Greetings! First I’d
like to take the time to thank Runére for tagging me so I could join in the fun
on this introductory blog hop. I can’t wait to read BLACK DOLL, the first book
in her New Orleans based ‘Silent Doll’
series, seven stories that begin with an anonymously delivered Voodoo doll!
So, let me get to
these questions I was given.
1.) What
are you currently working on right now?
Well,
I’m finishing editing on the last few pages of my newest book, THE UNFORSEEN
RESCUE. I hope to have it ready to release around Halloween. Though each of my
books can be read as a stand-alone, my characters come from a central world,
interacting with each other in their own story. This newest one has a
connection to the main characters from FOREVER LOST, my first ebook, available
at http://www.amazon.com/Forever-Lost-ebook/dp/B007COU8I6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380577433&sr=8-1&keywords=Paula+Hardin , but it's also available on Barnes and Noble, and Itunes, and Smashwords. I have another book I’m preparing
to start edits on, hoping to have it ready for Heather Graham’s conference in
December. With two other stories underway, I stay pretty busy! Oh! I bet you’d
like to see the covers! Here they are for both books.
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3.) Why
do you write what you do?
Smiling
fondly. I owe it all to Christine Feehan. Once I started reading her books I
was hooked on the Paranormal genre. It started out as a joke, but while waiting
for her next book to come out, I
tried my hand at story telling. But as I began to write my first pages, to
build my characters, it quickly became real. Now I see my characters
everywhere. While cooking dinner, watching TV, talking to a friend, my mind tends
to go off and I’m transported back into my story. All I want to do is write.
That
time I first tried my hand at writing I thought I was doing good, but I know
now it needed work. I had not yet learned the craft. When she read my first
pages, she didn’t tell me how mangled my work was; instead she told me how she
loved this and that about my story. With her encouragements, it keeps me
inspired. She’s a Icon, a legend to me and all who love her work. Through the learning process and
workshops, I have come a long way. And if she’s reading this, I want to say
thank you. I love you beyond all the stars in the sky.
4.) How
does my writing process work?
After
deciding to write a particular story, I find names for my main characters, I
think about any habits they might have, what they look like . . . and write them down! I learned
the hard way when I forgot a character’s eye color about half way through the manuscript.
I find a personal habit, good or bad, to bring them closer to the reader. I do
all this while making primitive dolls. My love for the paranormal sneaks in
there as well when I occasionally create Witch and Mummy dolls. Hahaha! I sell them locally and online, with
some of the money supporting my writing by buying my promos, and covers.
I
tried to plot out my storyline, but lost the whole feel for the story. I don’t
know what happens, or why, but it does.
So I think I write by the seat of my pants . . .hahaha . . .
Well,
thank you for stopping by. It was my greatest pleasure to have you here!
Paula
Hardin
PS—I
tag April M. Reign and Tressa Messenger and Rita Bay. These ladies are great storytellers,
so come prepared to meet two awesome ladies!
