Books-n-Kisses is pleased to welcome Nana Malone to the blog today to chat a little about life and Sexy in Stilettos. Her newest release… So lets get started.
Nana’s love of all things romance and adventure started with a tattered romantic suspense she borrowed from her cousin on a sultry summer afternoon in Ghana at a precocious thirteen. She’s been in love with kick butt heroines ever since. With her overactive imagination, and channeling her inner Buffy, it was only a matter a time before she started creating her own characters.
Waiting for her chance at a job as a ninja assassin, Nana, meantime works out her drama, passion and sass with fictional characters every bit as sassy and kick butt as she thinks she is. Though, until that ninja job comes through, you’ll find her acting out scenes for hubby and puppy while catching up on her favorite reality television shows in sunny San Diego.
Can you please share with us a little about yourself
I’m a Ghanaian American romance author who currently resides in sunny San Diego with Hubster, Bratlette, and Wonder Dog. I primarily write sexy superheroes paranormals and sexy interracial contemporaries.
Have you always wanted to be an author?
Nope. There was once a time I wanted to be an MTV VJ. since. My romance writing career started with Bridget…Jones that is. I was in New York hating pretty much every aspect of my PR job but the writing when I picked up Bridget Jones’s Diary from the library. After I stayed up all night to finish it, I wished I could do that, put words to paper and make people laugh or cry or cringe. Then I thought, why not.
What is your most interesting writing quirk?
I have to have a plan of attack. If I don’t, or worse I deviate, I mentally shut down and spend entirely too much time watching Bravo.
Can you please tell us about your latest book(s)?
Sexy in Stilettos is about what happens to you when you have no back up plan for life.
What’s worse than having to watch your sister marry your ex fiancé? How about when that fiancé fires you from the family business?
Hyper-organized, event planner Jaya Trudeaux is used to doing things by the book and never making waves. It’s a strategy that’s served her well until she finds herself in failure alley with no fiancé, no job and her thirtieth birthday looming. Maybe it’s time to change her methods. Starting with an unlikely date to the wedding from hell.
The only thing that can tie carefree playboy, Alec Danthers down is his formidable step mother. When she calls him home to help find his wayward brother, he never imagines an uptight, list making, sass- talking woman would make him think about putting down roots.
Can Jaya put the lists down long enough to enjoy the ride that is Alec? Will Alec stop running long enough to recognize true love?
Warning: Sexy, sass talking women will make you laugh, cry and want a pair of killer footwear.
How did you come with the idea for this story?
Well my husband has been trying to get me to be more spontaneous and do things without having a plan. Sometimes with minimal success. J I started to think about what would happen if I had two characters that were more extreme versions of our personalities and how in the world they would ever get together.
Can you share with us your current work(s) in progress?
Sure thing. The next in the Protectors series, called Forsaken Protector is due out this June. Then the next in the In Stilettos series is due this coming August. I’ve also got three additional books slated for release this year, so busy, busy.
Who is the one author that you would love to meet someday and why?
JR Ward. She’s managed to build a world we salivate over and her marketing is amazing. I’d love to pick her brain.
What is the best piece of advice you would give to someone that wants to get into writing?
Write. Write some more. Study your craft. Keep writing. Find someone to give you brutally honest feedback. I promise you, your mother will not tell you the truth. Oh, and then keep writing.
Can you share with us something off your bucket list.
Sure. To see Victoria Falls. Or the Smoke that Thunders as they call it.
What is in your To Read Pile that you are dying to start or upcoming release you can’t wait for?
Lover Reborn – JR Ward
Is there anything else you would like to add?
Just a thank you for having me and if anyone wants to get in touch with me, here’s how:
Fun interview! Sexy in Stiletos sounds like a fun book. I loved Bridget Jones Diary too:)
Very nice interview. This sounds like an enjoyable book.
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