Do you write a single genre or do your fingers flow over the keys
creating tales in many forms? - I have published over 75 stories and have
played with many sub-genres of romance. My first love is writing about cowboys,
either contemporary or historical. But I also have written a lot of
contemporary and medieval romances. And I have written about a pirate, a couple
of Regencies, sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal.
Do your reading choices
reflect your writing choices? Yes, although I also read mysteries.
Are there genres you
wouldn’t attempt? Not really. I just haven’t gotten around to trying them.
2. Heroes, Heroines,
Villains. Which are your favorite to write? - I like to write the heroines
best, mainly because I put myself in their place. While I write a story, I am
that woman.
3. Heroes. How do you
find them? Do pictures, real life or plain imagination create the man you want
every reader to love? Do they come before the plot or after you have the idea
for the story? - My heroes are created
before the plot. I start with creating the story title, and then the
characters, and finally the plot line that fits all of that. Because I’m a
visual person, I always have pictures of my characters to refer to as I write.
Pictures can come from stock photos, magazines, real life people, or wherever I
find them.
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? – As I said, I come up with the story title first and then the
characters. I come up with my heroine before the hero. Sometimes I come up with
the heroine and then her background and her goal. Those things will determine
what kind of hero she needs to butt heads with, to fall in love with.
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? – I don’t
normally have villains or antagonists that get in the way of my characters and
their goals. Most of my conflicts are between the hero and heroine, with some
side issues they have to face and conquer. – My three medieval stories, though,
did have villains. A good villain, in my opinion, needs to have strong goals
and fairly good reasons for them. Unfortunately he/she is dead wrong and the
hero and heroine need to deal with him/her and, of course, win.
6. What is your latest
release? Who is the hero, heroine and or the villain? – My latest release is
Trusting Love Again, a contemporary romance. The heroine (Toni) married the
wrong man in her youthful stubbornness and suffered an emotionally abusive
marriage until she found the inner strength to get a divorce. The hero (Chad)
had once wanted to date Toni, but waited too long and lost her. He married
someone else and they grew apart, and upon his divorce he found out that she’d
betrayed him by having an abortion. These two heart-wounded people struggle
with learning to trust again, and to love again.
7. What are you working
on now? – I always work on several stories at the same time. But the main one
I’m writing now is the sequel to Trusting Love Again. Corrupting the Sheriff is
the story of two people from the first one: Dakota and Alex. They had a single
date years ago, went their separate ways, and are now figuring out how to live
in the same town together. The attraction is intense between them, as is the
determination to fight it, particularly from Alex’s side. He has come up with a
list of Wife Qualifications and Dakota doesn’t fit any of them.
8. How can people find
you?
Website: http://starlakaye.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/starla_kaye
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/starlakaye/
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Starla-Kaye/e/B002ZH8K3U
Goodreads Page: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5494986-starla-kaye
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