Welcome Lyrical Press author, L K Below!

Really looking forward to interviewing you L K and finding out about your new series of stories inspired by fairy tales - what a great idea! A bit naughty but nice, you could say... ; )

Okay, here we go...

1) What is your writing routine?

I’m not so sure I have a “routine”. I’ve tried many. A set amount of words per day, a set time to write versus handle other aspects of my career such as promoting or blogging, the list goes on and on. Fact is, I’m still searching for that

2) Which author/s inspire you to write?

Goodness, the list goes on and on. I have my favorite authors just like anyone else. The genre of the book I’m writing determines which would be most likely to influence me. A fantastic book in any genre will make me want to write something in the same field. For instance, even though I don’t consider myself to be a particularly funny person, I’m currently trying to write a humorous fantasy in the same vein as Terry Pratchett, who I find hilarious.

3) Which is your favorite romance subgenre to read? To write?

I’m a sucker for world building. I love to do it, even though I don’t always set aside enough time to write the novel afterward! Getting lost in a new world is one of my favorite things to do, be it through reading or through writing.

I’m also a complete history buff. I love to visit the past and learn new things. I often find myself getting lost in research. So reading or writing about the past gets me excited. I especially love to read or research places or time periods I’m not familiar with.

But I enjoy them all, or I wouldn’t write in them. :)

4) How do you deal with criticism/rejection?

I ignore it. Honestly, that’s my strategy. If this criticism is sound advice, I bear it in mind while I continue to write. If I gave in to every rejection or negative remark, I’d never make it in this industry. So I let it roll off my thick skin and try to view objectively to see if there’s a grain of truth in it.

5) What do you expect from an editor?

My editors are some of the people I esteem the most. They’re able to work with me to hone my work and create a stronger piece. If there are holes I just can’t see because I’m too close, they point them out and they get fixed. Thus far, I’ve been gifted with amazing editors.

6) Tell me about your latest release

Never a Princess, Always a Frog is the start of a new series. I’m very excited to launch it. This hot contemporary romance series each features elements from a different fairy tale. The first -- from “The Princess and the Frog.” Learn more about the series at http://bit.ly/ModernFairytales.

7) Tease us with a blurb or short excerpt

Here's the blurb for Never a Princess, Always a Frog:

Has this frog finally found her prince?

From the moment Colleen confesses her deepest desire -- to experience the same passion she’s read about in books -- she is swept away on the most daring escapade she’s ever experienced. Dressed in nothing but green paint,she attends a Halloween party searching for the man of her dreams. She finds him, but then fears she won’t be able to give him up.

Since the death of his wife five years ago, Dan’s life has been on auto-pilot. But from the moment he meets Colleen, he starts to feel alive again. And he knows he can’t let this would-be princess stride out of his life…

Buy the book or learn more at http://bit.ly/NeverAPrincess.

8) Which is your favorite character in the book? Why?

While I have equal affinity for my two main characters, Colleen and Dan, my favorite character in the book is Colleen’s best friend, Hannah. Trust me when I say, Hannah is hilarious. She’s the kind of boisterous side character who shakes things up for other people and I just know that she’ll be getting her story soon.

9) What are you working on right now?

I just finished up Beauty in His Bed, the second book in this series, featuring Colleen’s plus-sized cousin, Amy. At the moment, I’m fresh-faced, looking for something new to dive into. I get the feeling that this “something new” will be the third and last installment of The Order trilogy. The first book in this urban fantasy series, Stalking Shade, is due to come out this October.

10) Your biggest piece of advice to aspiring novelists?

Don’t give up. I say it again and again because it definitely takes perseverance to make it in this industry. As long as you have the determination, it’ll happen. The only variable is the when.

11) Where can readers find you?

My website is www.lbelow.net. I love to tweet -- you can catch me at @LBelowtheauthor. I also blog obsessively at http://lbelow.blogspot.com.

Want to win Never a Princess, Always a Frog? Be sure to visit my blog for the Week-After-Release Party on Monday, July 11th 2011. One lucky commenter will win this book!

I absolutely LOVE the sound of this series and will be popping over to Lyrical Press to download a copy of Never a Princess, Always a Frog asap. I'm sure my visitors will have lots of comments and questions for you. L K is waiting, people!

Welcome Lyrical Press author, Laura Browning!

