It's my pleasure to have fellow Love again author. She is here today to tell us a bit about herself and her story This Time it’s Different.
Over the next few weeks I'll be interviewing each author (besides myself) here on the blog.their.
Autumn, tell us about yourself:
Let’s see…I’m self-employed which I enjoy
because my boss is awesome! It’s also hard because I only have one employee. I
won the husband lottery. I can’t imagine life without him. We have four rescue
dogs so life is never dull. I love to travel, read, write, listen to music and
see my favorite bands live.
How did you select your pen-name?
It’s a combination of my favorite season,
a family name and the English translation of my name. When I showed my husband
the book cover it took him three tries to guess which one was me! Then he said
“duh, that should have been obvious!”
Do you prefer?
Milk Chocolate or Dark?
Dark – I try to eat a square every day!
Coffee or Tea?
Tea
Vodka or Tequila?
Neither
Romance or a Thriller?
Hmmm… This one is tough. I love both.
Today I am going to say Romance!
Mystery or
Horror?
Again, I
love both. But my heart belongs to horror. I love horror movies, books, you
name it!
Did you always want to be an author?
Yes and no. I’ve always been writing something.
Short stories, poetry (bad teen angsty poetry that makes me cringe now!) But, I
never necessarily thought about publishing any work until the last few years.
It takes a lot for me to muster up the courage to show my work to anyone.
What authors had an impact on
you growing up and as an adult?
Christopher Pike, Dean Koontz, V.C.
Andrews, John Grisham, – I read a lot of
their work as a teenager.
More recently, Charlaine Harris, Annabel
Joseph, Kitty Thomas, J.R. Ward, …I’m horrible at remembering names, but those
few stand out. I was lucky enough to
meet Charlaine Harris last year and she was very inspiring.
Did anyone in your life influence you
or encourage you to be a writer?
My parents. Especially my mother, she was
a writer and an English teacher. She wrote for a local paper when I was little
and I remember tagging along with her on different assignments. Reading,
writing, languages were all very important to her so I grew up with an
appreciation for words. My father came to this country as an adult and worked
very hard to learn the language. He probably speaks it better than I do. In
fact, it’s still not uncommon for him to correct my grammar or spelling now and
then!
What is your
writing atmosphere like?
It’s really easiest for me to write late
at night. I’ve always been a night owl. I like to stick in my earbuds and
listen to my Ipod with two of my dogs snoring away next to me.
What is your favorite aspect of writing?
Your least favorite?
I am always coming up with all these crazy
ideas, so I love just getting them out. Just getting in the zone and letting it
all flow.
Least favorite: Finishing something! I’m
great at coming up with ideas, but it’s tough for me to really sit and work out
stuff to completion. I have an idea of where I want things to go in my head and
I hate when I have a hard time getting it out!
What drew to the Love, Again Anthology?
I loved the idea of two people getting
back together after taking some time to explore who they were outside of the
relationship. I think the submission call mentioned high school sweethearts,
and I liked that aspect of a couple who had dated as teenagers getting back
together as adults.
How did you decide on your story plot?
The inspiration actually came from an
advice column I read awhile ago.
How did you choose
your characters names and location for your story?
I honestly don’t know. It just pops in my
head and if I like it, I stick with it.
This Time it’s Different by Autumn Jones Lake
Sydney Cooper and Maddox Lyons were high school sweethearts, planning
to be together forever. Once Maddox’s dreams of music stardom start to
come true, he leaves Sydney behind with a broken heart. Four years
later, they meet up and sparks fly, but Sydney doesn’t want to be hurt
again. How can Maddox convince her This time it’s different?
Love, Again is available
Print: Ruby Lioness Press
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