Finding Fiction Friday - Jeanette Hornby

This Friday, we have Jeanette Hornby all the way from Australia!  I will let her introduce herself ...

I live in the south west of Western Australia. I’m married with two children, one dog – an old staffie, and one gorgeous grandchild. I have always loved to read and write and studied literature in high school. I started taking my writing seriously about four years ago and began writing lessons. For me, writing and publishing my novels is a dream come true.

Jeanette, talk to us a bit about your journey in writing.  What made you decide to write and eventually to try to publish?

It seems I’ve always written.  As a young girl I used to jot down poems about anything and everything.  This continued on in my teenage years where I progressed to writing short stories.  Later, I began to write novels – all cringe-worthy if I read them now but the writing bug never left me.

Finally, when my children grew up, I decided to pursue my passion and began writing seriously.  I met an author who introduced me to her writing teacher/editor and publisher.  Things progressed from there.

We know what your bio says.  Tell us one thing about yourself that you think might surprise us.

I believe in reincarnation and can remember some of my past lives.

Do you remember what it was like, the feeling you had when you learned your first book was out there in the world?

If truth be known, it was terrifying.  It felt like I was on trial. 

Tell us a bit about your latest book, “Grapevines and Gum Trees”.

Grapevines and Gum Trees, is set in the mid-80s in an historic town not far from where I live.  It is a story of love, change, and acceptance.

My father’s family lived in the town of Yarloop where the story is set and my grandfather had a small vineyard and made his own wine so the area and topic have special meaning for me. 

Also, you may know that Australia’s mining industry has grown and prospered in the last few years. Unfortunately, there are often dire consequences to the expansion of mining and industry.

Yarloop has undergone some tremendous changes since the time of the book’s setting and I wanted to showcase the area as it was. There are some great memories embedded there.

Here’s the blurb:

Isabella Di Rossi's idyllic life on the family vineyard, in the town of Yarloop, is about to change. With sabotage of the grapes, and the unravelling of her parents' secret past, Isabella is also confronted with a handsome stranger.

In possession of an old photograph, Louie McGregor is searching for a father he has never known.
Added to that, is the reappearance of the Di Rossi's mysterious neighbour, Jack Cesario.

As the secrets begin to unfold, and Louie returns to his home, Isabella finds comfort with another. But events are heating up at the Di Rossi vineyard, and Louie's search is far from over.

Will the past be forgiven? Will Isabella make the right choice? And will Louie be accepted for who he is?

If there is one character you’ve written that you would really like people to meet, who would it be and from what book?

I’d have to say ‘Patty Brennan’ from my first novel Heart’s Promise.  The character is loosely based on a childhood friend who passed away a few years ago. Like Patty, my friend’s vibrant personality often masked the tumultuous circumstances of her life. She made life so much more interesting.

What other ideas do you have bouncing around in your head?

I’m currently working on ‘Escape Down Under’. It is a contemporary romance/suspense novel set in Perth/Port Hedland in Western Australia showcasing the glorious country and ever present mining industry.

I also have an idea for another story inspired by a road sign.   It will deal with forgiveness and reconciliation and will be set in country Western Australia.

What about being published and the book industry in general has most surprised you?

Probably, the way people open up to you and tell you their stories.

I notice you feature books from other writers on your web site as well.  What has that experience done for you?

I’ve met some amazing authors and read their interesting books.  It has also driven traffic to my website and blog. 

What other things besides writing do you have going on that keep you busy?

Family, especially now I have a grandchild.  Gardening is hobby that helps clear my head.

I also work with beads and make bookmarks and jewellery items.

To close the interview, I have ten questions for you, plus one.  Here they go!

1. What is your favorite word? Flibbertigibbet (love the way it sounds)
2. What is your least favorite word? At the moment - Cheers
3. What turns you on? Chivalry
4. What turns you off? Chauvinism
5. What sound or noise do you love? A Kookaburra’s laugh
6. What sound or noise do you hate? Loud music (base) when I’m trying to sleep.
7. What is your favorite curse word? A***hole
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? I always wanted to be a singer but can’t sing a tune.
9. What profession would you not like to do? Politician
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? You did great with what you had.
11. What question have you never been asked, that you wish someone would ask you? What’s it like on the other side?

Jeanette, thanks so much for spending time with us.  Can you let us know where to follow you, and where we can go to purchase your work?