Hi Laura, so glad to welcome you back again! Before I hand you the floor I wanted to say how much I love your cover, it's gorgeous! Oh, and how much I want that model's hair...and horse, lol!

Over to you...

Bring on the noise, I’m trying to Concentrate!

Creating the right atmosphere to write is a matter of personal preference. There are plenty of people who demand absolute quiet in order to concentrate. I know when I’ve had to monitor writing exams for my students all that silence just makes me nervous, and I cringe at the thought of ever having to compose anything comprehensible in such thick, oppressive auditory vacuum. Most of the time, the same thing applies at home. If everything’s quiet when I sit down to the computer, I suddenly have visions of vast psychological wastelands where the only sound is one lone cricket chirping or the distant cry of a hawk. Silence makes my skin crawl and blows my concentration out of the water.

I often wonder, am I the exception or the rule? Maybe it’s a sad commentary on society that I can concentrate with the sound of a television in the background intermingled with my son’s audible involvement in his latest video game, but I can’t handle either silence or music, unless it’s rather bland classical. According to the counseling services at Kansas State University, Baroque music fits that bill. Bach, Handel and Vivaldi are among the most famous composers of this era. Guess what? I happen to like their music, so now I can just add it to the background noise I need to concentrate.

If you need noise, either to help you concentrate or to drown out other noise, there’s even a website that will provide you with it. It’s called Simply Noise, and that’s what it provides in three varieties: white, pink, and brown. I like the brown best, but I think I’ll still stick with the television and my son.

What I discovered in checking into this idea of working with or without noise is that it is an ongoing and likely insolvable question because it will always come back to what works best for the individual. Among the other writers I asked, the verdict was almost two to one for quiet.

My latest book, which released July 4, 2011, brought all of this back to me. Winning Heart, from Lyrical Press, originally came to be six years ago. I wrote at home with dogs, kids, husband and television providing plenty of noise and interruption. I wrote while my son attended baseball practice. I wrote while I carried on conversations with other parents, and I had the laptop perched on metal bleachers. At the time, I thought this need to write among noise was a holdover from my years of working in a television newsroom, but I have since discovered that I crave some degree of background noise no matter what. In some strange way, it helps me to focus my attention on the task at hand and tune out not only the noise, but all the other distractions.

So the bottom line is, while I’m listening to my television, my music, or my son…if you need to put in your ear plugs or your noise reduction headphones…that’s perfectly normal. Happy writing!

If you’d like to find out more about my latest release, check out my blog: www.laurabrowningbooks.blogspot.com. I’m also on Facebook, or you can visit my website: www.laurabrowningbooks.com.

It is interesting how us writers work in so many different ways - I need absolute quiet to creative but love noise around me when I'm writing blog posts or completing interviews because it helps me articulate more of who I am away from the actual writing. Does that make sense?

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Jennifer Jakes has brought a few friends with her today...

When Jennifer sent me her post along with the accompanying pics, I was happy. In fact, I took longer than strictly necessary to save and close down these lovely specimens. Men. Love 'em, hate 'em, we all got to have 'em!

Over to you, Jennifer!

Macho, Macho Man...........

Now that I've got you all singing along with the Village People (LOL) ............

How about those Alpha Males? Love 'em? Hate em? Love to hate them? Or do you love them on paper and film but in real life not so much?

This week we're discussing Alphas and their counterparts, the Beta Male.

I'm sure all of us have a favorite Alpha. Maybe he's your guilty pleasure at the movies. Or perhaps the Dom in the BDSM book you just read. Just thinking about him curls your toes. But............

What about a man with feelings? A sensitive man who makes you laugh, listens to your concerns, dresses in something besides torn jeans and a leather jacket.

Why do women tend to forget the "good guy"? Or worse! Why do we always tell him: "I just want to be friends?"

Are we gluttons for punishment? Or does it go back to cave man days -- or *gasp* even further? High School? Are we still "wired" to look for the strongest, best-hunter of the group? When maybe we should have looked at the nerdy cave man figuring out how to make fire? (I'm sure he died a billionaire once he got that first patent going.) Are we still looking at the football hero when we should be looking in the computer lab? (Bill Gates. That's all I'm saying.)

OK, here's the really deep part. I think we write romance because we can create the perfect blend. The perfect BALPHA MALE. He's strong and stubborn, but he's sensitive and can cry. He will fight to the death for us, but let us drive his sports car. He can cook. And willingly washes the dishes.

