Alison’s Comments (group member since Jun 21, 2010)

Alison’s comments from the Q&A with Alison Oburia group.

Determining who's going to couple up is hard to keep secret. If you portray too many good prospects, then that means someone's going to get hurt/disappointed.

The third book I'm writing I hope to turn into a trilogy. It's got 4 main characters: a teen, a woman, and two men. The three adults will be in a love triangle that, if I write it the way I want to, will have readers cheering for both guys for different reasons. Things will only be partially resolved at the end of the first book -- and will get even trickier in the second. I'd love to give more away but {wink} I'm not gonna!

A lot of people have asked about the game Eve and her friends play at the beginning of the book. The scenes in Chapter 1 actually came to me in a dream; the game doesn't really exist (as far as I know). But I wonder...would my friends and I have been daring enough to try it?? How about you?

Ah...one of my main characters in my next book is a British accounting/finance person -- on the run from the Bulgarian mafia. His personality will start out Type A but, well, we'll see if we can get him to loosen up when he meets a cute American girl {wink}.

Thanks for posting!

One of the underlying themes to my next book is my desire to keep readers guessing. I love when an author can lead me to believe one thing and then WHAM! Plot twist! And suddenly a character's motives have changed or I realize what I thought I understood three chapters back was an illusion.

What makes a plot twist effective? Are you an author who has struggled with trying to avoid readers guessing your story's ending by page 22? Share your thoughts about this.

My second book will involve a lot of international intrigue.

What books have you read that totally drew you into the story and why? Were there good plot twists? Was it predictable but still worth reading? Was there any romance (I love a good romance too!)?

My faves are Jeanie London's In the Cold and Stieg Larssen's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire. I haven't read the 3rd book in the trilogy but will soon. Both offer great character development, steamy romance (especially Jeanie's), and some unexpected plot twists.

I'm Alison, co-author of Passion Fish. I'm a married mom of two teen boys and I live on the west coast of Florida.

My next book is about half done and a third one is constantly brewing in my head.

By day, I work as a consultant to a state university and a private corporation.

Now, tell me about YOU.

: ) Alison