Friday Shari Elder is visiting and talking about Who She Was Before #MFRWAuthor #non-profit settings #science fiction #paranormal

 

I am thrilled to be visiting and have the chance to introduce myself and my stories. Let’s dive right in.

 

1. What were you before you became an author? Did this influence your choices as a writer?

 

Since my books still do not make enough money to support me, I still have my day job.  While I have held many titles throughout my career, my work has always focused on making places better, predominantly in non-profit settings. This type of work has usually included economic development, education, and community engagement – sometimes together, sometimes separately. My day job has not influenced my choices as a writer directly, although it has allowed me to write characters with less familiar jobs such as Chamber of Commerce President, Mayor, and University Professor since I have rubbed elbows with all of them in past jobs.

 

2. Are you genre specific or general? I don’t mean major genres but subdivisions or romance, mystery or paranormal.

 

I am genre specific, writing mostly science fiction and paranormal romance.  I have done one modern romance, but I enjoy world build so much, I definitely lean toward genres where I get to make up the rules for living and life.

 

3. What is your latest release?

 

My latest release is The Scent of Memory, Green Rising Book 2. As is common in science fiction, there are several corrupt intergalactic government-corporate alliances, and a rebellion brewing, which is what Green Rising refers to.

 

In this story, our heroine, Marisol, loses the love of her life, Aren, in a mining accident, and spends the next decade as a secret insurgent, because she believes sabotage by a corrupt intergalactic caused the disaster. She is bent on revenge, until a starship explodes in her planet’s airspace. Several cyborgs are rescued from the explosion, and it turns out, they were the miners from the disaster. Aren has come back to her, but with no memory of his past life.

 

 

4. What are you working on now?

 

Believe it or not, I am finishing up a short story for the 2021 Holiday/Christmas romance season.  Submissions are due by March for consideration. The working title is Candles and Honey Cookies:  A Hannukah Fable. I am also revising a future dystopia, which has romance elements, but is not a true romance and later this year, I will start writing Green Rising Book 3. 

 

5. Does your reading choices influence your choice of a writing career?

 

My reading choices very much influenced my writing.  Science fiction has been a constant in my reading life. Mysteries also dominant my reading list but I have yet to dip my pen into writing one. As for paranormal and romance, I have always cycled in and out of them—digging in deep for a while, then taking a break.  I am not completely sure why.

 

6. Where can we find you?

 

Web:                http://sharielder.com

Facebook:        https://www.facebook.com/Shari-Elder-Stories-541817856021514/

 

Twitter                        @ShariElderBooks  or https://twitter.com/sharielderbooks

 

 

Come visit. I’d love the chance to get to know you better.