He's perfect ........and he only exists on paper.

So what do you think, ladies? Do you find yourself drawn to Alpha or Beta males in movies or books? Action hero or Romantic Comedy? Rouge or guy next door?

Love to hear your thoughts!

He rode into town to buy supplies, not a woman.

For hunted recluse Rafe McBride, the raven-haired beauty on the auction block is exactly what he doesn't need. A dependent woman will be another clue his vengeful stepbrother can use to find and kill him. But Rafe's conscience won't let him leave another innocent's virginity to the riff-raff bidding. He buys her, promising to return her to St. Louis untouched. He only prays the impending blizzard holds off before her sultry beauty breaks his willpower.

She wanted freedom, not a lover.

Whisked to the auction block by her devious, gambling cousin, and then sold into the arms of a gorgeous stranger, outspoken artist Maggie Monroe isn't about to go meekly. Especially when the rugged mountain man looks like sin and danger rolled into one. But a blizzard and temptation thrust them together, and Maggie yearns to explore her smoldering passion for Rafe.

But when the snow clears, will the danger and secrets that surround Rafe and Maggie tear them apart?

Loving the sound of this book, Jennifer and I know it has received rave reviews. In fact, what the heck am I waiting for....

Waiting to hear your comments on the alpha/beta male, folks!

Welcome my online friend and author Rhonda Lee Carver!

Great to have you here, Rhonda! Through Facebook and online chatting I feel as though I have got to know you so well with your lovely and often inspirational musings and pics of your beautiful family.

You seem so busy most of the time I am surprised you manage to write at all but your backlist is growing all the time, lol! Let's get on with the interview because I can't wait to hear more about your latest release...

1) When did you first consider yourself a writer?

Upon receiving the first contract. Until then I felt like I was a child staring in through the window until the door was opened and I was invited in.

2) Describe your writing space?

A mess !!! Seriously. I have a laptop and I plop down in the family room where my wee one enjoys making a disaster but doesn’t find it so entertaining to clean it up.

4) How many books have your written? Which is your favourite?

In total I have written 10 books. 5 are published. 1 is with the publisher now. 1 I am currently working on. Which leaves 3 more waiting the last polishing. My fave? Wow. I wouldn’t say I have a fave. I have a fave scene or aspect about each book I write. I must say though that I’ve enjoyed writing paranormal romance.

5) What comes first, plot or characters?

Plot. It’s amazing how a story can be created from a sentence you here at the grocery store, a picture on a billboard, a headline in the news, even seeing an argument in the park. From there the story snowballs and the characters come alive. I never sit and plan anything though. My first sentence on chapter one of a work is literally my first sentence. I let things just happen.

6) Do you ever suffer from writer’s block?

Hell yes. Lots. Lack of motivation too. Sometimes it lasts for a few hours, sometimes for days. I also have a tendency to be too hard on myself. I set high goals and feel disappointed when I don’t meet the deadlines.

7) What do you like to do when you’re not writing?

I spend a lot of time with my kids. From sports to park visits to family movie night. My life is pretty ‘normal’ if there is such a thing as normal. Sometimes in all of the chaos of life I am able to unfold a hot sex scene in between loading the dishwasher and cleaning up cat puke.

8) Tell us about your latest book?

Delaney’s Sunrise is releasing on June 20, 2011. It is about a woman who is engaged to Jacob but is in love with his brother, Abe. Sounds sticky, doesn’t it? Well…it is. And the suspense builds as lies and secrets unfold. There are a few twists in here that will keep readers on the edge of their seat.

9) What’s next for you?

I am finishing up an erotica and would like to start on the sequel to Second Chance Cowboy before the summer is over.

Blurb for Delaney’s Sunrise

“You can’t chase me away from where I belong, Abe. This is our farm. You can’t just do anything you please.”

Abe said nothing. His gaze dragged over her, roving from her mouth and down her body with an insolence that made her want to scream.

Rage flushed through Dee like fire, shooting from her pounding head down to her pulsing, tingling center. “You can go to hell is what you can do, Abe Delaney.”

“Was that supposed to hurt my feelings?” Abe’s smile crawled across his lips, a slow and knowing thing.

