Can you please share with us a little about yourself
I love books! And movies! And my four kids! Not necessarily in that order. 🙂 I love museums, they’re chalk full of inspiration for future projects.
Have you always wanted to be an author?
I think so, yes. My mom has found some of my very early work… They will not be published. LOL!
Are you a plotter or a punster or combo of both? And you explain the difference?
I have some amazing plotting friends. They use story boards and ‘acts’ and know exactly what should happen on what page. I can’t plot a story. I get bogged down in the details and feel like I’ve ‘written it’. Do I do make little notes when an idea resonates, yes! But I tend to write in order, with minimal plotting. So I’m a combo – all the way.
What is your most interesting writing quirk?
I’m kind of boring. I don’t have a lot of quirks… I guess I play my music a little loud. Okay, a lot loud. Like my neighbors complain about the noise level sometimes, but that’s it. 🙂 I’m trying to use headphones.
Can you please tell us about your latest book(s)?
Hollywood Homecoming is my latest release. It’s a lovely, sweet contemporary romance about two funny, quirky characters that love with their whole hearts — while being surrounded by Hollywood. 🙂
How did you come with the idea for this story?
I’d ‘met’ Helen and Joseph in the previous Red Carpet books and loved the characters. It was a natural evolution – their story. It wasn’t as tortured or steamy as Hollywood Ever After or Hollywood Holiday, but it’s the perfect story for these characters. I think fans of the series will be happy – I am.
Can you share with us your current work(s) in progress?
I’m finishing up my first Young Adult novel – and it’s awesome. I’m really proud of my big-city girl moving to a small town and falling for a cowboy story. After that, the third Loves of Olympus book is up.
Who is the one author that you would love to meet someday and why?
Diana Gabaldon. I admire her work and respect her so much.
What is the best piece of advice you would give to someone that wants to get into writing?
Write what’s in your heart. Take everything with a grain of salt. Be patient and get a thick skin. Remember it’s a business, so be professional. How’s that? 🙂
Can you share with us something off your bucket list.
I Must go to GREECE. Sooner would be better than later.
What is in your To Read Pile that you are dying to start or upcoming release you can’t wait for?
Jolene Navarro’s Lone Star Holiday. Fighting Irish by Gina Maxwell
What is one book everyone should read before they die?
TOUGH one. I do love Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Or I can shamelessly promote my books here…
What is your favorite time of year & why?
Autumn and winter. I love the change in seasons, the crisp air and turning leaves. In Texas, the two kind of run together so…
Who is your Celebrity crush? And what would you do if you ever meet them?
Oh, I have a few. Chris Hemsworth is rocking my world (and my muse for Apollo in my next Loves of Olympus book). If I ever met him, I would thank him for making Thor such an epic superhero movie. He embodies the God of Thunder, making something that could be cheesy into one of my all time favorites. Oh, and, that I think he’s really beautiful.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
THANK YOU for the interview. It was fun! 🙂
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Make-up artist to the stars. The favorite aunt. Dance teacher. Baby sister. Talented musician and song-writer.
Single.
Why did that word rank above the rest? Helen loved her family and understood they wanted her to have the real love they’d all found. It’s just that she’d found her someone special and learned to live without him. She’d been too young for the quirky, idealistic doctor-off to save the world-to notice. And, really, if she had it her way, he’d never know how she’d felt. Now, he was one of her best friends, a pen pal, losing him would be too much.
Seeing him at their parents wedding, Helen realizes the horrible truth: she still loves Joseph… which wouldn’t be so bad if she wasn’t in the situation she was in.
But she was. And her secret will change everything.
Will it destroy hope for a Hollywood happy ending too?
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