{"id":41151,"date":"2018-03-10T17:09:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/?p=41151"},"modified":"2018-03-06T09:30:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T17:30:18","slug":"author-interview-r-m-duffy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/author-interview-r-m-duffy\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Interview: R.M. Duffy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>About the author:<\/strong><br \/>My love of reading started in elementary school. When everyone groaned about finishing their reading lists, I was already halfway through mine. It wasn\u2019t until I was about thirteen when I picked up my first romance novel. That was all it took. I was instantly hooked on the genre. My love for it grew so much that one day, many years later, I decided I wanted to write my own stories. It has been one crazy, scary, rollercoaster ride, and I hope it never ends.<br \/>\nWhen I\u2019m not staying up until the crack of dawn writing, my husband, three children, and I like to spend as much free time as we can outdoors. Whether it\u2019s going to parks, the zoo, or just hanging out in the driveway blowing bubbles, we always have a great time. And when we aren\u2019t hanging with the kids, my husband and I like to get out to see as many music concerts as we can. My love for music ranks right up there with reading and writing.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>What inspires you to write romantic fiction?<\/strong><br \/>I fell in love with the genre and when I couldn&#039;t find the book I wanted to read, I started writing. I love everything about falling in love from the fist glance, first touch, to the emotional attraction and then the physical.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about how you write.<\/strong><br \/>I write a lot in my head, lol! But when I can actually sit and get the words out, I like to sit at my kitchen table or stand at the kitchen counter.  I think it&#039;s so cool when an author posts their writing play list. I wish I could be that cool, lol! For me, it has to be absolutely quiet while I write. I need to hear what my characters are saying. And I&#039;m a panster through and through. No outlining from this lady! I think it&#039;s pretty amazing when authors can sit and plot out their entire book or an entire books for that matter. I just don&#039;t have the patience. When a story starts brewing, I just let the characters take me where they want to go.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you listen to or talk to to your characters?<\/strong><br \/>I absolutely talk to my characters! If they speak, I need to stop and pay attention. They are the ones creating the story after all.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>What advice would you give other romance writers?<\/strong><br \/>Write for yourself. The rest is a bonus.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you decide how to publish your books?<\/strong><br \/>I decided it was in my best interest to self publish. That was not a decision I just chose out of nowhere. I did the research and spoke to indie authors. After weighing the pros and cons, becoming an indie author was the best choice for me.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think about the future of book publishing?<\/strong><br \/>I have high hopes for the future of Indie publishing. I think it gives authors a lot of freedom to express themselves.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which romance sub-genere(s) fit your stories best?<\/strong><br \/>Humor, suspense, paranormal (2018)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>My books are available in the following formats:<\/strong><br \/>eBook, Print<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wr-subheading\">Find this author on:<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;text-align:center;width:100px;margin:auto;padding:10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/kindle-dbs\/author\/ref=dbs_P_W_auth?_encoding=UTF8&amp;author=R.M.%20Duffy&amp;searchAlias=digital-text&amp;asin=B01N4N3LL8\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"link-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/amazon.png\" alt=\"Find this author on Amazon\" width=\"50\" \/>Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;text-align:center;width:100px;margin:auto;padding:10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RMDUFFYAUTHOR\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"link-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/facebook.png\" alt=\"Find this author on Facebook\" width=\"50\" \/>Facebook<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;text-align:center;width:100px;margin:auto;padding:10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RhondaDuffy6?s=09\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"link-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/twitter.png\" alt=\"Find this author on Twitter\" width=\"50\" \/>Twitter<\/a><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find this author on:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6751],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wantonreads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}