Desire moved through Dee’s blood, hot and slow as molasses. Anger snapped through her, turning her arm into a whip, her hand into its stinging lash as she slapped him hard across his stubbled jaw. His head jerked to the side. His hand shot up and locked around her wrist, capturing her in a grip made of coarse-hewn rock. SSSlowly he turned his head back, working his jaw. His eyes found hers, smoldering with slow-building anger beneath flash-fire lust.

“Well now, darlin’,” he whispered, and his voice thrummed through her, rumbling deep in his chest. “Don’t think that’s the smartest thing you’ve ever done.”

My Bio:

About Rhonda Lee Carver

http://www.lyricalpress.com/store/index.php?main_page=authors&authors_id=120

Suffering from years of hopeless romantic notions and sexy, sassy heroines and bad-ass

heroes taking up residence in her mind, Rhonda decided to write and bring the stories to life.

With baby on hip and laptop on the other--and two years later--Rhonda has published five

eBooks with a handful of spicy love stories waiting for the final touches.

When Rhonda isn’t crafting edge-of-your-seat, sizzling-ink novels, you will find her with

her children, watching soccer, watching a breathtaking movie, doing (or trying) yoga, and

finding new ways to keep her smile bright. Rhonda thrives on making her readers happy. She

believes everyone deserves romance--one page at a time…

Rhonda‘s Website:

www.rhondaleecarver.com

Reader eMail:

Rhondaleecarver.author@gmail.com

Great interview, Rhonda and I am gobsmacked you suffer from writer's block - it doesn't seem that way at all! Beautiful cover by the way, who was the artist?

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Novella Number Three is off to a flying start!

Okay, the planning for novella number three has been completed so the writing will begin tomorrow, yay!! This story was the result of a contest I ran a few weeks ago where I gave you guys a list of hero occupations, heroine occupations and settings.

So time to share the working title, the blurb and a pic of a sexy couple just for the hell of it....welcome to 'Greek Gratification'!

Blurb:

Michelle Hutton leaves everything behind and flies from the UK to Greece in search of a new beginning. Her first encounter is with a sexy, pro-bono lawyer with a body that demands to be bitten and a face that could adorn the cover of Playgirl. He tells her where she use her catering training and find a job as a chef and a cheap place to stay. Sam Clarke is too good to be true. And Michelle doesn’t trust men – or anyone else after being let down time and again by the people she loves. Including the parents she left behind. But damn, he’s hard to resist…

Sam Clarke is a busy man – a man on a mission to help women in jeopardy. Women running for their lives or trying to start new ones. So when a woman with hair like a sheet of black velvet and eyes bluer than ocean walks into the bar, asking for help, what is he’s supposed to do? The electricity between them is hotter than a live wire and Sam knows this woman could distract him from his work. He needs to stay away…yet time and again he goes back for more.

What do you think?

R x

Welcome fellow Wild Rose Press writer, Randi Alexander!

Thanks so much, Rachel, for interviewing me on your blog today.

Welcome, Randi!

I am really excited to have you here as I have to admit, i am yet to read any cowboy erotic romances but it is high on my 'to do' list! There is something super sexy about a cowboy and I really need to correct my mistake of not picking up a couple of stories before now.

Let's get started, I'm looking forward to hearing about your releases!

1) What is your writing routine?

I'm a stay-at-home writer, so I jump into writing as soon as I get my hubby off to work in the morning. I also like to write in the evenings, after he's hooked on TV or deep in a good book. I don't do much writing on weekends, mostly social networking and finding creative-but-free ways to market my books.

I usually outline longer books and do extensive backstories for the characters, but for shorter books, I will keep the outline and backstories in my head while I'm writing. I like to write the first draft fast, and I can shoot out up to 4,000 words a day. When I finish the first draft, I set it aside for a week then come back to it to revise with all those wonderful layers that make a book interesting.

2) Which author/s inspire you to write?

I love reading Nora Roberts' romances. She's always been an inspiration. And if you haven't read the Bride Quartet novels, I encourage you to do so. I think they're her best work yet. When I'm writing an edgier novel, I immerse myself in JR Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood to get that snappy flavor.

3) Which is your favorite romance subgenre to read? To write?

I like to read contemporary in spicy romance and erotic romance. For sheer pleasure, I love Lisa Kleypas' historicals. They relax me and send me back in time when the world wasn't so complicated. I'm a contemporary writer. I've tried historical (and I was boring) and I've tried paranormal (and I was just laughable.) So I'll stick to what I do best.

4) How do you deal with criticism/rejection?

