Delores: I'd like to Welcome to my blog Eve Summers. Eve is a fellow Red Rose Author.
Delores: Hi, Eve I'm Glad you could stop by.
Eve: Glad to be Here
Delores: I would like to start with one of my favorite questions...If you could be one of your characters, who would you be and why?
Eve: Hmmm, that's a tricky one. I usually put my characters through hell for the sake of a good story. Do I really want to be one of them? Heck, yes! It changes from month to month, but currently I'd love to be Clare from "A Slave of My Own Desire (http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?cPath=90_38&products_id=245).
She's feisty, intelligent and happily in love (or is it lust?) with a gorgeous hunk who will make her every fantasy come true.
Delores: I am sure we all would be happy to have a hunk at our beck and call.
Delores: What do you like to read in your spare time?
Eve: I like really enjoy women's fiction. It's a bit of an umbrella term for anything from romance to literature, and I love it all!
Delores: Is there anything that influences you? What compels you to write?
Eve: I'm heavily influenced by what I myself like to read, I confess. For example, I cannot stand silly heroines like Bridget Jones or Stephanie Plum, so all the women in my books are as far from ditsy as I can possibly get away with while still having fun with them.
In general, I'd like my books to change people's lives. I'd like to make them laugh and think and feel better.
Delores: What is a typical writing day for you?
Eve: Either promo (like this interview, online chats, book signings) or writing at least 1000 words of my latest novel. Because of my day job and family, my typical working day is usually a night.
Delores: Is there ever a time you find it hard to find your muse?
Eve: Writer's block for me is usually the result of something going wrong in my life. I could be depressed, or worried about my job, or stressed by my otherwise wonderful husband. So the best way to unblock is to get my head right. Sometimes all I need is a walk or a girlfriend's ear, other times it's a massage or retail therapy... lol.
Delores: Tell us what you have coming up......
Eve: Here is the hot-hot-hot book cover and excerpt for "Danger, Word Games" due to be released by Red Rose Publishing in early 2009.
The restaurant’s restroom mirror was still sneering at her. She retouched her lipstick, enjoying the creamy sensation on her mouth. Her heels clanged on the marble floor as she re-entered the lobby.
No sight of Mr. MaybeRight. Good riddance.
“Call me a cab,” she said to the passing waiter.
The boy, he couldn’t have been more than twenty-five, eyed her with a grin. “You are a real cab,” he said, his face deadpan.
“Cute,” she found herself smiling back. Here was a man who understood the value of words. “Now if you could perhaps order me -” she checked herself, “order one for me?”
He pressed a button in the wall. “And now you will give me your phone number,” he said. It was a statement, not a request.
She shrugged, not yet sure whether she was amused or irritated by his rudeness. It was better than Mr. MaybeRight’s cordiality, at any rate. Good manners were dishonest by their very nature. She smiled at the waiter. “Do you always work this fast?”
Delores: What are your goals for the next 5 years or so?....
Eve: I'm writing a young adult novella, a murder mystery, a women's literature novel and a romantic novelette. That should keep me busy next year, LOL.
In 5 years' time, I hope to have them all (and more) published. I'd like at least one on the New York Times Bestseller list and another the winner of the Broadband Orange Prize for Fiction.
In addition, of course, I'd like to make sure that my writing dreams do not interfere with my wonderful family and home.
Delores: It always helps to have a good strong base in your life. Good for you. I just have a couple of more questions.Who is your perfect hero? And why? What do you do for inspiration?
Eve: I love charming alpha males, and I like naughty boys. Sawyer from LOST is my perfect hero, and his looks are my perfect inspiration. I know, I know, how shallow can you get, right?
Delores: LOL
Eve: The other inspiration is my own life. I listen, look and twist real life situations into points of conflict in my books. As a result, my ex-boss (whom I murdered in one of my books) hates me for that, and many friends think twice before they whisper their secrets into my ear.
Delores: Eve, I'm so happy you dropped by. Please drop by Red Rose Publishing to grab your own copy of Eve's book.
