- What inspired you to write this book?
I don’t know about inspired, I just love teen drama and
what’s more interesting than finding a dead girl under the bleachers. You hear
about teen girls having some kind of disagreement and then one of them stabs or
kills the other girl because of jealousy. There was a news story, I think back
on the early 1990’s when two girls brutally killed another teenage girl and it
has stuck in my mind all these years. I can’t really remember why they did it.
- What can we expect from you in the future?
More books
- Do you have any “side stories” about the characters?
No
- Can you tell us a little bit about the characters in your books?
The book that I’m touring right now is The Dead Girl Under
the Bleachers, but the one character that intrigues me the most is Reece
Garran from Twisted Secrets. Reece is a male character that I love and have
placed him in the Craven Falls series. He’s not only handsome, but intelligent.
He’s good at finding things out, although he’s not a detective. He’s an
ex-military man and works at the local grocery store during the winter months
and does construction in the summer. He’s in the books Buried Secrets and The
Body in the Road, which come out later this year. Book 2 and 3 of the Craven
Falls series.
- How did you come up with the concept and characters for the book?
Laura is the outcast who gets bullied by Scarlet. Rachel was
once Laura’s friend, but wanted to be popular and now hangs with the Queen
Bitch, Scarlet. Like I mentioned in another question about three girls and two
of them killing the other, this is what I had in mind, but the story has a
twisted ending.
- Where did you come up with the names in the story?
The names usually come to me when I’m writing. Sometimes the
name changes, but most of the time the name fits the character.
- What did you enjoy most about writing this book?
I love writing about high school drama.
- Tell us about your main characters- what makes them tick?
Scarlet is a handful and only thinks of herself, where Laura
is more like I was in school. She was bullied and pretty much keeps to herself.
Rachel is like the monkey in the middle. Once was friends with Laura, who she
traded in for Scarlet, but realizes what a bitch Scarlet is and makes a change.
How did you come up with the title of your first novel? Broken
Promises is a book based on a broken heart from a marriage. The novel is 75%
based on real events of my marriage with an abusive alcoholic.
- Who designed your book covers?
My novel book covers are designed by Travis Miles. My
children’s book covers were designed by Judith Bicking.
- If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in your latest book?
No
- Did you learn anything during the writing of your recent book?
Yes. I won’t lie because writing is a hard job. If it were
easy everyone would be a writer. The more you read the better at writing you
will get. The more you write the easier the concept will be for you. Like they
say, practice makes perfect.
- If your book was made into a film, who would you like to play the lead?
The Dead Girl Under the Bleachers would be a great fit for
Zoey Deutch and Halstson Sage
Anything specific you want to tell your readers? Book 2 will
reveal secrets that weren’t answered in book 1 and book 3 will concluded the
mystery of book 1 and 2 of the series. Everything will be answered.
- How did you come up with name of this book?
I drove passed a high school and saw the bleachers and the
title came to me as The Dead Girl Under the Bleachers. I’m not sure why I like
to write about people getting killed, I just do. But I like reading teen
romance books too, lol
- What is your favorite part of this book and why?
The night of the Homecoming dance. Why? Because it’s when
everything comes out. The who, the what, and the why.
- If you could spend time with a character from your book whom would it be? And what would you do during that day?
Reece Garran, he is a character in Twisted Secrets and so
hot. He would be fun to spend the day with doing whatever.
- Are your characters based off real people or did they all come entirely from your imagination?
HELP ME! Book 1 is
based off of real characters as the story line is from real events. Some of my
books are parts of my own life that I have placed somewhere in the book, but
the book has nothing to do with me. Except for BROKEN PROMISES, which is my life
with an alcoholic.
- Do your characters seem to hijack the story, or do you feel like you have the reigns of the story?
My characters at times seem to take over the story and go in
a different direction, usually for the better. Like I never know the ending
until I get to the ending because what I have planned sometimes doesn’t work
out.
- Convince us why you feel your book is a must read.
It’s a gripping mystery that draws you in guessing who the
killer/killers are.
- Have you written any other books that are not published?
Many, but they are rough drafts
- What did you edit out of this book?
A lot. The book ended with 91,000 words and is now at 75,000
- Is there a writer which brain you would love to pick for advice? Who would that be and why?
Stephen King. That’s all there is to say. He’s Brilliant.
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