1. What were you in your
life before you became a writer? Did this influence your writing?
Before I was an author I was an international product
manager for a large US bank. One of my responsibilities was giving product
seminars for clients. I know I will be dating myself here but this was in the
days before webinars. I traveled overseas, conducted the seminar and afterwards
met with clients to close deals. To optimize on my airfare, my trips were a
minimum of two weeks. I usually traveled alone and met with my bank’s
in-country officer at their location.
I read on those long plane rides and found a book helped to
make eating alone more tolerable. I would stuff my suitcase with 6-8 romance
novels. They were quick reads and I would give them away when I finished them.
That’s how I got hooked on romance stories.
Fast forward to 2009. A good friend told me she was going to
write a romance novel and I volunteered to brainstorm, beta read, do anything
to help her. Once we started I realized I had my own story to write. So we
decided we would each write our books and try to sell them together. She had
several other priorities. She was busy with training for the NYC Marathon and
looking at colleges with her daughter. So while she put her writing on hold I
continued to write and in four months I had 104,000 words. My first novel was
complete.
2. Are you genre specific
or general? Why? I don't mean genres like romance, mystery, fantasy etc. There
are many subgenres of the above.
Most of my stories are medieval romances. I’m
captivated by the romance of the time, the bravery of the knights and the
strength of the women. I’m intrigued with Scotland and the Highlands. My games
as a child were filled with castles, princesses and knights.
3. Did your reading choices
have anything to do with your choice of a genre or genres?
Before I started writing my go-to authors were Julie
Garwood, Jude Deveraux, Johanna Lindsey, Amanda Quick, Lynn Kurland and
Catherine Coulter. I loved Karen Marie Moning’s Highlander series. I also read
Clive Cusler, Tom Clancy, Dan Brown and Michael Critchton. What I write is a
cross between the two, a romantic adventure about strong women and the men who deserve
them.
4. What's your latest
release?
My latest release is KNIGHT OF RAPTURE. It’s the second book
in my Druid Knight series. For months Lord Arik has been trying to find the
precise spell to rescue his wife, Rebeka, but the druid knight will soon
discover that reaching her four hundred years in the future is the easiest part
of his quest.
Bran, the dark druid, follows Arik across the centuries,
tireless in his quest for revenge. He’ll force Arik to make a choice, return to
save his beloved family and home or stay in the 21st century and save Rebeka.
He can’t save them both.
Rebeka Tyler has no recollection of where she’s been the
past five months. On top of that, ownership of her home, Fayne Manor, is called
into question. When accidents begin to happen it looks more and more like she
is the target. Further complicating things is the strange man who conveniently
appears wherever trouble brews—watching her, perhaps even….protecting her? Or
is he a deliberate attempt to distract her? Rebeka can only be sure of one
thing—her family name and manor have survived for over eleven centuries. She
won’t let them fall… in any century.
5. What are you working on
now?
The working title of my new story
is Einstein’s Theorem. The story is about a woman who unearths Einstein’s
journal and the secret to time travel. Wrongly fired from her job as an
appraiser at the Boston Museum of Fine Art, she decides to test the theory by
going to Paris in 1892 to prove she was right. Her ex-finance works for CERN
labs in Geneva, Switzerland. An accident has happened with the atom collider
and a hole has been blasted into the fourth dimension. His job is to patrol the
mist between times and prevent time travel. What will happen when the
reconnect? Will they choose their mission or their last chance for a timeless
love?
6. Where can we find you?
When not
writing you can find me home in Teaneck, New Jersey, reading, cooking, doing
Sudoku and counted cross stitch. Together with my husband Paul, we enjoy
ballroom dancing and going to the theater. We have three grown children
and two grandchildren. We all thrive on spending time together.
It’s certainly a lively dinner table and I wouldn’t change it for the world.
Online you can find me
at:
Website: http:// www.ruthacasie.com
Email: mailto:ruth@ruthacasie.com
Personal Blog: http://www.ruthacasie.blogspot.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RuthACasie
FB Author Page: http://www.facebook.com/RuthACasie
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/ruthacasie/
YouTube: http://bit.ly/RuthACasieYouTube
Hi, Janet & Ruth!
ReplyDeleteHave to 'fess up, I clicked on this post because I misread one word in the 'tag' - I THOUGHT it read "Castle is up .." (as in "up for sale" LOL)
I don't think of myself as a Romance writer (though WhimsicalPublications [Florida] have decided to market my first book as a Romance!).
However, I love the mediæval period you describe (though I tend more to the Irish settings rather than the Scottish). Days of old,when knights were bold ... etc appeals to the boy in me: I refuse to grow up!
Thanks for a thoughtful and interesting blog!
Paul, Thanks for visiting though you did this by mistake. Hope you will visit again since there's something new happening every day.
ReplyDeleteNot entirely a 'mistake' Janet - I've looked in on "The Eclectic Writer" several times and ALWAYS found it interesting. I thin this is the first time I've left a comment, though! I should probably take the plunge and 'log in' as a member ..... :)
ReplyDeleteWould love to have you. Always glad to sahre with other writers. I've been in this business a long time. When your book comes out let me know and you can do a two day affair,
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