Website   Blog   Facebook   Twitter   Goodreads   Google   Pinterest 

Amazon   Smashwords   Barnes & Noble   iTunes   Diesel Ebook Store   Ebook Eros

Kobo   Sony Reader   Fishpond

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Patricia and I can also be followed here:    Facebook              Twitter

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Rudy and Trish are the main characters in our two published short stories in the "Evernight: Romance in a World of Darkness" anthologies.  You can get to know them as well as get 23 other great stories!  Here's where you can find them:

Evernight Volume 1:   Amazon       XoXo          ARe

Evernight Volume 2:   Amazon       XoXo          ARe

Finding Fiction Friday - Dominica Malcolm

Today I am happy to introduce you to Dominica Malcolm, fiction author, screenplay writer, and traveler.  Dominica has just released her first novel, and I am thrilled to have a fellow pirate here on the blog!

Dominica Malcolm is a writer of speculative fiction and screenplays. She recently published her first novel, Adrift, and has a list of short stories that have been or are soon to be published. Though born and raised in Western Australia, her family mainly hails from the US, and she has been living in Malaysia since late 2008. When she's not writing, she enjoys stand-up comedy, filmmaking, and travelling around the world.

Talk to us a bit about your journey in writing.  What made you decide to write and eventually to try to publish?

I've written a range of things for a long time, from plays and stories in primary school, lyrics, poetry, and stand-up comedy in high school, and blogging about travel since my first solo trip abroad in 2004. After that first trip, I studied screenwriting when I took a Graduate Diploma in Media Production. When I moved to Malaysia, I rediscovered my interest in stand-up comedy, and started performing again, until I got pregnant with my second child and quit. Around that same time, I discovered an online writing competition called LJ Idol, which is where I started to more seriously think about what I could do as a writer. During my second season of that (season 7, 2010-11), I ended up finding an audience that seemed to be interested in a good portion of the writing I produced in the competition. It was that audience that inspired me to work toward publication. While I'm here, I may as well quickly plug the competition – I believe the final season of the game is due to start sometime in the next couple of months, so if anyone else thinks they might like to check it out, now might be their last chance!

We know what your bio says.  Tell us one thing about yourself that you think might surprise us.

I don't know if this will surprise people given the mention of my travel, but I'm a pretty big Disney fan, and as such I've been to all the Disney park locations – Anaheim, Orlando, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Paris. There are only a couple of parks as part of those complexes I haven't actually been to (Tokyo DisneySea, due to lack of time, and California Adventure, because it didn't exist when I last went to Anaheim). Of course, once the park opens in Shanghai, I'm going to have to go there, too.

What is it like, the feeling when your first book is out there in the world?

A mixture of nervousness and pride. Nervous, because you never know how your writing is going to be received, and whether you'll attract the right audience (meaning, the people who actually like the type of story you've written, rather than the people who are prone to hate it). The moment I had the paperback in my hand, though, I think aside from pride, there was just this overwhelming sense of awe and disbelief, because it's a fat book... I'm not entirely sure how I wrote that much!

Your novel “Adrift” was released yesterday.   Talk to us about this book and the inspiration for it.  (Of course, I’m very interested in anything involving pirates!)

As I mentioned above, I was involved in LJ Idol at the time. Since it was a reality TV style game where contestants keep playing until they either drop out or are voted out, I had been in it for many weeks. During one week, “Cracks” came up as a prompt at around the same time a friend of mine suggested I write a pirate character for myself to play for a short film I wanted to shoot with him. “Cracks” led to me thinking about cracks in time, which would've been easier to film than an historical pirate story, so I wrote a screenplay about that for the competition. It was only meant to be a stand alone short film, but the audience response that I got was that people wanted more about the characters. I went on to write a sequel short screenplay and two prose short stories whilst in the competition, and a few more short stories involving my characters for other prompts after I was voted out. Once that season was over, as I had met my editor during the game and he encouraged me to keep working at the story, I turned it into a novel.

The mermaid mythology aspect of the story was inspired by my friend and fellow LJ Idol competitor Sally Bell. The last piece I had written in the competition was a crossover story I teamed up with her on. Her story was about a mermaid, who got a brief mention in mine. The following week, I had to edit the story, so when I turned it into a more stand-alone thing, the mermaid became my own, and became a lot more fleshed out.

