1. Do you write a single genre or do your fingers flow over the keys
creating tales in many forms? I write mysteries mixed up with other genres.
For instance, my latest mystery, Deadly
Undertaking, is a mystery, romance, and paranormal. Yes, I throw in
everything but the kitchen sink! I started writing as a freelance writer, so I
also enjoy writing non-fiction books. I interviewed fifteen role models for
girls for an e-book to inspire girls, Girls
Succeed! Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women, and I have a
Kindle book on vegetable gardening.
Do
your reading choices reflect your writing choices? I enjoy a
good mystery, but I also like memoirs/biographies, and reading books on
writing.
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Are
there genres you wouldn’t attempt? I wouldn’t write erotica or sci-fi.
2. Heroes, Heroines, Villains. Which is your favorite to write? My
favorite character to create is my heroine’s story. She’s always an independent
woman from the get-go, but I love piling problem upon problem upon her and
figuring out how she’ll find a solution to each one. She definitely has to be
smart to overcome them and learn something about herself or another character
after overcoming the obstacles..
3. Heroes. How do you find them? Do pictures, real life or plain
imagination create the man you want every reader to love? My hero is
usually a mixture of people I’ve met and people in the news. It’s fun to mix up
the characteristics of one or more people I know with the features of a person
in the news or an actor. My imagination stirs them altogether to produce my
character.
Do
they come before the plot or after you have the idea for the story? Strange as
it seems, the hero in Deadly Undertaking
was at first, just the heroine’s friend. I thought she was going to be
attracted to the hunky detective working on the murder case. But no. Gary
pushed himself into the story while I was writing it. Sure messed up my outline
of the story too.
4. Heroines. How do you find them? Do pictures, real life or imagination
create the woman you want the reader to root for? Do they appear before the
plot or after you have the idea for the story? Real life and imagination
come into play when choosing my heroine. She is the story, so I have her and
the setting in mind before I begin.
5. Villains or villainesses or an antagonist, since they don’t always have
to be the bad guy or girl. They can be a person opposed to the hero’s or
heroine’s obtaining their goal. How do you choose one? How do you make them
human? Villains are easy to find. I watch the news and also remember who”
done me wrong” in my life. I love crafting them, giving them physical
characteristics, and little habits so readers can distinguish them from the
good guys.
6. What is your latest release? Deadly
Undertaking
Who
is the hero, heroine and or the villain? Lauren, the daughter of the
undertaker is the heroine coming home to help her father run the business and
help care for her mother who was stricken with Alzheimer’s disease. Gary, the
city policeman, is her hero. He loves Lauren deeply, but he can’t tell her
because she is already involved with someone else. And the villain? Ooh, the
villain cannot be revealed because it may ruin the story for the reader.
7. What are you working on now? Call me crazy, but I’m writing a
memoir about the year my husband and I decided to go into the floral business.
We ditched our safe secure jobs, packed up our one-year-old baby, and moved to
a small town eight hours from home and family to become business owners in a
business we knew little about. This decision was a major turning point in our
lives. And I can tell you, it was a good decision
8. How can people find you?
Connect with J.Q. Rose online
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8 comments:
HI Janet Thanks for hosting me today. I love talking writing!
Great interview. I always love learning more about my author friends. As for the book, Deadly Undertakings, well I had the pleasure of reading it and highly recommend it.
J. Q. Thanks for being my guest.
Roseanne, Thanks for a visit. What I find interesting is that everyone writes a little different,
If we all wrote the same, it would be a boring world. I'm a panster, tried outlining once and what a disaster.. There are no hard and fast rules in writing - well not many anyway.
Quite agree. I'm both a plotter and a panster. Going back and forth between the two styles in every book
Another interesting post from a talented author. The memoir coming up sounds good too, with an exciting change in lifestyle.
Trisha, Thanks for stopping by. Can't wait to read one of these books.
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