Today we're chatting with TK Lawyer about her books, so sit back, grab a coffee and enjoy
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1.
How did you know you wanted to
be a writer?
Well, it all started with me
screaming in the kitchen one day that there had to be something else in life
for me. No, seriously, this is
what actually happened. I am a
very passionate person and my full-time job at the time was boring, mundane,
and routine. I felt myself
withering away, literally, at my job and I was desperate, craving adventure,
anything to revive the passion buried deep down inside of me that was untapped
with my full-time job. Shortly
after my episode in the kitchen, ideas started coming to me and I wrote them
down. I can tell you that I never
pictured myself as a writer and had no inclination to be one but now that I am,
I have no compunction to stop.
2.
Tell me about your journey as
an author… where did it start?
It started with my
fascination with the idea of Angels engaging in normal human activities with
human beings. The idea of an Angel
falling in love with a human and dating them right here, on Earth, interested
me. How would they react to
certain situations, what would they do?
That’s how Jasper, the first book in the Guardian League Series, was
created.
3.
Are you a “plotter” or do you
fly by the seat of your pants?
Well~ I am a very spontaneous person so most
of the time, I ‘fly by the seat of my pants.’ I am not the type of Author that even writes an outline. Scenes from a book will come to me and
I’ll place them where I think would be best and after a while you have so many
scenes, that you now have a book.
It sort of all comes together.
4.
Where do you get your
inspiration from?
I’ve been asked this a
couple of times and I really don’t have an answer for it. I guess what keeps me writing is that I
truly enjoy writing, I love hearing from readers what they thought about my
book, and I have to keep writing because if I didn’t, life would be so
incomplete without it.
5.
What’s been the greatest
challenge in being a writer and becoming published? What lessons would you
share with new writers?
I would say the greatest
challenge is having the time to write, promote, market, blog and run a Street
Team when you also working a Monday – Friday, full time job. And throw in taking care of a family. It gets really hairy at times to keep
everything together and organized.
Small things like your
Publisher changing their publishing requirements and dropping all your books so
you have to find a Publisher in the middle of your normal, regular chaos you
deal with on a daily basis can be startling and devastating. I recently underwent this horrific
situation that totally threw me and my schedule for a loop.
The advice that I would
share is to always expect the unexpected because nothing is ever defined and
set in stone. The plans that you
have can erupt at any moment (like me having to look for a new publisher for my
book when I had a contract ready and set to go), so just take one day at a time
and make the best of it and be flexible enough to recover from setbacks in your
writing career when they happen.
6.
What are you working on at the
moment?
Currently, I am working on
a short story for an upcoming Valentine’s Day anthology for 2017. I am excited to be part of a chosen
group of Authors for this project.
I am also working on
finishing up the Guardian League series and am writing Aeron’s book (the 4th
Guardian Angel in the series).
7.
What should readers expect from
your books?
I am chuckling at this
question because the range of emotions my readers feel when they read my books
is astounding. It warms my heart
the reactions I get from readers who tell me they cried, laughed and even got
upset with some of my characters but despite all this they continue reading
because the books just somehow grab them.
The majority of my reviews are 4 or 5 stars. I will say that my Angel books are not your traditional
Guardian Angels. They are fun,
protective, and loving just like your traditional Angels but when they love,
they fall hard and love even harder.
If you have an aversion to reading Angels that share everything, even
intimacy with their chosen ones, then you will want to steer clear of my books
because for these Angels, it’s all about true love and sharing their love with
their intended.
8.
What’s on your bookshelf? Do
you have favourite authors?
Currently, I read a lot of
paranormal romance and some erotica but I’ve also read mysteries, romance and
even horror (one Author). My favourite
authors range from Dean Koontz, Linda Barnes, Lawrence Block to Eve Langlais,
Felicity Heaton and Jordan Summers.
I have just started delving into Elyssa Ebbott’s books and am in love
with her Shifters of the Primus series.
9.
And of your own books, which is
your favourite?
Hmmm… Wow, that’s a hard question because
each book has unique personalities and the themes they tackle and experience
are different but I would have to say one of my favourites is the second book
in the Guardian League Series, Centurion, expected to re-release in November
2016. Centurion is cocky,
incorrigible and a lot of fun. He
doesn’t want to be in a relationship with a human but he is smitten with April
and doesn’t know it. What he
experiences and goes through was a lot of fun writing and plus, he loves the
human beverage, coffee- I mean, what is there not to love about this guy?
10. If you could write in any other genre than your own, what would it
be?
Contemporary
Romance. I wrote a short story in
this genre for my self-published book, Angels and Diamonds called “New Home”
and I loved writing the story.
Author Name: TK Lawyer
Website: www.tklawyerauthor.wordpress.com
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Book Titles: Jasper, The Guardian League, Book One
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