my ideas come to me as romances. I’m not a romantic person, so it is usually a surprise to people who know me, but then I remind them Stephen King isn’t a murder, yet no one is surprised about that. Lol. 

What is the most difficult hurdle you’ve had to get over while writing so far? 

When the small press/minor imprints from publishers began collapsing. I had books that had been published, but were now without homes and had to learn to do it all myself. 

What is your dream for your book? (Ie: movie, in big box stores, etc)

I would love to see my YA series, The Drummonds as a Netflix series. 

Who would you have play your main characters if you could pick anyone in the world (dead or alive)? 

So many characters, but Jake Gyllenhaal is my muse, so he would need to play someone for sure. 

What is your favorite coffee/or tea? Depends on my mood. 

What would you put in a cocktail that represents your latest release? Cherries. My latest release is Cupid Wore Dog Tags, a military anthology, so something sweet and Valentine appropriate. 

A fire alarm goes off in your home. What are the first 5 things you grab? 

My animals. Everything else is not alive (except my spouse who better be on get the cat duty). 

 Do you use a spoon or fork to eat macaroni and cheese? I’ll use my fingers if that is all I have. 

What are you currently binge watching/or listening to? I create playlists on my Amazon Music and my iTunes to go with my books. 

What do you think is the perfect girls’ night out? 

Going out to eat somewhere, catching up. It is one of the reasons I enjoy attending Literary Love Savannah each year. I get to go out with readers and authors and eat at great places in downtown Savannah every year! 

When you were little what was your favorite toy that you took everywhere? 

I always had something to write with and on. Even as a little kid, I had notebooks, pens, and pencils. 

What is something your readers don’t know about you? That I have a TikTok account that I am going to do better posting on! LOL. I have a challenge to post every day in February, so…fingers crossed. 

Who is your favorite all time author? Do you own any of their books? 

My favorite of all time author? JD Salinger? Poe? I don’t think I have one favorite, but yes I have their books. Lots of books. 

If you could interview anyone in the world who would you choose? And Why? 

My muse, Jake Gyllenhaal because he is my muse and I think it would be awesome to interview him.

USA Best Seller P. Mattern

 

USA Today Bestselling Author, Amazon #1 and Top 100 Bestselling and Award Winning author P. Mattern wrote stories to entertain classmates in elementary school and won awards for fiction and poetry while attending college. After being laid off from her professional job in Mental Health, she began writing down all the stories she'd been carrying around in her head and had made outlines in earnest.

Inspired by Anne Rice and her handicapped son, World of Azglen was born. About a widow and her adult handicapped son who becomes brainy and strong after being bitten by a vampire, it became the first installment of the #1 Amazon bestselling Full Moon Series! Soon her children, J.C. Estall and Marcus Mattern, joined her in writing the Full Moon Series, Amazon Bestselling Andy of the Damned, Strident House, #1 Bestseller Shock of Night, Forest of Bleeding Trees and many others. This family writing dynasty is currently working on Book Seven of the Full Moon Series, a dystopian novel, Andy of the Damned Book Two, and finishing the last installment of Vampire Princess (the Arctic Circle Series).

P. Mattern is a member of Thriller Writers Association. Her work has appeared in numerous ezines and anthologies; (Girls Rock Horror Harder, The Animal Horror Collection, Painted Mayhem Horror Anthology, Mystical Magical, Erotic Exotic Paranormal, and Santa's Naughty List. She has two books under Booktrope Publishers's Forsaken imprint and a contract with Tell-Tale Publishing.

P. Mattern lives in the Midwest and is currently involved with one of her characters. ("It's complicated.")

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Viktor, the obsessive Necromancer Warlock, and Vampwitch is dead. Pregnant again, with her beloved former Whipping Boy Oliver’s child, she also welcomes her best friend Theda’s once disfigured son Prodigy into the Royal family.

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Tawdra Kandle is the USA Today bestselling author of over 100 romances that span genres from contemporary through paranormal. Her engaging and realistic characters bring readers back again and again to devour the steamy love stories she spins. Fan favorites include The Anti-Cinderella Chronicles, the Keeping Score trilogy, and the Love in a Small Town series.

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It was only supposed to be a one-night thing.

Amanda

When I showed up at my friends’ engagement party, the last thing I planned for was a wild one-night stand with the bride’s older brother. On the other hand, Vincent DiMartino is smart, sexy—and safe. He doesn’t want more than a quick hook-up--and neither do I. Or so I thought.

When life tosses us together again, the same intense spark is still there. There's nothing wrong with a casual relationship . . . unless someone's heart is at risk.

Vincent 

I'm not interested in long-term anything, and I have no desire for a serious relationship. My job as a pastry chef in my family’s restaurant demands all of my time and attention. The night I spent with Amanda Simmons was supposed to be just that—one night. But I didn't bargain for how much I'd enjoy her sense of humor, her intelligence and her sass . . . not to mention her unrepentant sensuality.

 

Now that I realize I want more than just her body, can I persuade Amanda to take a chance on me? Will she risk her heart on the man who was only supposed to be a fling?

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