Delores: Hi, Eve I'm Glad you could stop by.
Eve: Glad to be Here
Delores: I would like to start with one of my favorite questions...If you could be one of your characters, who would you be and why?
Eve: Hmmm, that's a tricky one. I usually put my characters through hell for the sake of a good story. Do I really want to be one of them? Heck, yes! It changes from month to month, but currently I'd love to be Clare from "A Slave of My Own Desire (http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?cPath=90_38&products_id=245).
She's feisty, intelligent and happily in love (or is it lust?) with a gorgeous hunk who will make her every fantasy come true.
Delores: I am sure we all would be happy to have a hunk at our beck and call.
Delores: What do you like to read in your spare time?
Eve: I like really enjoy women's fiction. It's a bit of an umbrella term for anything from romance to literature, and I love it all!
Delores: Is there anything that influences you? What compels you to write?
Eve: I'm heavily influenced by what I myself like to read, I confess. For example, I cannot stand silly heroines like Bridget Jones or Stephanie Plum, so all the women in my books are as far from ditsy as I can possibly get away with while still having fun with them.
In general, I'd like my books to change people's lives. I'd like to make them laugh and think and feel better.
Delores: What is a typical writing day for you?
Eve: Either promo (like this interview, online chats, book signings) or writing at least 1000 words of my latest novel. Because of my day job and family, my typical working day is usually a night.
Delores: Is there ever a time you find it hard to find your muse?
Eve: Writer's block for me is usually the result of something going wrong in my life. I could be depressed, or worried about my job, or stressed by my otherwise wonderful husband. So the best way to unblock is to get my head right. Sometimes all I need is a walk or a girlfriend's ear, other times it's a massage or retail therapy... lol.
Delores: Tell us what you have coming up......
Eve: Here is the hot-hot-hot book cover and excerpt for "Danger, Word Games" due to be released by Red Rose Publishing in early 2009.
The restaurant’s restroom mirror was still sneering at her. She retouched her lipstick, enjoying the creamy sensation on her mouth. Her heels clanged on the marble floor as she re-entered the lobby.
No sight of Mr. MaybeRight. Good riddance.
“Call me a cab,” she said to the passing waiter.
The boy, he couldn’t have been more than twenty-five, eyed her with a grin. “You are a real cab,” he said, his face deadpan.
“Cute,” she found herself smiling back. Here was a man who understood the value of words. “Now if you could perhaps order me -” she checked herself, “order one for me?”
He pressed a button in the wall. “And now you will give me your phone number,” he said. It was a statement, not a request.
She shrugged, not yet sure whether she was amused or irritated by his rudeness. It was better than Mr. MaybeRight’s cordiality, at any rate. Good manners were dishonest by their very nature. She smiled at the waiter. “Do you always work this fast?”
Delores: What are your goals for the next 5 years or so?....
Eve: I'm writing a young adult novella, a murder mystery, a women's literature novel and a romantic novelette. That should keep me busy next year, LOL.
In 5 years' time, I hope to have them all (and more) published. I'd like at least one on the New York Times Bestseller list and another the winner of the Broadband Orange Prize for Fiction.
In addition, of course, I'd like to make sure that my writing dreams do not interfere with my wonderful family and home.
Delores: It always helps to have a good strong base in your life. Good for you. I just have a couple of more questions.Who is your perfect hero? And why? What do you do for inspiration?
Eve: I love charming alpha males, and I like naughty boys. Sawyer from LOST is my perfect hero, and his looks are my perfect inspiration. I know, I know, how shallow can you get, right?
Delores: LOL
Eve: The other inspiration is my own life. I listen, look and twist real life situations into points of conflict in my books. As a result, my ex-boss (whom I murdered in one of my books) hates me for that, and many friends think twice before they whisper their secrets into my ear.
Delores: Eve, I'm so happy you dropped by. Please drop by Red Rose Publishing to grab your own copy of Eve's book.
1 comment:
Great interview Delores, and Eve, I am so excited to hear about your new book coming in 2009!
Kim
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