Books-n-Kisses is excited to have 1st time guest Rachel Carrington on the blog today
Rachel, can you please share with us a little about yourself.
Sure! I’m a full-time writer, and I live near the beach on theAtlanticCoast. I drink way too much coffee, work until the wee hours of the morning, love eighties television shows, and am addicted to Youtube, Pinterest, and Twitter.
Have you always wanted to be an author?
No. Originally, I wanted to be a teacher. Then, when I was sixteen, life spun me around, and I began writing. I haven’t stopped since.
What is your most interesting writing quirk?
I was just asked this question in another interview, and I’m going to have to give the same response. I don’t really have any quirks per se. I have written in some interesting places just to get make sure I’ve written that day, and I guess you could call my dogged determination to write in whatever circumstances a quirk.
Can you please tell us about your latest book(s)?
My latest release, Waking Up Immortal, is a science fiction/paranormal blend of romance. Chloe discovers she’s an immortal and, hoping to learn more about what she really is, she sets out to find the father she’s never met. Standing in her way is the warden of the intergalactic prison where her father is being held.
Half-man, half-machine, Kier knows Chloe’s father is as dangerous as he is devious, and he tries to prevent Chloe from getting anywhere near him. Unfortunately, evil has a way of winning sometimes, and Chloe is soon caught between the life she knows and the hell her father inflicts upon her.
How did you come with the idea for this story?
I just got the idea for the first line, and the rest of the story just flowed from there. I knew whoever the hero was in the story, he’d have to be a match for Chloe which is why I made Kier a cyborg of sorts.
Can you share with us your current work(s) in progress?
I’m working on the sequel to Waking Up Immortal at present, and I’m a little over a third of the way in. I’m hoping to finish it within the next month or so.
Who is the one author that you would love to meet someday and why?
I’d love to meet Stephanie Meyer simply because she achieved breakout success from a dream. Most of us dream about breakout success. I think we could have an interesting conversation.
What is the best piece of advice you would give to someone that wants to get into writing?
I’ve been asked this question so much lately, and I try to come up with new pieces of advice, but I do have to return to one I mentioned a month or so ago elsewhere, and that’s find a mentor. I think every author needs someone who has been in the trenches, someone to guide them through the ups and downs of this industry.
A mentor can cheer you on after your tenth rejection and celebrate even the tiniest of victories. And sometimes, those small wins keep a writer going because it’s easy to focus on a contest you didn’t win rather than the fact that you were a finalist in the contest. Each positive step is a leap toward a career in writing.
Can you share with us something off your bucket list.
Visiting New Zealand. That has been at the top of my bucket list since I first watched Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. I got a glimpse of the beautiful scenery and then I started doing some research that made me want to see it up close and personal. Still do seventeen years later!
What is in your To Read Pile that you are dying to start or upcoming release you can’t wait for?
Book #6 in Sarra Cannon’s Peachville High series. Seriously, this series is addictive.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
I have a monthly newsletter that I’d like to invite everyone to join. You can sign up by going to the front page of my website, www.dawnrachel.com, and using the subscribe button on the right hand side of the page. I have freebies, excerpts, and more stuff that I only offer to my subscribers.
Readers can also find me on my Facebook page at , on Goodreads at Rachel Carrington, on Pinterest at rcarrington2004, Twitter @rcarrington2004, my website and my Amazon page
Thanks so much for the great interview!
Waking Up Immortal
At first I didn’t want this “gift” which led me to a long search for my father. I thought he could help me. Turns out my father was in prison, and I just happened to get on the bad side of his warden—a huge, cyborg type of guy who could body double for Sylvester Stallone. He didn’t want me to see my father, and he was a pretty big obstacle for me to overcome.
So here I am trying to convince this guy, Kier, to let me see my father when all hell breaks loose. Then I suddenly learn I really don’t want to see dear old Dad after all. My life isn’t in danger, but how I spend the rest of my immortal existence is. The only thing standing between me and certain torture is Kier.
I don’t doubt he’ll protect me, but being so close to him makes me forget about things like safety. And the first time he kisses me turns into heat up the windows type of scene in the front seat of my car.
My immortal existence is safe with Kier. My heart is on shaky ground. Only I could fall in love with a cyborg while my life is going to hell in a handbasket
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