- What is
your “day” job if you are not a full-time author?
Most recently, I was a lab assistant at a medical
testing facility. I organized urine and fecal samples. (No, I’m not kidding.)
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If you wrote a book about your life what would the title be?
Maybe something like Take a Gamble. I feel like
that’s the one lesson that keeps coming up again and again. Take a risk,
approach that girl, go for your dreams. You never get anywhere until you take a
chance.
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What is the hardest thing about being an author?
The hardest thing about being an author is
visibility. As an obscure author, there are few bloggers and readers willing to
take a chance on you. Which is why I am grateful for the ones that do.
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What is the best thing about being an author?
The best thing about being an author is when someone
recognizes your talent. It’s very gratifying when a reader enjoys what you have
written and posts a glowing review.
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Have you ever been starstruck by meeting one of your favorite authors? If so
who was it?
I have never met any of my favorite authors. But I
think I would like to meet Victoria Schwab. I just recently read A Darker Shade
of Magic and some of her lines are so beautiful I wanted to cry. They weren’t
just beautiful but effortlessly beautiful. I want to kiss her feet and the
ground she walks on.
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What book changed your life?
The Lord of the Rings series most definitely did it
for me. I was inspired by the vivid world that Tolkien created and all the
magic and cultures within it.
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What were some of your favorite books growing up?
Some of my favorite books were the Lord of the Rings
series, Harry Potter, and Animorphs.
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What books are currently in your to be read pile?
Books that I want to read include: Scythe, The Turn
of the Key, The Cyborg Tinkerer, The Immortalists (currently reading), and maybe
The Mortal Instruments series.
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Which do you prefer ebooks, print, or audiobooks?
I prefer paperback books. They’re much easier to
handle and my eyes don’t get strained as easily.
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If you could live inside the world of a book or series which world would it be
and why?
I’d like to live somewhere in or near Diagon Alley.
It would be fun to explore all those magical shops and plus, nothing really
tries to kill you like in Westeros.
Christian Cura
Excerpt:
“Guys. We’ve
just been spotted,” Kara called over their skirmish.
The bickering
halted as the two women swiveled their heads, looking for the threat.
Four reptiles
exploded out of an alley and scrambled across the brick facades as “Another One
Bites the Dust” played in the background.
“Shit!” Selene
shouted. She stomped on the gas pedal, but the jeep barely accelerated.
“The food is
weighing us down!”
Nora intersected
her fingers, spoke a magical word, and the food glowed with her purple energy.
It lifted off the floor a few inches and the jeep sped up.
Wind blew
through the open cabin while the demons gave chase.
Kara’s heart
pounded as malevolent creatures glared at them from above.
Their muscular
legs sprinted over the windows and ledges, their long tails whipping behind
them.
Selene veered
around a corner and the inertia knocked Kara into the door.
Another group of
lizards emerged onto the street and scuttled after the jeep.
Kara unbuckled
her seatbelt and stood up. Her clothes rippled in the wind and her golden hair
lashed against her cheeks. A set of glowing knives appeared in her hands and
burned like stars as the evening settled. She hurled a knife at the closest
reptile and buried it in the demon’s eye.
The creature
tumbled to the street and before it hit the ground, Kara struck down another.
One of the demons took the lead on the right and pushed off the wall.
The lizard
twisted its body and lunged at her with claws outstretched.
She gasped and
ducked beneath it and watched as it flew over her head.
It landed on the
opposite sidewalk and bounded after them. The creature dove for the jeep, but
she pierced its throat with a dagger.
She ripped her
knife free just as another demon dropped from the air and latched onto the
vehicle.
Talons raked
across Kara’s chest, and she cried out. She staggered backward and repelled it
with a rippling shockwave.
Warm blood
seeped through her sweater as she hurled a dagger at the falling demon and finished
it off.
Glowing serpents
leaped out of the front passenger seat and strangled two more lizards.
Kara struck down
the last demon just as five more lizards scrambled around the corner.
She let her
weapons dissolve and brought her hands together at her middle. She muttered a
magical phrase as the wind drowned out her voice. Her center of power roared
like a furnace and unleashed waves of fire that surged into her hands. A white
ball of flame appeared between Kara’s palms and she pushed it forward, unleashing
a steady stream of fire over the street.
The roofs of the
buildings were instantly ablaze.
Demons were
consumed by the flames and Kara watched as their fiery corpses tumbled through
the air.
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Thank you Roxanne for putting together my second blog tour!
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