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Carlene O’Connor | 20 Questions: MURDER ON AN IRISH FARM
Author Guest / February 15, 2022

1–What is the title of your latest release? MURDER ON AN IRISH FARM (February 22, 2022) How is that for a lucky number?! 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? What could be more exciting than a wedding, a skeleton in a slurry pit, and a fresh body on top? 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? That’s an easy one, all my mysteries are set in Ireland. It all started eight years ago with a call from my editor. He asked if I would be willing to write a mystery series set in England. I told him I didn’t know England well enough to do that. I paused, then said: “But I could set it in Ireland.” I was standing in a parking lot of a grocery store. One of those moments where you remember every detail. It was the start of The Irish Village Mysteries, Home to Ireland series, and the upcoming County Kerry Mysteries. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely! Oddly, the thing I worry most about is– would Siobhan O’Sullivan like me? I think she would even though she’s twenty-some years younger. She’s an old…

Ella Maven | 20 Questions: CLAIMED BY THE DEMON ALIEN
Author Guest / February 15, 2022

1–What is the title of your latest release? CLAIMED BY THE DEMON ALIEN 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The Persephone and Hades myth meets Beauty and the Beast where a human scientist falls through a crack in the surface of a distant planet only to find a demon alien living with an immortal curse. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I was really inspired by a virtual reality workout program I use called Supernatural, where the workout settings are either real-life locations or a made-up fantasy land. One workout takes place on this ash-covered planet with these nearby broken sphere moons, and that’s what I based Planet Ell on. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Yes! She’s daring, bold, and smart. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Angry, Possessive, Loyal 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I really challenged myself with this one, and I learned that I can write a really banging ending when I want to! 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I edit a bit as I go and then do a big…

Cynthia Eden Interview – Building a Romantic Suspense Series
Author Guest , Interviews / February 15, 2022

You’re coming out with your fourteenth and fifteenth book in the “Wilde Ways” series. When you came out with the first book, did you ever think you would continue this far with it? No, I absolutely did not think I would be on book 15! I’m super surprised, truth be told. The first book was PROTECTING PIPER, and actually, when I began it, I didn’t have a series in mind at all.  But as the story developed, there were so many secondary characters who pulled at me, so I thought—you know what? Let’s do a bit more. And that more kept going… The wonderful thing (for me) about the Wilde series—well, it’s that I can develop so many different story ideas that all fall under the Wilde umbrella (so to speak!). Because Wilde is an elite security and protection firm, the characters have assorted backgrounds, and their pasts often pull them into different directions.  I’ve been able to write stories about spies, celebrities, SEALs—each book focuses on different characters, so I have been able to explore and just have fun with the stories. Authors usually say that their favorite characters are the ones they are currently writing about. Who have…