Books-n-Kisses is pleased to welcome Billi Jean to the blog today. We are going to be talking about her books Midnight Star & Silvers Chance
Billi Jean has been writing since high school when she couldn’t wait for Robert Jordon to write his Wheel of Time series faster. She writes from home in a little two hundred year old farm house in Western Massachusetts where she shares her space with her active children, an old dog, and two lazy cats.
Her first book, Midnight Star, has won numerous awards and was voted Best Book by Long and Short Reviews. Her next installment in the Sisters of the Moon series, Silver’s Chance, hit the shelves in August 2011. The next, A Spartan’s Kiss will arrive right on Valentine’s Day, 2012.
Stop by her blog http://readingwritingromance.blogspot.com/and leave a message! She can also be found on twitter and Facebook. For more information on what’s coming up in her series, friend her on Goodreads, or follow her blog for snippets of her upcoming stories in the Sisters of the Moon series.
Billi: Thank you! I’m thrilled to be here today. I’ve been following your blog for a while and enjoy all the interviews and giveaway’s. I can completely relate to your somewhat dim look on winter. I am so not looking forward to the snow, shoveling, and driving in the fluffy white stuff! J
Q1) Can you tell us a little about yourself?
Billi: Well, Iet’s see….I think I’m a pretty normal, average woman….with really hot fantasies I can write about! J Seriously, I’m a mother of a very active six-year-old going on 30 and a teenage son ready to leave the nest. Sadly, I really don’t want him to go! I guess I’m pretty normal in that, too. The fun I find in life, what I do for on my free time from my day job is writing. I love creating a world and filling it full of people with great personalities and problems.
Q2) Have you always wanted to be an author?
Billi: Well, I’ve always written, but never thought I’d be an author until just a few years ago when I got a chance to sit down and write. Since then, I’ve pushed myself to be a writer, and to write well.
Q3) Who are some of your favorite writers? Who do you feel has influenced your writing?
Billi: Oh, my favorite authors? I have a ton! My favorites at the moment are Jambrea Jones, Rhian Cahill, Samantha Kane, Lexxie Cooper, and Gena Showalter! And of course there are a bunch more that I’ve not mentioned!
Q4) Can you tell us what a typical writing day for you is like.
Billi: For me writing is either at night, after my family is in bed, or on the weekends. I start the day by getting coffee, making my bed, organizing the house a bit – laundry, dishes, trash – then I sit down and open up the manuscript I worked on the day before. I edit the last bit of that to refresh my mind, and to simply edit for a bit before I dig into a new scene. I typically write a lot in one sitting. I can do up to 5-8K without a break if it’s flowing and it’s my first run through. I like to push myself to keep the pace going because when I hit a snag, then it slows the pace down considerable!
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Q5) Can you tell us a little about Midnight Star?
Billi: Midnight Star is a love story between a beautiful vampire, Star, and a hotheaded, but honorable lyake, Ranger. Ranger makes quite a few mistakes in his pursuit of Star, starting by not liking what fate drew as his mate – a vampire. It’s a story of growth for both characters. Ranger does some heavy soul searching even when he’s tricking Star to keep her down in a disgusting cave system so he can have a chance with her. J What can he say? He finally has her alone long enough to make up for his stupidity, and yet, when he gets his chance, his stupidity continues. Don’t get me wrong, he means well – and he’s not stupid – he just makes ‘male’ centered choices and forgets to think outside of that narrow slice of intellect. But in the end, that stupidity – wins Star over to believing he is truly in love with her. I mean, he kept her down in slimy caves, almost got her killed a few times, and all for a chance to spend more time with her? What girl wouldn’t fall for that?
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Q6) Can you tell us a little about Silver’s Chance?
Billi: Well, Silver’s Chance is more about letting go of your inner turmoil and insecurities than proving your love through any underhanded means necessary! J Derrick and Samantha are the main characters and both are driven, intelligent, honorable characters with hidden insecurities. After Samantha rescuing him from his imprisonment, Derrick fears his sanity and his wolf’s growing power over him. Samantha, on the other hand, is busy trying to save her sister and beating herself up over having lost her sister, that she feels guilty simply thinking about the sexy overgrown warlord – Derrick. But in the end they both are the cure for the other so to speak, and form a bond that they are both stronger for. Their story falls before Star and Ranger’s story, but because of my own personal issues (ie, first time published author here!) Silver’s Chance released in August of 2011.
Q7) How did you come up with the idea for this story?
Billi: The series was always lurking in the back of my head, I think. The world, the struggles and then the characters just grew with time. I sat down and started to write and the images were so clear it was hard to stop long enough to go pee, let alone sleep.
Q8) What is up next for you?
Billi: Up next for the series (and me!) is Tabithia’s story – A Spartan’s Kiss. After that, and hopefully this next year, will be Golden’s Rule – the story of Susanna—the missing twin!
Q9) What is the next book on your To Read Pile that you are dying to jump into?
Billi: I’ve got several – but Mari Carr and Jayne Rylon’s Northern Exposure is high on the list!
Q10) Is there anything else you would like to add?
Billi: I’d just like to say thank you for having me on your site and I hope to come back soon! If anyone has any questions about the series, please drop me a line!
Books-n-Kisses: Billi, again thank you so very much for making Books-n-Kisses a stop on your book tour. I have enjoyed learning more about you and your book. I look forward to reading and see what you come up with next.
Billi: Thank you again!!! Hugs!
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