Author Interviews

Author Interviews

Please enjoy this collection of interviews from authors in the romance genre. They have graciously shared with us tips and insight into their personal writing process. This is a wide range of authors with different backgrounds and stories to tell.

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Author Interview: L. P. Peace

About the author:Lucy is an all-round nerd with a life-long love of mythology, fantasy and science-fiction, throw in a happily-ever-after and she's a happy customer. When she's not reading or writing about alien males and the human women who love them, she's spending time with her husband and three cats in their Derbyshire home. What inspires you to write romantic fiction?It's not just the fantasy of it, though that is a compelling reason to write and read romance. For me, it's the science fiction part of it. I'm not saying I'm fed up of human men, I'm very happily married ...

Author Interview: Frank Noir

About the author:Frank Noir grew up in Denmark – in the age of complete legalization of all pornographic material. Now living in Berlin, Germany, he has published three novels, two novellas and five collections of short stories – all within the genre of explicit, slightly taboo erotica. What inspires you to write romantic fiction?My ideas generally come to me in one of two ways: Either an idea just pops into my head. And that can either be turned into a short story or become the starting point for a novel. Or – if that fails to happen – I deliberately ...

Author Interview: Chantal Bellehumeur

About the author:Chantal Bellehumeur is a Canadian author born in 1981. She has 18 published books of various genres as well as numerous short stories, memoirs, poems and articles featured in compilation books, eMagazines, plus a local newspaper. What inspires you to write romantic fiction?I am actually a multi-genre writer. The type of story I decide to write in the moment depends a lot on my mood and what is going on in my life. Tell us about how you write.To be honest, I don't usually plot out everything ahead of time, nor create characters sheets. I have a basic ...

Author Interview: Patricia M. Muhammad

About the author:Patricia M. Muhammad is an American fiction author of crossover contemporary romance/science fiction, science fiction/fantasy, mystery and historical romance genres. She has currently written 20 novels. She is currently working on her next book manuscript. Before penning fiction, Patricia emerged as an international legal history scholar and academic author, focusing on human rights, international law and restorative justice. She has currently written and published a combination of 22 research papers and academic book reviews in these subject areas. Her work has appeared in the American University International Law Review, Columbia Journal of Race and Law, the Willamette Journal ...

Author Interview: Elizabeth Allison

About the author:Elizabeth Allison lives in London, Canada with her husband and their four children. She loves cupcakes, floating in the pool, hand-battered fish and chips, diet Dr. Pepper, and her dogs Mortimer and Mickey. She is meh about the cat. Elizabeth's second novel, "Emily's New Everything," will be published by Black Rose Writing in 2021. What inspires you to write romantic fiction?I didn't really set out to write romantic fiction as much as I just started telling a story about a younger me and the hopes and dreams that I had then, along with the belief in true love ...

Author Interview: Amy Watkins

About the author:Amy Watkins is an African American author who was born and raised in Washington, DC. She acquired a Bachelor of Science degree from Frostburg State University in 2002 graduating cum laude. She then obtained a Medical Degree from University of Maryland, Baltimore in 2007. She served as a physician in the US Navy for eight years being honorably discharged in 2015 yet continuing as a civil servant. She started writing as a hobby in 2005. In 2018, while going through several stressful events, she started writing as an outlet. That writing turned into the novel, “200 Letters” which ...

Author Interview: Lynn Rhys

About the author:Lynn Rhys is an up and coming author in the Romance genre. She is an avid reader and decided to take the leap into writing her own books. When Lynn isn't writing she is spending time with her kids and making sure to keep them busy. What inspires you to write romantic fiction?I love romantic fiction. It is my escape a lot of times into a different world. So when I decided to start writing, I wanted to write in the genre that I loved reading the most. Tell us about how you write.Majority of the book is ...

Author Interview: Azriel Hope

About the author:Azriel is a best selling author of several romance novels she has written as a ghostwriter for other pen names as well as a writer of young adult novels under her given name. An adoptive mother to two almost three gorgeous girls, Azriel balances her time between exciting or exotic places her mind takes her and scary things like elementary school, middle school and soon preschool for her teen, tween, and eventual toddler. She also spends a lot of time playing with her kids, dreaming and drinking wine. When she and her family aren't dancing, creating, or water ...

Author Interview: Vidisha Chandna Dua

About the author:Ever since she can remember Vidisha has been a daydreamer. She loves to travel, try different cuisines, dance, listen to music and most of all she loves to read. Vidisha took a break from work when her daughter was born. Her life changed when she took her daughter to her first dance class. She had an hour to spare so she started writing a story and then there was no looking back.With life experiences from the Middle East, Scandinavia, Australia and India, Vidisha weaves an emotional and romantic journey for her characters. She has always believed that if ...

Author Interview: Dan Lawton

About the author:Dan Lawton is an award-winning literary suspense, mystery, and thriller author from New Hampshire. He is an active member of the International Thriller Writers (ITW) Organization. His fifth novel, The Green House–a Bronze Medalist in the Adult Fiction E-Book category for the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards), a finalist in the Fiction category for the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, and a finalist in the Mystery category for the 2020 Book Excellence Awards–will be released on 7/30/20. Dan's fourth novel, Plum Springs, won the 2019 New Hampshire Writers' Project Readers' Choice Award for Fiction. His ...

Author Interview: J. Garcia

About the author:J.Garcia is a new erotica author on the block. Her stories conjures the fantasies we all want and need to life. Her sultry/complex characters, fun plots and blazing erotic scenes will leave a reader, just like her protagonists, satisfied and begging for more. She has over ten title published on various platforms such as, apple, B&N, google play, amazon, lulu, kobo etc.. What inspires you to write romantic fiction?Simply my love of romantic fiction. Tell us about how you write.What I can tell you is that I always love using a creative premise and a hot sometimes intense ...

Author Interview: WS Carmichael

About the author:WS Carmichael is the author of the Laurel Creek series, attempting to write the world into romantic bliss one novel at a time. Based in upstate NY, she travels as often as her hectic schedule will allow. When she isn’t busy writing, she’s a mother, nurse and avid sportswoman. WS Carmichael fell in love with romance at an early age when she would sneak Harlequins from her mother. A voracious reader, she eventually made the jump to writing. Writing is her passion and she’s always jotting down new storyline and character ideas. Often, her characters take on a ...