Can you please share with us a little about yourself?
I’m Jamie. I’m a total geek who loves fire, circus history and chai. I live in Arizona with my husband, our 8 year old daughter and two feline overlords. When I’m not writing, I’m probably gaming with friends. Some of the more random things about me: I have 7 tattoos. I can read/write in Circular Gallifreyan (the language of the Time Lords in Doctor Who). I auditioned for Blue Man Group in 2004 and almost made it.
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Have you always wanted to be an author?
I’ve always loved telling stories, but it took me a while to get the hint about being an author. I only started seeking publication 5 years ago.
What is your most interesting writing quirk?
Hrm. Probably that I cast almost all of my characters. I have a folder for each character and I through pictures into it of actors that resemble them, or props, or symbols or whatever. It helps in those murkier moments.
Can you please tell us about your latest book(s)?
WILD CARD is a romp through Vegas featuring trickster gods and technomancers. Catherine Sharp is stuck in a rut. She’s working a dead-end job as a code monkey and barely scrapes by. To make it worse, her soul belongs to Eris, the Greek goddess of Discord. So in her not-so-free time, Cat does little jobs for Eris in the hopes of balancing their books. When another deity claims to have won her soul, Cat has to think fast and get in on the game if she ever hopes to be free. The only person who can help her is Marius, a satyr with his own debt to Discord. He’s insatiable, sexy and snarky as hell. Their relationship has been rocky disdain at best, but now they have to work together. If they play their cards right, they might both win their freedom.
This book was crazy fun to write and I think that comes through for the reader.
How did you come with the idea for this story?
There were two separate ideas that came crashing together. I knew I wanted to write an urban fantasy with a heroine named C. Sharp. I wanted her to be a working class geek rather than a detective or vigilante type. But, I didn’t have much of a plot for her. I also had this idea for a story that had to do with the Trickster gods of various pantheons playing a game of poker. When I put the two together, magic started happening.
Can you share with us your current work(s) in progress?
Right now I’m working on Book 3 of Cat Sharp’s story. That’s the main focus. Beyond that, there are a few novels that I’m outlining and hoping to fit into the schedule. I’ve also got a couple of stories brewing that you might see in anthologies soon.
Who is the one author that you would love to meet someday and why?
Neil Gaiman. He’s one of my influences and I would love to thank him for his work.
What is the best piece of advice you would give to someone that wants to get into writing?
RUN AWAY! No, not really. Best advice I can give…don’t be afraid. There’s so much to be afraid of in writing: am I doing it right? Will people like it? Fear of rejection. Fear of success. Fear of markets and trends and the nebulous world of publishing. Do I self-publish? Fear of writing from a place of truth and being vulnerable to the reader. And about a million other things.
Forget all of that. Write honestly and fearlessly.
Can you share with us something off your bucket list.
Write an episode of Doctor Who.
What is in your To Read Pile that you are dying to start or upcoming release you can’t wait for?
My to read pile is about as tall as Everest at this point. I finally finished reading CARNIEPUNK (an anthology) and that turned me on to several new-to-me writers. I really want to start Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid series. I also want to dig into the Cherry St. Croix Chronicles by Karina Cooper. Oh, and the new Gail Carriger series. See what I mean? Not enough time to read all of these books!
Is there anything else you would like to add?
Thank you for giving me some time here on Books n Kisses to talk. I hope everyone has a chance to enjoy WILD CARD and meet these characters that have had me laughing for a while now.
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WILD CARD
Release Date: 11/25
Genre: Urban Fantasy
It was bad enough that gods gambled with human souls, but Catherine Sharp’s soul just had to be won by the Greek goddess of Discord, Eris. As if working a dead-end tech support job didn’t suck the life out of her as it was. Now, Cat finds herself performing random tasks for the goddess in her free time.
But when Coyote, the Native American trickster himself, claims to have won her own soul in Mayhem’s weekly poker game, Cat wants in on the action. With five sneaky gods upping the ante, Cat needs to find a way to collect the winning chips that could save her soul.
Marius, a handsome yet irritating satyr with his own debt to Eris, might finally come in handy for something. If they play their cards right and work together, Cat and Marius may just get their freedom back. If they don’t kill each other or fall in love first.
A little about Jamie:
After a misspent adulthood pursuing a Music Education degree, JAMIE WYMAN fostered several interests before discovering that being an author means never having to get out of pajamas. (However, she can eat/spin fire, tell you a lot about auditioning to be a Blue Man, and read/write in Circular Gallifreyan.) As an author, Jamie’s favorite playgrounds are urban fantasy, horror and creepy carnival settings. When she’s not traipsing about with her imaginary friends, she lives in Phoenix with two hobbits and two cats. She is proud to say she has a deeply disturbed following at her blog.
Jamie’s debut novel, WILD CARD, will be coming to an e-reader near you November 2013 thanks to Entangled Publishing. You can also find her short story “The Clever One” in the anthology WHEN THE HERO COMES HOME 2 (Dragon Moon Press, August ’13).
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