As part of our countdown to Readers & ‘ritas 2018, our Meet the Author interviews help you get to know the authors joining us in Texas on November 9-11. Read on to get acquainted with author Cooper McKenzie, and purchase your ticket to meet her in person at Readers & ‘ritas! Pitch us your newest book in one sentence. DAYDREAMS AND FANTASIES is a hot, sexy short story collection of six stories that include fantasies, daydreams, and dirty thoughts of hot, sexy men. If you could meet one of your characters in real life, who would you choose and what would you do? Currently, I would love to meet Ramsey “Ram” Beckett, the hero of How to Romance a Writer, my current WIP (work in progress). I’d like to have him take me on a motorcycle ride, and like Eden Hall, help me overcome my fear of big motorcycles, and their riders. What gets your creative juices flowing when you’re brainstorming a new story? Waiting…whether it be at an appointment, getting my car serviced, before a first matinee at the movie theater, nothing seems to get my juices flowing better than being alone, away from home, with paper and pens….