Part of the story was also inspired by my going to Washington, DC, and dressing up as my pirate protagonist, Jaclyn Rousseau, on International Talk Like a Pirate Day (almost exactly 2 years ago to the day – it's why I chose to release the book on September 19th). Wandering around the National Air and Space Museum dressed as her really helped me get inside her head. Then, when I got home from that trip and learned about the Occupy Wall Street movement, I was also inspired to include that in the plot.

If there is one character you would really like people to meet, who would it be?

One of my characters? I'd have to say Jaclyn Rousseau, then. Since I occasionally dress up as her, people might actually have opportunities to do so!

I understand you also developed your own cover.  What was challenging about that experience?

Researching cover design. I went through two other broad cover designs before I settled on the picture I chose. I may have liked the other pictures I'd selected in the other designs, but they weren't really appropriate for the cover. I looked up a number of blog posts about cover design, and I'd go into book stores to see what was typical of books in my genre before deciding the original designs were wrong. Listening to feedback from others about the covers was a little challenging at times, too, but it also helped the finished product.

What other ideas do you have bouncing around in your head?

I have a few short stories about my mermaid from Adrift, Prudence, that need to be written. A couple of them have been published elsewhere already (or will be soon), but the plan is to put a collection of stories about her into a book.

Aside from that, I have a few other short speculative fiction stories in progress, and I'm putting together an anthology of speculative fiction set in the Asia-Pacific region. Submissions are still open for that over at solarwyrm.com. Then there's another novel that I've outlined, and only recently figured out how I would turn into an urban fantasy story that deals with some of the darker sides of depression.

What about being published and the book industry in general has most surprised you?

I think I've been most surprised by how few of my friends actually seem to care what route I took to publish my book. I've spent a lot of time researching the differences between traditional and self-publishing and there always seems to be a lot of people critical of self-publishing, but overall I've been met with a lot of support.

I've also been pleasantly surprised to see people discover my book through Goodreads with little effort on my part. I thought that side of things was going to be a lot harder.

You definitely seem to have been many places.  What’s your favorite?

It's too hard for a traveler like me to pick just one place I like best, as there are so many I love for different reasons! The most recent of those that I've been to, though, is Melbourne, Australia. I've been to the city many times and, although I've never actually lived there, it always seems to manage to make me feel like I'm home.

Other top picks include Kuala Lumpur & Petaling Jaya, Malaysia (after all, I've lived here for nearly 5 years), Japan (I've been to Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto), Madrid, Honolulu, Boston, and New York City.

What other things besides writing do you have going on that keep you busy?

I recently attended a “comedy bootcamp” where I met a bunch of comedians who live and perform in different parts of Asia, which in turn inspired me to get back on stage and perform stand-up comedy again for the first time in over 3.5 years. I also have a background in filmmaking, and am supposed to be editing a music video for Oil in the Alley (an improv rock group based in Honolulu) that I've been working on for over a year. It's taken a backseat while I've been working on Adrift, but hopefully I can take a break from promoting the book and finish the video soon. Of course, there's also usually some travel plans I have lined up. I'm behind on a couple of blog posts about my trips to Kerala, India, and Melbourne and New Zealand, but I'll already be off on my next trip (3 hours up the west Malaysian coast) when this interview goes up!

To close the interview, I have ten questions for you, plus one.  Here they go!

1. What is your favorite word? Rhythm
2. What is your least favorite word? Normal
3. What turns you on? Compliments from people about things that I do/have done.
4. What turns you off? Closed-minds – particularly those people who display evidence of extreme racism, misogyny, or bias against the LGBT+ community.
5. What sound or noise do you love? The noise a plane makes as it's getting ready to take off.
6. What sound or noise do you hate? Sirens.
7. What is your favorite curse word? Oh, goodness, I don't tend to swear much, but I suppose when I do, I default to the f word. Although if douchebag counts, I like that one.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Film director. I've done it (unpaid) on amateur productions, but I think it'd be cool to do at a professional level.
9. What profession would you not like to do? Garbage collector.
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? I know, right? What's up with all those people claiming to hate people in my name? (After I say something along the lines of “Good to know you I was right that you'd accept bisexuals like me.”)
11. What question have you never been asked, that you wish someone would ask you? Oh, goodness, I don't know. I already had another interviewer ask me something I would've put here before. Maybe, “How has living in Malaysia influenced your writing?” To which I would respond, it's helped me grow more culturally aware about race, to the point I consciously make an effort to include racial diversity in my stories whenever possible. There are probably a lot of other things I could talk about on that subject, but I'll leave it there for now.

