Finding Lucas

1. What type of books do you write?
I write women's fiction. Finding Lucas, my debut novel, is chick lit or romantic comedy. My second novel, Everything But, due to be released in late winter/early spring, is quite a bit more serious, and though there are some hilarious moments and the writing is fast-paced, it isn't a comedy.


2. What is the latest book you have written?
Finding Lucas, available as an ebook on Amazon, will be coming out in paperback very soon. After five long years of living with Derek, her former bad boy turned mextrosexual boyfriend, Jamie Ross has had enough of his sneering disdain for her unusual family, second hand wardrobe and low-paying job as the associate producer of Chicago's sleaziest daytime talk show. When her new boss plans a segment on reuniting lost loves, Jamie remembers Lucas--the boy she'd loved and lost ten years earlier. Spurred on by her gang of quirky friends, Jamie goes on a hilarious, disastrous and desperate hunt to track Lucas down. But will finding Lucas give Jamie everything she's looking for?

3. Is it part of a series, if so which one?
Not part of a series.

4. When did you start writing?
I have honestly been writing since I was old enough to pick up a pen and even sent my first manuscript to a publisher when I was ten years old. It was rejected, but a lifelong passion to write was born!

5. Why did you start writing?
I have always loved writing, but I started doing it seriously after taking a very cool course on imagination during my Master's degree. My prof asked us to create a character, and I conjured up Wanda X, a leather loving fetishist. I had so much fun creating her that I decided to sit down and write a novel (not about Wanda X). I haven't stopped since.

6. Who are your influences?
I have so many. Ernest Hemingway has always been one of my favorite writers, but in my genre, I love Emily Giffin, Jennifer Weiner, Jane Fallon, Wendy Markham, and of course, Helen Fielding.

7. What can we expect from you in the near future? Book signing events, other details
The paperback version of Finding Lucas should be out within a month, and I will definitely do a giveaway and launch. I'm working hard to finish Everything But, and it's the story of Maddy Taylor, a woman who never wanted kids...until she does. But, her husband isn't quite on the same page. Maddy desperately tries to save her marriage and have a child, but trying to have everything might make her lose it all. Will Maddy always have everything but?

Also, I have a blog, please click on this link to see more details click on this link. Usually, I post writings´ of my life and whatever else is going on, I run seasonal series on different topics. I've had some amazing authors write guest posts on their self-publishing experiences, and I'm just finishing up a series called "Second Time Around" with authors writing about the process of penning their second novels.

Don´t Judge a Book By Its Magic

Don´t Judge a Book By Its Magic is Book 1 of The Convergence series.




Synopsis:

I’m a normal girl. I am. I love shoes, fragranced body care, and hair products. I love all the chick flicks that have come out in the theaters in the last 2 years (and a lot of the old ones) and I obsess about my wardrobe. I respond positively to most of the marketing directed at females in my age group.

My name is Colleen Underhill, and the only abnormal thing about me is that I just discovered I am, or I transformed into, a magician; not the disappearing bunny kind, but the power-shooting-out-of-your-hands kind of magician.

My problem now is that I do NOT believe in magic. Well, I believe in it. I have seen it shoot out of my own hands, but I oppose it in a moral sense; no hexes, no spells, no incantations, no potions, no amulets, no tomes, no casting circles, no eye of newt, none of that. I have to be very clear because people pressure me about it. Whatever they say about “how it’s done,” this is a morality issue for me and I will not cave in to their pressure.

But what do I do now?

Mark the date on your calendar for Don’t Judge a Book By Its Magic’s Virtual Release Party Oct 26th-28th!

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Definition of being a Mother

I remember when I had my first son. My first thoughts were what is all the fuss about. When I was younger the number of children I wanted changed from 6 to 0 as I grew older. For the simple reason, I looked at some mothers and they looked like they had been in World War 2, eever since they started having children. Their children, looked like they lived in palaces. When he was a baby, I recall, getting him ready, feeding him, bathing him and thinking this is not so hard. I could take him out to the park all day, and go clubbing all night. Life seemed too good. There were these constant debates in the media, whether, it is better to be a stay home Mum or go to work etc. Unfortunately, I never had the choice. The day it hit me, the Definition of Being a Mother, was when I was preparing him to go to school, and I had not enrolled him in any school! I thought I was all prepared listing him the year before the school year. There were Mum´s that had listed their child since they were pregnant. My first thought, what was I doing? And it was too soon, then? I was enjoying him and my life was fine, so why stress myself so early for no reason. From that moment onwards it was a constant struggle, not only for schools, but life in general. This is when I felt "Motherhood". This is when I began to question, my role as a mother. This was the time I had to think about his future, and how he would get there. Morales that I had to install in him, influences and choices I had to make for his life. Before, he went to the park and played with anyone. Now, I would watch him hanging around certain people and think, I do not want you to be my son´s friend. I never understood, why mothers felt the need to go back to work when their kids started school. I felt this was the time they needed to be there, not only because of the school hours, but simply because this is when the real hard work began. I would like to know other person´s thoughts and If they can relate to this day, i.e. when the definition of being a mother or father began for them………………… THE HIGHS, the lows, The Inbetweens, now on sale at Amazon, click this link to purchase

Carnival

Carnival

Our love was like a carnival
So bold, so bright - so brash
And ended like a carnival
In penitence and ash.

I danced all night at carnival
Now morning comes - I must
Walk soberly to early mass,
Remembering all is dust.

--Tina Rath

Never wrote this poem, but am absolutely in love with it........

Decisions

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Decision to be educated, based on the fear of being illiterate.

Decision to speak, based on the fear of never being heard.

Decision to hate, based on the fear of learning the truth.

Decision to be a friend, based on the fear of being ignored.

Decision to be a mother, based on the fear of not being in control.

Decision to travel, based on the fear of being ignorant.

Decision to swim, based on the fear of drowning.

Decision to be happy, based on the fear of a life of unhappiness.

Decision to sing, based on the fear of living in poverty.

Decision to marry, based on the fear of eternal solitude.

Decision to drink, based on the fear of remembering.

Decision to write, based on the fear of never expressing one´s fears´.