Red wine and dark chocolate. And the knowledge that I'll never fail if I never stop trying. I just have to hit the right editor or agent with the right manuscript. But that means submitting like crazy, and receiving more rejections than contracts. But the contracts will come, and I am always thinking positive thoughts.

5) What do you expect from an editor?

My editor at The Wild Rose Press (Hi Trish!) is amazing. She sent back my first submission with suggestions for a rewrite to better align my manuscript with the Cowboy Kink line. You could say she 'whipped me into line.' After my contract was signed, she edited the book carefully, giving suggestions for adding emotion and strengthening my plot points. I've truly learned a great deal from her.

6) Tell me about your latest release

I'll let my blurb tell the story. Country music superstar/actor Chase Tanner has yet to be denied anything–and he’s never wanted anything or anyone more than gorgeous screenplay writer Reno Linden. So when the film they are working on is finally finished, Chase decides to turn up the volume on seducing Reno.

Reno Linden lived a quiet, rural life until she was thrust into the Hollywood scene when her book was adapted to film. Chase Tanner is larger than life, sinfully sexy and hell-bent on getting her into bed. Skittish after a failed wedding engagement, Reno risks the plunge into Chase’s arms, and is surprised that her good girl self can keep up with bad boy Chase.

Though Chase returns to his cowboy roots often, and Reno cherishes the time spent with him on his ranch, the two find their careers pulling them in different directions. Will their attraction survive the glitz and stress of fame?

7) Tease us with a blurb or short excerpt

EXCERPT: Over 18 only

Chase grabbed Reno’s arm and rushed her out of the building. As the door closed behind him, he said, “I get damn uncomfortable when women cry.”

Reno kept her head down and wiped the tears from her cheeks.

He stopped and bent to look at her face. “Aw, not you, too!”

She giggled. “It was just so touching.”

“Baby, you’re a sensitive soul.”

“Me?” She smiled. “I’m sensitive? You’re the one who did all this.” She gestured to the bar. “Singing and giving the hat off your head to people you don’t know—”

He shook his head and started walking. “It’s the least I could do. It was nothing.”

She jogged to catch up. Was he embarrassed to be caught doing something nice? He did a lot for others. She read a story about him, way back when they were casting the movie, that talked about the domestic shelters Chase sponsored. Hundreds of them in cities across the US, in honor of his mother. Lacing her fingers into his, she said, “I was proud to be with you tonight.”

He ran his hand through his hair and looked at her. “I’m glad you came with. People treat me different mostly, and it gets old.”

“Lonely.”

He unlaced their fingers and put his arm around her. “Yeah.” Helping her into the truck, he kissed her fingers. “But not anymore.” Their gazes fused, and Reno felt her chest expanding, as if her soul linked with his.

As he closed the door and walked around the hood, she whispered, “And never again, Chase.”

8) Which is your favorite character in the book? Why?

Chase has to be my favorite, but just by a nose. Reno's a great, strong character, as well, but I just can't help loving Chase. He's got everything: looks, money, a voice, fame, and the smarts to manage his own career. But he's still not convinced he's good enough for a woman like Reno. And a lifetime of feeling unworthy is difficult to overcome.

9) What are you working on right now?

I'm working on another manuscript for the Cowboy Kink line. About a bull rider and a nanny. It's set on Florida's beautiful Sanibel Island, and I just might have to take a working vacation there to soak up the atmosphere. Woot!

10) Your biggest piece of advice to aspiring novelists?

Learn as much as you can about the craft of writing. Having a good knowledge base is so important. There are so many things that make a manuscript marketable, and understanding how to build a solid book is imperative. Oh, and you don't have to do it alone. Find a critique group or partners to help you. One of my critique partners just received her first book contract this week, so finding the right support network is helpful.

11) Where can readers find you?

RandiAlexander.com

WildAndWickedCowboysBlog

You can buy Chase and Seduction at The Wild Rose Press Wilder Roses

To celebrate the release of Chase and Seduction, I'm giving away, to one lucky *commenter, an e-copy of my novella Her Cowboy Stud. Just leave a comment today and we'll choose a winner tomorrow. *Commenter must be 18 years of age or older to win.

I'm also giving away a cowgirl hat to one subscriber to my newsletter. For more details, and to sign up for this contest, please go to my website, RandiAlexander.com And while you're there, you can read the first chapter of Chase and Seduction.

Good luck, and thank you!

