Augusta Fern's Blog - Posts Tagged "writing"

I hate to say I have relinquished myself from the HOLIDAY BLOG TOUR I have talked about. I do however STILL want you ALL to check out the talented ladies I was associated with.

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INTERVIEWING AUTHORS

Shannon Simmons; Author of the Howling Heart series!!!

Q: What are you working on?

A: I'm currently working on Book Three of the Howling Heart Series.


Q: How does your work differ from others of the same genre?

A: My books are more grit and less romantic fluff.


Q: Why do you write what you do?

A: I live in a soccer-mom world; my dark side has so break free somewhere. I love the supernatural and finding a way to link it to and twist all the stories we have been told through time.

Q: How does your writing process work?

A: I simply sit, turn on my music and just start writing. I don't take notes or get ahead of myself. The story simply comes to me. Once I get to a certain point, I go back and make sure it flows smoothly....and then keep writing until I've pissed off someone and create a great place to pick up in the next book. :)

**Shannon’s books can be found…

http://www.amazon.com/Silverbow-Howli...


http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Control-...







Regina Puckett; Author of the Warren Series!!!

Q: What are you working on?

A: I’m editing book 3 in my Warren Series.
What the Heart Knows focuses on the romance between Suzette’s younger sister, Emily, and Suzette’s closet friend, Bill Fields.

Emily has been love with Bill since she was sixteen, but now she’s all grown up and a physician. Since Bill has been in and out of her life since he and Suzette became friends in the 1st grade, Emily doesn’t think Bill will ever see her as anything other than his
best friend’s kid sister. What she doesn’t know is he is in love with her too.

When Suzette calls Bill asking for his help, he gladly agrees to ask Emily out to stay at his farm/art studio for two weeks. Now that Bill and Emily have the time and opportunity to see what the other is feeling, they also have to deal with a ruthless foe who is stalking her. Love is possible but will they be able to overcome all of their obstacles and uncertainties to accept its gift?


Q: How does your work differ from others of the same genre?

A: Since I write several different genres, this might be a complicated answer.

When I write a romance, I focus on the story and let the romance happen as the story unfolds. In Concealed in My Heart, my two main characters don’t fall in love until near the end of the book. I wanted to develop the story so when the time came for them to finally see each other as something more than friends, the reader really cared that David and Charity had found each other. The road to love is bumpy.

When I write horror, I like writing about everyday people interacting in everyday situations. To me, the most horrifying things happen when we’re not expecting it. I know, whenever I watch the news, I’m always amazed at just how evil some people can be.

With my children’s books, I enjoy writing about the things that are important to us as adults and to our children. I hope they are enjoyed by each age group and are able to stand up to the test of time.


Q: Why do you write what you do?

A: I write the daydream that refuses to go away until it’s down on paper.


Q: How does your writing process work?

A: When I first began writing, I listened to how other people went about plotting and planning. That observation led me to believe I had to have an outline before I could even begin. I tried it their way for my first two books, but what I discovered was that process didn’t work for me. I never stuck to the outline and by chapter 5 my story had taken on a life all of its own. So now, I mentally plot and plan and have a loose concept about the how my story will play out. Of course, it still veers off in a completely different direction, but now I’m not quite as upset about that because I didn’t wasted a lot of time working on something I never used.

**Regina’s books can be found…

http://www.amazon.com/Regina-Puckett/...







LaRae Parry
LaRae Parry; Author of the The Danish Pastry and Journal of a Crazy Lady!!!

Q: What are you working on?

A: Right now I’m working on two books . . . something I don’t think you should ever do. But . . . hey . . . when do I ever follow the rules?

The Ghost in Room 3327 is a sequel to The Danish Pastry. I know what I want to write. I’ve done the research because the ghost that I write about is an actual ghost who haunts the famous Hotel Del Coronado. The Ghost in Room 3327 is the narrator. She tells her side of the story, which is very interesting.
The other book I’m working on is, “Lost in Bizarre-O World.” It is in the Crazy Lady journal form since it is about all the trouble I’ve gotten myself into on the Internet. Sadly, it’s funny.


Q: How does your work differ from others of the same genre?

A: I don’t think there is a genre for me. I think I’m the first crazy person to write romance, comedy, paranormal, and memoirs. If anyone can think of a genre for me, I’d appreciate it.

Q: Why do you write what you do?

A: Honestly . . . I write the stories that are living in my mind. Some of them are ones I have actually experienced, and the others are the ones that entertain me when I’m bored.

Q: How does your writing process work?

A: I always carry a notebook with me. I never know when my brain is going to decide to work.

First, I write a draft. I then type my draft on the computer. Every time, the written draft comes out different when I type it. I make a copy of the draft and my husband and I read through it. I make the necessary corrections on the computer, then we read it again, and again, and again until I have the stories just the way I want them.

Then I get it published and see that I should have read through my writing one more time. CRUD.

LaRae's books can be found...

The Danish Pastry http://www.amazon.com/Danish-Pastry-L...

The Danish Pastry
Journal of a Crazy Lady




Augusta Fern; Author of the Morte’ Series!!!

Q: What are you working on?

A: I am currently working on the third and final installment of my vampire series, Morte'. I do have a working title, but I choose to keep that close to the chest.

Q: How does my work differ from others of the same genre?

A: My character comes from such a primitive time, I like to think that his past, (fictional) footprint on history and how it's shaped him stands out from the rest.

Q: Why do I write what I do?

A: I've been in awe of the fictional pale immortals since I was young, 10 to be precise. After engrossing myself in any and all vampire literature and film over the years I wanted to write my own story. The premise of course is fiction, but the back story of my characters isn't far from personal truth. Friends, Family, long lost acquaintances all have a place in my stories. I enjoy the calls from friends and family asking if this or that character is them.