Dominica, thanks so much for spending time with us.  Can you let us know where to follow you, and where we can go to purchase your work?

Sure! Here you go:

Web site/blog

Facebook: Dominica Malcolm and Jaclyn Rousseau (for the pirate stuff)

Twitter

YouTube

Goodreads

Adrift (Kindle)

Adrift (paperback)

Adrift (elsewhere online)

One of the mermaid short stories I mentioned appears in this book:

Fae Fatales: A Fantasy Noir Anthology(paperback)

Fae Fatales: A Fantasy Noir Anthology(Kindle)

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Patricia and I can also be followed here:    Facebook              Twitter

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Rudy and Trish are the main characters in our two published short stories in the "Evernight: Romance in a World of Darkness" anthologies.  You can get to know them as well as get 23 other great stories!  Here's where you can find them:

Evernight Volume 1:   Amazon       XoXo          ARe

Evernight Volume 2:   Amazon       XoXo          ARe

Finding Fiction Friday - Trish Kaye Lleone

Today we are spending time with Trish Kaye Lleone, women's fiction author whose novel "Dear Tommy" is nearing publication.  Here's a little bit about Trish:

Trish Kaye Lleone is a 37 year old Filipina Women's Fiction writer/author and marketing specialist. She has lived in the Philippines all her life and is looking forward to joining her fiance’ in Sydney, Australia soon. She loves chocolates, coffee, good food and good wine. Trish Kaye Lleone is a pen name.

Trish, I understand you weren’t originally planning to publish your first book, the anthology “Fired Up”.  Tell us what made you decide to go ahead and publish it.  Was publishing something you were always thinking of doing eventually?

I didn’t want to publish it for the simple reason that it is an erotica and I didn’t want any members of my family- especially my parents who are ultra-conservative- to get a hold of it and suffer a cardiac arrest. However, I really wanted to get published, it is a childhood dream and so I thought, “Heck, if getting published meant hiding behind a nom-de-plume, then I would take that risk.” So I did.

We know what your bio says.  Tell us one thing about yourself that you think might surprise us.

My maternal grandfather was Jewish. He came to the Philippines from Israel and fell in love with a Filipina. He settled and died here. I didn’t know about this until I was 32 years old because I never knew my biological mother. Finding out about my heritage was a shock, I have always known I looked different than most Filipinas and that I may have foreign lineage but my Dad always thought I had Italian blood.

Do you remember what it was like, the feeling you had when you learned your first book was out there in the world?

I self-pub’d through Amazon’s CreateSpace. When I hit the publish button, there was a nanosecond that I wanted to take it all back and cancel, I was so nervous and a large part of it was because of the fact that the book is erotica. I look forward to feeling nervous and excited when I publish my second book,”Dear Tommy” which is women’s fiction.

Tell us a bit about what you are working on right now.

“Dear Tommy” is about one woman’s struggle with infertility, a failed interracial marriage which is not exactly a result of the infertility and a failed adoption. This is a story inspired by my own story. Many adoptions fail because the adoptive parent and the child did not emotionally attach, or in some cases because the birth mother changed her mind about getting her child adopted. But what if the child and the adoptive mother were able to form a very special bond and yet, the adoption still got disrupted? What would happen to both of them? This book gives a lot of insights about this type of adoption disruption. Not a lot of people may believe it, but it does happen because it happened to me.

If there is one character you would really like people to meet, who would it be?

The main character in “Dear Tommy” and her name is Laurel. Laurel is a strong woman but often she doesn’t realize it because she is so entangled with her past and so lost in her own pains. She had to be pushed to her limits most of the time before she would put her foot down and fight back. She also always has good intentions but because of her impulsive nature, she often makes the wrong decisions which get her into trouble. Luckily, she is smart enough to find her way out.

It would also be great for people to meet David. David is a very loving, sensual, patient, considerate, gentle and wise man. His love for Laurel often takes my breath away. He is also bipolar.

What other ideas do you have bouncing around in your head?

