Monday, October 26, 2009

Saturday, October 24, 2009

An Interview with TWRP author Lynn Romaine

Welcome to my interview with Lynn Romaine. Just last week The Wild Rose Press released Lynn's eco-suspense/romance novel Long Run Home. She has taken a few minutes today from her busy schedule to answer some questions a;;owing us some insight into this very talented author.

Hi Lynn,
Personal:
1. Describe your writing space. Do you have an office? How is it decorated?
(does this count as 1 question?????) I have three computers - two for work work and one for writing and email - they're in my living room - my writing space. I like everything in the same place basically - It has a bunch of CD's, a bunch of my favorite books, my lounge chair for taking a break, my TV and a wood burning stove. It's very nice and cozy - I like cozy.
2. What do you eat or drink, nibble or sip while writing? Usually coffee and chocolate (yes, I indulge a lot)
3. What music inspires your writing? A particular artist or group...specific song/s? If I'm writing suspense which I do 50% since I write romantic suspense, I like jazz or blues; if I'm writing romance part, I might put on something soft but don't like lyrics with the music - but Joni Mitchell gets me in the mood to write.
4. What does your writing schedule look like...or are you a 15 minutes here and there writer? When I'm writing, I try and write a chapter a day rough - perhaps 10 pages - if I'm editing, I try and do a chapter every two days - I don't usually mix editing and writing - I may write for a year straight and then edit for the next six months.
5. Do you have a family? and how do you handle interruptions? I don't have family at home any more but I have many accountabilities - boards, friends, and other constant interruptions, plus ten yahoo groups and other lists. I get interrupted all the time but I'm persistent in my writing so that's how I handle it.
6. Do you wear anything special while you write? Comfort clothes? No - whatever I am wearing for the day.
7. What do you daydream about? I get my stories from daydreams - since I was five, I've had ongoing stories running in my head - I switch every year maybe - but that's how I get my next book going.
8. Do you play any computer games when you're not writing? What game? No, I gave up computer games when I found writing.
9. What is your all time most favorite movie? Probably Jane Austen's Persuasion filmed by the Royal Shakepearian theater. TV show? Probably CSI Miami or SVU where I get a lot of my more gruesome ideas. Book? Tami Hoag books. Holiday? Christmas household chore? Hmm - does anyone have one? I don't.
10. Of what FIVE personal accomplishments are you most proud? 1) Writing and getting a contract on my first fiction book written in six months. 2) Raising an amazing daughter whose life is committed to making a difference helping young traumatized girls. 3) Transforming my life from someone who stuttered and wanted to hide out in life doing jobs that required no talking to someone who speaks at events and even has taught. 4) Getting a bachelor's and master's degree when I was over 50. 5) Having an amazing relationship with my ex-husband who is my best friend.

ABOUT Long Run Home your recently released novel. (CONGRATULATIONS, by the way)

1. What characteristics, if any, do you and your heroine Samantha Neally share? The good characteristics we share are courage and endurance. The 'bad' one so I've been told by my editor and a recent review, is her lack of outward emotional expression - I'd call it stoicism - not the best trait perhaps in a romance heroine but I like it.
2. Did you base your hero, Joe Roper, on someone you know, a celebrity, or pure imagination? A mixture of men I admire plus a few I've seen walking down the street.
3. Do you have a critique group/ or friend with whom you brainstorm? I'm a member of womens writers exchange - a group spread around the US and Canada - about ten of us ladies writing various genres from romance to womens lit to literary
4. What message are you sending to your readers about the environment? I'm interested in having the reader be aware of the earth and the challenges without preaching about it.
5. Why did you choose a desert setting? I flew over Nevada fives times and felt a longing to be there so I did a five day research trip there, not knowing I was searching for a place for my story.
6. What scene was easiest to write? The scene where the FBI agent is tracking his prey, Sam Neally, in the tacky grocery store in her small indian reservation town.
7. Which scene most challenging? The sex scenes - making them work for my editor
8. What is the title of your current project? The Reckoner. (I'm editing Night Noise as well, an ecosuspense book that takes place in a steel town on Lake Michigan).
9. Can you give fans a glimpse into the story? The Reckoner takes place in Manitoba, Canada and is about a girl who, in defense of her older sister, murders two men. The story opens with her trying to reconcile her adult life to that of a young girl who did murder. It's a love story and a story about atonement.
10. Is there anything I neglected to ask that you would like me to mention? I am committed to supporting young women finding fulfillment in their lives by contributing to the earth. My organization I started to support this is Red Pants For The World and our current projects are raising money for young girls in Afghanistan and starting writing groups for economically deprived girls in America.

BLURB......

SAMANTHA NEALLY is in hiding. Abandoned by her mother at eleven, she was implicated in an ecoterrorist firebombing at eighteen. Since then, she’s been living in the Nevada desert, lonely and afraid. But all that is about to change when undercover FBI agent Joe Roper turns up. He insinuates himself into her world and sends her to jail. Forced to turn state’s evidence, Sam goes to work with Roper. Laying a trap for her former friends, she’s unaware that the real danger to her life lurks in the desert, someone ready to commit murder to keep her quiet.

(344 pages) SpicyLong Run Home (paperback)


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Thursday, July 2, 2009

First Kiss

I love the moments before the first kiss. You know, the anticipation, when you know its going to happen, dream that it would happen, wish that it would happen, and then the almost touching of lips, when your breath mingles with his, and the energy arcs between the two of you like sparks of downed wires, and then the invisible pull that brings your lips together.
It's the first kiss. You know, the first kiss that lets you know that this is the one. The first kiss that makes you forget that you've ever been kissed before. The first kiss that as Sage remarks in my novel THISTLE DEW, "could be the trigger that started global warming."
It's the fall-in-love kiss. It's heat brands soul to soul, heart to heart and in an honest world, it is forever. Relish the moment of your first kiss and keep the heat of it burning forever.

Share with me the first kiss that let you know that he was the one.

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About Me

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My first published romance, Thistle Dew, was inspired by the daily subtle signs my Bestemor(grandma) sends to me to reassure me that she is still present in my life. The comfort her spiritual presence offers me encouraged me to share with others the idea to become aware of little occurances that may very well be signs that because someone that loves you has passed on, they are still with you, protecting you, guiding you, loving you.