1. What
were you in life before you became a writer? Did this influence your choices as
a writer?
I can’t really say I was a librarian
before I was a writer, because I was a writer or “book maker” from the age of six.
I was also a born librarian, but didn’t know it until I found out that looking
things up could be a real job. I’ve always loved research, and the skills I
learned as a reference librarian certainly help with that part of writing. I
was also lucky enough to be in charge of maintaining and developing the large
fiction collection in San Diego’s Central Library and initiating order lists
for the entire system. Reading book
reviews was a major part of my job, and perhaps that influenced my thinking
about what makes a good novel.
2. Are
you genre specific or general?
I think categorizing books into specific
genres is something publishers find useful, but as a writer I write the story I
want to write and worry about the genre later. I’ve written literary short
stories and novellas, romances, mysteries, suspense, even a few science fiction
and paranormal tales.
3. What
is your latest release?
The
Rebound Effect from the Wild Rose Press. It’s categorized as romantic
suspense, but one reviewer thought it wasn’t a romance because it didn’t have
an HEA ending. I think it does, just not the one the reader might have
expected. It’s a cautionary tale of love and betrayal, about a whirlwind
romance between a small town single mother on the rebound and a hunky SWAT
officer. And then there are the bodies buried at Big Devil Creek…
4. What am I working on now?
Guilty
Knowledge, a police procedural/interracial romance. I’m not sure yet
whether it will prove a good fit with the Wild Rose Press, but I hope it will.
It’s written from the POV of a black male police detective and since I am none
of the three, that was a particular challenge. I hope I rose to the occasion,
but the readers will have to decide.
5. Are you genre specific or
general? I don’t mean major genres but sub divisions of romance, mystery,
paranormal.
My published novels are romantic
suspense, but I think I’m open to anything if the story is compelling. I’ve
written shorter stories that might be considered sweet romance. Seventeen Days, my first Wild Rose Press novel, was classified as “vintage”
because it was set in 1991, but I’m not sure I would ever undertake a true
historical, although I would enjoy the research.
6. Did your reading influence your choice of a writing career?
Absolutely! I knew I was going to be
a writer as soon as I learned to read. That first book, a Dick and Jane primer,
so enchanted me that I read it to everyone in the house. including a captive
audience of kittens, and then I read it backward! The Rebound Effect is dedicated “To Dick and Jane, who first
ignited my passion for the written word.”
7. Where can we find you?
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/lgriffin08392487/
When I was a girl, I always wanted to be a Librarian. Great post.
ReplyDeleteInteresting post. What would we do without librarians? Good luck with your release.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Unknown and CB.
ReplyDeleteLinda, you remind me of my sister. She was meant to be a librarian, too. It's nice to see how your love of reading followed with you through your life. Best of luck with your book!
ReplyDeleteThank you! We are the lucky ones, the ones who find the perfect career.
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