Hi! Thanks for hosting me today! I’m so happy to be
visiting.
Day 1
1. What were you before you became an author? Did this
influence your choices as a writer?
I knew in high school that I wanted to write romance for a
living so all of my day jobs were purely to make ends meet. They were usually
office jobs with some accounting tasks. All were very unglamorous. One was for
an HVAC company. Another made stair parts and another made insulation.
I wrote for our local paper for about a year, which I
enjoyed, but I wanted to write romance so journalism didn’t quite scratch the
itch. I was a wife and mom through most of that so that was also a big part of
my identity and impacted how much time I was able to devote to writing.
2. Are you genre specific or general? I don’t mean major
genres but subdivisions or romance, mystery or paranormal.
I like to say I write anything, so long as it’s romance.
That’s usually my rule around reading, too.
I prefer to read and write hotter books. I mostly write
contemporary, cis-het romance—lots of billionaires and virgins, lots of small
town romance. But I’ve also branched into historical and erotic romance with a
broad spectrum of diversity. I’m currently working on a romcom and really
enjoying it.
3. What is your latest release?
On March 5, I released the first in my Raven’s Cove trilogy,
called Marrying the Nanny. The initial concept was Three Men and a Baby
on an Island.
Three half-brothers are forced back to their childhood home
at a fly-in fishing resort on the west coast of Canada where they take custody
of their infant half-sister. They’re estranged and the resort has fallen into
disrepair and they are completely ill-equipped to look after a baby.
It’s funny and angsty and sweet and loosely based on a real
island where my cousin worked for 20 years. The setting is stark and beautiful
and I *love* a tiny town where everyone knows each other’s business.
4. What are you working on now?
My next Harlequin is due at the end of May. It will be my 61st
and so far I know the heroine is a housekeeper, but it’s still January as I
write this. I’m sure a suitable hero will show up soon.
I’m also working on self-publishing another historical
romance, The Saloon Girl’s Only Shot, but I’ve been crunched for time.
5. Does your reading choices influence your choice of a
writing career?
I think it’s the other way around. I’m careful what I’m
reading, depending what I’m writing. I love Harlequin Presents, but I can’t
read it while I write it. I wind up second-guessing myself a lot.
When I’m working on a historical, I read a lot of nonfiction
for research.
I don’t devote nearly as much time to reading as I should.
In those busy, pre-published days, if I had time to read it meant I had time to
write so I learned to go to my desk instead. Now I’m a bit of a workaholic and
mostly read on the elliptical at the gym which is only twice a week.
6. Where can we find you?
At my desk or the gym! Kidding. Please visit my website at: https://danicollins.com
Better yet, join my VIP list and you’ll receive a welcome
sequence that includes five free samples of my writing, two full-length novels
and three short stories. https://danicollins.com/vip/
You can also find me on social media, but I try to limit my
time there:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/DaniCollinsAuthor
IG: http://instagram.com/danicollinsauthor
TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@danicollinsauthor
X: https://twitter.com/DaniCollinsBook
BIO:
Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling author Dani
Collins thrives on giving readers emotional, compelling, heart-soaring romance
with laughter and heat thrown in, just like real life. While she is best known
for writing contemporary romance for Harlequin Presents and Tule Publishing,
she also writes historical and erotic romance. When she’s not writing—just
kidding, she’s always writing. Dani lives in Southern BC, Canada with her high
school sweetheart husband
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