Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I started writing when I was nine years old. It was all space travel stories back then; I desperately wanted to be an astronaut (and heck, I still do!). But in my middle teen years, I started reading a lot of fan fiction about my favorite bands, which prompted me to write my own romances featuring me and all the celebrity hotties I’d never get to meet. From there, it was just the snowball effect: I started querying agents and publishers around age eighteen (those stories were BAD! No wonder they were all rejected) and just kept writing more novels, querying more publishers, until one finally said YES in 2013. To date, I’ve published five novels, one novella, and three short stories. I’ve got many more in the pipeline!
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest release was MY LITTLE SECRET, an MMA novella that released in November of last year as part of a seasonal boxed set. I love writing fun, quirky heroines, so I took this smart-mouthed weirdo Sadie, and had her fall for her older brother’s arch nemesis. I love a good forbidden romance, made even better with sexy fighters!
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Nothing unusual; but I need QUIET! A glass of wine doesn’t hurt either.
What are you working on now?
I’m finishing up books #2 and #3 of the MMA series I started with Loose Id last year. BREAKING THE RULES came out in September, and I’m writing the stories of two other sexy heroes within that world. Book #2 is going to be particularly dark.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing! And be prepared to scrap the first couple of books you write. It might feel like the first one is the best, but the more you write, the better you get!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write the next book.
What are you reading now?
Lake and Manning, book #4 in the Something In The Way series by Jessica Hawkins!
What’s next for you as a writer?
Writing and more writing! I plan to finish the MMA series in 2018, and will also be continuing a rock star series throughout this year and next.
What is your favorite book of all time?
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Forever and ever!
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