Welcome to Books-n-Kisses Candace. Can you please share with us a little about yourself? Thanks for letting me hang out. I’m an author, TV and film critic. The mom of two mostly grown boys, and the wife of an understanding husband.
Have you always wanted to be an author? It was something more that happened to me. I don’t know that I knew I could dream such a thing. I was a journalist for many years and I sort of fell into writing fiction.
Can you share with us your typical writing day. Is there anything you have to have while writing? This made me laugh. I don’t have a typical day. Every day is different, which is why I like it. For my day job I have interview a lot of celebs, producers and writers, and I travel a great deal. Some days I may write between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. and get up at 7 a.m. to do some more. It just depends on what’s going on and where I am. (Smile)
Most challenging or rewarding part of writing? I like it when I finish that first draft. But my favorite part is when someone says, “Oh, my, Gawd, I love your book. That hero… or heroine…” There’s just no better part of this than someone being entertained by what you write. I love it!
Can you please tell us about your latest book? My story, Demon Express, in the anthology A Riveting Affair, is kind of a female Sherlock Holmes meets the Wild Wild West. She’s a professor, a kick-butt chick and she solves cases involving the paranormal. It’s steampunk, but a little different in that it’s set in the South.
How did you come with the idea for this story? I was asked by Fen Con (which is my local science fiction con) to write a short story for their program. There theme was Southern Steampunk, and that’s how Maisy and Demon Express were born.
Can you share with us your current work in progress? I have several in the works right now. But I can’t talk about any of them. I do have another anthology that just came out called Date By Mistake with my friends Rosemary Clement Moore, Jill Monroe and Gwen Hayes. It’s about blind dates, and it’s really fun. I have another book Seducing the Ice Princess, which hopefully will be out in July. It’s for the Brazen line at Entangled. 🙂 I also have some young adult books in the works. It’s a busy year.
Who are some of your favorite authors? Every time I answer this question I leave someone out. LOL. So I’m just going to say I was inspired by Nora Roberts, Jodi Thomas, Janet Evanovich and Laurell K. Hamilton to write the way that I do. 🙂
Is there anything else you would like to add? I just want to say thanks! If you haven’t tried steampunk, my story is a bit of a teasers into a new series I’m doing. I hope you’ll check it out. 🙂
Date by Mistake
by Candace Havens with Shannon Leigh, Gwen Hayes, Jill Monroe and Rosemary Clement-Moore
Entangled Publishing – March 2013
Author: Candace Havens, Shannon Leigh, Gwen Hayes, Rosemary Clement-Moore, Jill Monroe
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: 277 pages
Release Date: March 2013
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You never know what you’ll get when …
Mr. Virile and the Girl Next Door by Gwen Hayes
Seduction is the name of the game when two rival dating advice darlings agree to be romantically linked to boost publicity. But all bets are off when they take the battle of the sexes from the web to the bed!
Tycoon Reunion by Candace Havens and Shannon Leigh
Sparks fly when a project brings a heartbreaker back to town and into the path of the woman he left behind. He’s determined to win her over in the boardroom … and the bedroom!
Passionate Persuasion by Rosemary Clement-Moore
A hot playboy who has left a string of hearts in his wake can’t forget the cellist who haunted his fantasies. Now it is his turn to usehis power of persuasion to prove he’s the only man to keep her satisfied.
Date on the Run by Jill Monroe
When a reporter mistakes a hard-bodied military man for a crime source, she soon finds it’s just as much fun undressing her new bodyguard as it is uncovering her latest case…
Four stories, four dates. How can these dates by mistake turn into love ever after?
GIVEAWAY!!!!!!
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Find out more about the author here:
Candace Havens
Author Website: http://www.candacehavens.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CandaceHavens
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/116617.Candace_Havens
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/candace.havens.7
Shannon Leigh
Author Website: http://shannonleigh.org/
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1291230.Shannon_Leigh
Gwen Hayes
Author Website: http://www.gwenhayes.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gwenhayes
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2812835.Gwen_Hayes
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gwen-Hayes/120746291319933
Jill Monroe
Author Website: http://www.jillmonroe.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillMonroe
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/513829.Jill_Monroe
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/jillmonroe
Rosemary Clement-Moore
Website: http://readrosemary.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rclementmoore
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/224004.Rosemary_Clement_Moore
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/rosemaryclementmoore
Thank you for the chance!!
Kassandra
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Looks like a great giveaway. Thank you for the chance.
Do you enjoy writing for an anthology book or do you feel it’s harder to write a SS?
Lorimeehan 1 @ aol.com
These sound like interesting stories
bn100candg at hotmail dot com
It would be impossible to name my favorite authors, I’d be writing names down all day.
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This book sounds really interesting and unfortunately, I’ve not read any of the books by these authors. Will definitely be checking you all out.
Some of my absolute favorite authors are Jill Shalvis, Lisa Kleypas, Kristan Higgins, Nora Roberts, Lori Foster, Carly Phillips and so on. The list is just really long. Thanks for the chance to win.
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Thanks so much for letting me hangout. 🙂 And for the support. 🙂 -Candy