To be honest, there are two books I am thinking about writing after “Dear Tommy”. One will be about politics and media and the other one will be about one family’s saga. Most of my main characters are women, for the first book it will be about a young lady journalist’s attempt to make it in the media industry and what she discovered in the process. The second one will have some family scandals peppered all over it.

What about being published and the book industry in general have most surprised you?

That there are so many wonderful Authors out there who are willing to help you, all you have to do is ask. In the last few months, I have met so many great people, so many talented writers who, just like me, are waiting to have their share of the limelight. It is both interesting and surprising to discover that the book industry in general, despite the competitiveness, is a very friendly industry. I am a member of several Writers’ Groups and I love how I get to interact with fellow writers from all across the globe.

What other things besides writing do you have going on that keep you busy?

I have a day job. I work for Firebrand Publishing and I am the company’s PR & Marketing Assistant. I manage the company’s social media marketing and I also blog on the company website’s blog page. Firebrand is based in Atlanta, Georgia and is a self-publishing company.

To close the interview, I have ten questions for you, plus one.  Here they go!

1. What is your favorite word? - baby
2. What is your least favorite word? – “Batingan”. It’s a Filipino word that when translated in English means “leave”
3. What turns you on? – Smart people turn me on. I am a Sapiosexual.
4. What turns you off? – Dumb and disrespectful people turn me off big time.
5. What sound or noise do you love? – This may sound weird, but the sound of my fiance’s snoring when he sleeps gives me some sense of peace especially at night. There was a time when I loved the sound of rain on my rooftop, but that has changed since my fiance’ came into my life.
6. What sound or noise do you hate? – blaring horns, heavy metal music, loud sounds.
7. What is your favorite curse word? – the “F” word.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? – I have always wanted to be a lawyer. 
9. What profession would you not like to do? – Heaven forbid, I don’t want anything that deals with blood and gaping body parts.
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? – I believe it does exist and I look forward to sitting at Jesus’ feet and hear him tell stories. Maybe a nice, warm “Now, rock the heavens, my child!” would be awesome.
11. What question have you never been asked, that you wish someone would ask you? – “Will you marry me?” J

Trish, thanks so much for spending time with us.  Can you let us know where to follow you, and where we can go to purchase your work?

Aaron, I really appreciate this. Thank you for being so generous in having me featured on your website. I loved answering all of the questions! I am on Facebook and Twitter. I also blog, whenever I have the time, over at http://tklleone.blogspot.com/. The book “Fired Up” can be purchased through Amazon and I sincerely hope that people would watch out for “Dear Tommy” which is due to be out by late October. 

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Patricia and I can also be followed here:    Facebook              Twitter

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Rudy and Trish are the main characters in our two published short stories in the "Evernight: Romance in a World of Darkness" anthologies.  You can get to know them as well as get 23 other great stories!  Here's where you can find them:

Evernight Volume 1:   Amazon       XoXo          ARe

Evernight Volume 2:   Amazon       XoXo          ARe

Finding Fiction Friday - Alison DeLuca

Today on Finding Fiction Friday, we're pleased to bring you the delightful Alison DeLuca, steampunk and urban fantasy author.  Here's a little bit about her:

Alison DeLuca is the author of several steampunk and urban fantasy books.  She was born in Arizona and has also lived in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Mexico, Ireland, and Spain.

A former teacher of Spanish and English, currently she wrestles words and laundry in New Jersey.

Alison, tell us what made you decide to try to become a published author?  How did you get started?

My route to publishing came through ABNA, the online publishing contest run by Amazon. Through the social interaction, I met an amazing group of people. We formed a Writer’s Collaborative so we could work and publish together.

We know what your bio says.  Tell us one thing about yourself that you think might surprise us.

I love to ski. My husband taught me when we first met, and I picked it up right away. Hurtling down a snow-covered hill at high speed is like flying.

Do you remember what it was like, the feeling you had when you learned your first book was going to be published?

Scary! I remember not being able to sleep as the realization hit: People are going to read my words. Suddenly my story seemed so silly. After I had readers contact me with glowing (and critical) reviews, the reality shone through: I have a responsibility, to make my books as well-written as I possibly can, and to continue any story I start to the very end. Readers connect on an emotional level with characters they like.

Your current series is called the “Crown Phoenix” series, with three books published and one more coming.  Tell us about this series.