Randi

LOL! We could be identical people, Randi! You write in the exact same way as me (quick first draft and then layering afterwards) and Nora Roberts is my romance writing idol. The only difference between us is I'd swap the red wine for white and the dark chocolate to milk. I have yet to read the Bride quartet but now you've mentioned it, I am rushing out to buy it...just don't tell my husband! ; )

Randi is waiting for your comments & questions!

Welcome fellow Wild Rose Press author, Tarah Scott!

Welcome, Tarah!

Really looking forward to this interview and hope you tell us more about working with a writing partner. I don't know how you do it, I'm assuming you can't write 'by the seat of your pants' but have to take the other person's feelings and wants into account. Thinking I might be a bit too selfish for that, lol!

Let's get started...

Rachel, thanks so much for having me. Your blog is beautiful!

1) What is your writing routine?

I’m a small business owner, which makes my schedule unpredictable, so I make a weekly schedule for my writing. If possible, I like to get up early before my daughter gets up for school. Even an hour in the morning before I gear up for the day can be very productive. I shoot for a minimum of 30 writing hours a week. Anything over that is cake.

2) Which author/s inspire you to write?

Oh, quite a few authors have inspired me. I love the classics, Dickens, Austen, Bronte, even Georgette Heyer and Zane Grey. Modern authors are Stephen King and Anne Rice.

3) Which is your favorite romance subgenre to read? To write?

Favorite romance subgenre to write? ROFL. That’s like putting a kid inside a candy store and asking them to choose one favorite, Wow! That’s a toughie. My first love is historical romance. That’s what I started out reading and writing. I spread my wings to various forms of suspense, which invariably found its way into my historical romance. Heh heh.

4) How do you deal with criticism/rejection?

Lots of tequila. HA! No, seriously. When first starting out, criticism and rejection were very tough. Of course, we never love rejection—or criticism—but you do learn they are part of the business. One of the ways I console myself is by remembering that the rejections I get today are very different than those I got when first starting out. These days, any personalized feedback I receive is more along the lines that the piece didn’t work for the editor, or maybe they didn’t like an aspect of the story or character. For the most part, it’s subjective elements that one editor doesn’t care for, while another loves. My earlier submissions were riddled with comments about how the writing wasn’t compelling, or how I could improve the story.

5) What do you expect from an editor?

I expect an editor to understand my story, but help me make it better. That makes an editor worth their weight in gold!

6) Tell me about your latest release

7) My latest release is Double Bang! a short ménage/romantic suspense written in collaboration with KyAnn Waters. This little hottie was so much fun to write! (We have more planned in this series.)

8) Tease us with a blurb or short excerpt

Sara Martin has a problem. And it’s not the attraction she has for her co-worker Devon Curran…or the lust she feels for her sexy neighbor, Rigg. Yes, those are problems. But she has bigger issues. There’s been a security breach in the impenetrable computer system at work. Suddenly Devon doesn’t look happy. And that is a gun in his pocket!

Devon is working undercover…and Sara is about to blow his case. He’d rather she blow him. She’s as smart as she is beautiful. But he’s lied to protect her. What will she do when she discovers he works with a partner? Tonight, they are going to keep her close…very close…in their protective custody.

9) Which is your favorite character in the book? Why?

While I think Sara is a fabulous character, the men are pretty amazing. This is a ménage, but Devon is the love interest. He’s solid and knows what he wants, Sara Martin—permanently. Rigg, on the other hand, is the ultimate bad boy. He’s an undercover cop working the toughest assignments. He also knows what he wants: an erotic interlude with Sara. How can a woman not want both these men?

9) What are you working on right now?

I’m currently working on a paranormal/fantasy suspense. My heroine is a Mississippi Deputy Sheriff who goes to Scotland to prove that her best friend killed her husband four years ago. What my heroine doesn’t know is that her friend wants her in Scotland to break a three hundred year old spell cast on the eighteenth century lord of the castle.

10) Your biggest piece of advice to aspiring novelists?

Learn your craft—then practice night and day.

11) Where can readers find you?

My website is http://www.tarahscott.com/

Also, for anyone who would like to connect with me at twitter

http://twitter.com/TarahScott

Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tarah-Scott/154741501255577

Thanks so much for having me, Rachel. It’s been a real pleasure!

Great to have you hear, Tarah - your story sounds delicious! Looking forward to my visitor comments...