What Were You Before
Day 1
1. What were you before you became an author? Did this
influence your choices as a writer?
Before I was a writer, I was a reader, and this has
influenced me enormously. Being fortunate enough to have an older sister who
loved to read and who took me weekly to our local library, I learned at a young
age to enter that world the author had created for me and become lost in a
story. There was only one problem—when a story I loved came to an end, I wanted
more, longed for more, and imagined more. By third grade, I figured out that if
I wrote the story, it could go on for as long as I chose.
A little of all the stories I loved and the beautiful words
that went into them became part of me and encouraged me to form ideas and
worlds of my own. At a very fundamental level, we are what we read!
2. Are you genre specific or general? I don’t mean major
genres but subdivisions of romance, mystery or paranormal.
I tend to be what I call a genre-hopper. I’ve written a
variety of major and subdivisions of various genres, such as Western,
Victorian, Highlander, Viking, Steampunk (all subdivisions of Historical
Romance) and Contemporary/Rom Com. I think I do this because I begin feeling
stifled if I write the same genre over and over again. Then the words don’t
flow, so I begin something fresh. My latest release is an American Historical
Romance, also a division of the Historical Romance genre.
3. What is your latest release?
My latest release is an American Historical, Slow Train to
Nowhere: Sean. This is the first in a series of four books telling the stories
of five children who came west on the orphan train in 1860, and ended up in the
fictional town of Clabber Mills, Indiana. The stories take place when the
children are grown, and show how they deal with the scars left by loss and
separation, and of course find hope for their futures. Here’s the blurb:
When Sean Hussey returns to the town where he lived as a
boy, it’s with revenge on his mind. He’s made a success of himself out west and
intends to get even with the farmer under whose thumb he once suffered. He’ll
show mercy only to the others who shared his fate in days gone by, especially
sweet Jenny whose memory he still cherishes.
Sarah Rupert hasn’t had it easy growing up as a girl from
the orphan train, and as a survivor of shocking abuse. Since the death of her
husband, she’s had to support her young son by dubious means. When Sean Hussey
comes back into her life it’s a miracle, because he’s the boy she always wanted
for her own. Trouble is, Sean just may be in love with another woman.
4. What are you working on now?
I am currently working on a Historical Romance series set in
the ancient Celtic world, which is one of my favorite places to be. I’ve delved
way back to Ireland in the first century AD for the first book. The other four
will be set in various ages of historical Scotland.
5. Does your reading choices influence your choice of a
writing career?
Absolutely. I love to read far and wide, everything from
Historical Fiction to Romantic Suspense, to Urban Fiction, to Mystery, to Young
Adult. I even enjoy a good biography from time to time. What I’m reading at any
given time depends on the mood I’m in. Since I love to write far and wide also,
I do believe there’s a connection.
6. Where can we find you?
Author Web site: www.laurastricklandbooks.com
Author Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000002632317
Author Amazon page: http://www.amazon.com/Laura-Strickland/e/B001KHSACW/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Author Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/760146.Laura_Strickland
Author Twitter:
Laura Strickland Author @LauraSt05038951
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurastricklandauthor/
BookBub author page https://www.bookbub.com/authors/laura-strickland
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