Miriam is an orphan who runs into some very evil villains, as well as some great friends. As in life, there is no clearcut line between the two – Simon is the son of two of those baddies, and he becomes her greatest friend and ally.

They go through some exciting and terrifying adventures, all thanks to the Crown Phoenix – an old typewriter which is actually magic and can bend time and space.

So, my series is a bit like Doctor Who, set in Edwardian England. It’s the Doctor in Downton Abbey.

If there is one character you would really like people to meet, who would it be?

Definitely it would be Mana, Miriam’s governess. She is beautiful, elegant, intelligent, and a woman of color. She deals with Edwardian sentiment towards her race with grace, and she is a bit magical as well. Miriam loves her, and so do I.

What other ideas do you have bouncing around in your head?

Aha! I’ve become fascinated with superheroes and supervillains, so I’m considering a book about that theme. I’m also writing a Dieselpunk book about the evacuations of World War II, a time-travel piece with more mystery and magic. My publishing group is working on our annual charity book, a Christmas collection of kids’ stories, with all profits going to Water is Life.

What about being published and the book industry in general has most surprised you?

Alas, I have found that there are many wolves out there. Writers are innocent, in a way – we stay indoors a lot, we read and thus expect the villains to be punished and the good characters to be rewarded. Life is not always like that, unfortunately. That surprise led to a revelation: always cover your own back, triple-check any “opportunity” coming your way, and find a group of friends you can trust to support you as you support them.

What have you found most challenging about writing in the steampunk and urban fantasy genre?

There is a great deal of research needed when you are writing in those genres. My fourth and final CP book is about bathyspheres, so I learned all about the engineering and history about them. They are fascinating! And the explorers who first used them to discover the depths of the ocean were very brave.

But there is so much more than that: you need to know how your characters dress, talk, what they eat, even how they bathe and go to the bathroom. It is as though you must recreate an era in time, or create your own little world.

If I guess correctly from your web site, I believe you have an affinity for tea.  Do you have a favorite?

I do indeed. My mother was born in Dublin, so I’m all about Barry’s tea. It’s a good brown brew, and I like it, as the Irish put it, “strong enough to trot a rat across it.”

What other things besides writing do you have going on that keep you busy?

I have a daughter, who takes up all my time in the summer! I’m a stay-at-home mom, so I volunteer at her school. We like to go skiing together whenever we have the time, and in the summer we’re big swimmers. Other than that, I’m the typical geek girl, always with my head in a book.

To close the interview, I have ten questions for you, plus one.  Here they go!

1. What is your favorite word? Very difficult to pick just one, but I love Petrichor: the scent of new rain on dry earth. How evocative is that?
2. What is your least favorite word? Dissection is pretty nasty. So is Vivisection. Yup, those –ection words make me squirm.
3. What turns you on? Supervillains. I love them. Also, intelligence.
4. What turns you off? Bullies.
5. What sound or noise do you love? My kid’s belly laugh – it rocks.
6. What sound or noise do you hate? Really loud club music. I’m so uncool.
7. What is your favorite curse word? Blast! (I love retro curses.)
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? I would love to be a baker. Creating cakes is so much fun.
9. What profession would you not like to do? Salesperson – I really stink at that.
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? “I read your final novel and loved it!”
11. What question have you never been asked, that you wish someone would ask you? “Why do you love supervillains so much?” Answer: Because they are brilliant, complex, and doomed to failure within their own plot systems. I find that very intriguing.

Alison, thanks so much for spending time with us.  Can you let us know where to follow you, and where we can go to purchase your work?

Thank you so much for inviting me on your blog!

Facebook - http://on.fb.me/TNWEfb

Twitter - https://twitter.com/AlisonDeLuca

Trailer: http://bit.ly/CPtrailer

Book links:

KINDLE

Crown Phoenix: Night Watchman Express Amazon US http://bit.ly/CPNWEus

NOOK

Crown Phoenix: Night Watchman Express http://bit.ly/CPNWEnook

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Patricia and I can also be followed here:    Facebook              Twitter

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Rudy and Trish are the main characters in our two published short stories in the "Evernight: Romance in a World of Darkness" anthologies.  You can get to know them as well as get 23 other great stories!  Here's where you can find them:

Evernight Volume 1:   Amazon       XoXo          ARe

Evernight Volume 2:   Amazon       XoXo          ARe