Q: How does your writing process work?

A I have my laptop set up in front of my big window, so first I open the blinds and let the day in. From there I find where I left off (as all my stories are hand written prior to typing) and proceed. I do have a little one at home, and inspiration and a distraction but more of an inspiration than the distraction. Some days he sits in my lap while I write or read aloud as I'm editing.

**Augusta’s books can be found…

http://www.amazon.com/Augusta-Fern/e/...

G.D. Ogan
G. D. Ogan; Author of the Immortal Relations series!!!

Q: What are you working on?

A: Currently I'm jumping WAY OUT OF MY Adult Paranormal-Romance genre' working on a book for my six year old granddaughter Lily titled, "Lily and the Time Buggy." It's about building a time machine to take Lily, her Pop-Pop (me) and a friend of mine who owns a "Museum of Pre-History" back to the age of dinosaurs. This is not a "See Spot run, see Jane chase Spot, see John follow Jane" type of book for a child to read (too many big words and concepts). It's a book to be read to a child by an adult who can explain some of what the book contains. My granddaughter LOVES DINOSAURS so this is going to be for her, I'm not sure I'll get it published. Once finished, I'll work on my forth book in my "Immortal Relations" series titled, "Immortal Relations, REVENGE!" I already know what it is about and much of the action for it.



Q: How does your work differ from others of the same genre?

A: I REALLY RESPECT the new crop of authors who are bringing "NEW LIFE" to the genre' of the LIVING DEAD! One of my favorites is, of course, Augusta and her Morte' Series. I just LOVE the developing relationship between her two principle characters Babet and Cian and all the supporting caste (what a great series of films it would make). My vampires are unusual in many ways, for the little blood they need they have corporations owning funeral homes. In accordance with funerary laws blood from the deceased is replaced with preservatives and rather than having that blood flushed, it is quick frozen for later use by our good vampires - a true symbiotic relationship. The good vampires were, for the most part, "changed" by being attacked by the out of control, evil type of vampires. My good vampires have sworn to protect humans from such attacks, harm from human criminals and the evil designs of power-mad politicians trying to enslave the masses. My guardian vampires live together for mutual defense in The Residency Coven, as well as other covens and in the third book open a new coven in the lower part of Canada outside of Cayuga in an old military armory they have refurbished and made into a Health Spa. Gary, the primary male character starts as a human in search of information about where his late father worked at the end of World War Two when he finds a photograph which reveals that his father had had a tryst while stationed overseas. Flying to Prague, Czechoslovakia, he meets a lovely but very unusual young lady. But she seems to know far more about his father than she possibly could. Gary immediately realizes she is not the normal human female he has dealt with before, but it isn't long before he cannot hide his growing love for her.



Q: Why do you write what you do?

A: The first book, "Immortal Relations" starts out with a true-life family story. When "Gary" finds the photograph of his late father as a young man in Prague, that part is true (only in this case Gary Logan is actually Guy Ogan - yours truly). It was my own father whose picture is on page two of the book. When I found that photograph a flood of memories returned to me of things my late mother had said, many, many years before - things I couldn't understand when I was just a child. She had said, "He is over there with THAT woman!" When I asked who she was talking about she would say nothing. I would later hear her exclaim, "He has had a child with THAT woman!" Again, there was no further information provided when I asked, but not long after that she asked me "What would you do if I divorced your father?" I was only six years old and not as sophisticated and street savvy as many children are today so I never put two and two together. Finding all this out and having all those memories come flooding back WAS MORE THAN A SHOCK TO ME. That night I couldn't sleep and I got up and felt compelled to go to the computer. I was a competent typist in college and during my graduate programs, but arthritis had taken its toll on the flexibility of my hands. However, that night the story poured forth at a speed from my fingers I had never reached before and it was as if they had taken on a "life-of-there-own." You could say my Muse took over...or perhaps that I channeled that first story, as if to give a different and positive view of vampirism, one not seen before. With the subsequent novels, "Immortal Relations, Love and War" and "Immortal Relations Coming Out" a lot is "provided" through my dreams and because of my diverse background of military officer and working in the Texas Prison System, retiring as a Psychologist, the stories are mostly about what I have done or was trained to do, as well as what I believe is important. Basically, Gary is in fact ME...I can honestly say, "To know Gary is to know me."



Q: How does your writing process work?

A: As alluded to above, I dream in character and get up and type or sit at the keyboard in the daytime and type what comes to (or through) me. I love to type late into the night and past the break of dawn when the house is quiet and I can let the story flow consciously or unconsciously.

Immortal Relations
Immortal Relations: Love & War

**G. D.'s books can be found…

"Immortal Relations" http://amzn.com/B006ZCBT6G Caution, there is "explicit togetherness" sex in the book.


"Immortal Relations, Love and War" http://amzn.com/B00A4IEHL6 Action on steroids, but far less explicit sex.


"Immortal Relations Coming Out" http://amzn.com/B00G5BQS18 A lot of political intrigue as well as romance.

G. D. OGAN!!

1) If you were beginning your writing career today what would you do differently? I would cut back on the "explicit togetherness" (sex) in my first novel as that seems to be a stumbling block for some who start reading the first of my three novels in my "Immortal Relations" series.




2) What's the one thing about you that might surprise the reader? Most people who meet me don't believe I'm in my 70s, they think I'm in my late 40s or early 50s.




3) Tell us a little about your main character in your latest book. Gary Logan is a retired military officer who travels to Prague in the Czech Republic to see the place where his late father had a picture taken. There he falls in love with a VERY UNIQUE LADY! ("Immortal Relations" pages 1-11)




4) What are some of your favorites; Color, Food, Place? Color - Red, Food - Anything Chocolate, Place - Taipei, Taiwan

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G.D. Ogan