What is your genre? My genre is romantic fiction, and RomCom.
What is your latest release and what inspired you? With my latest release, A Redhead in Tottenham, I am a supporter of the Tottenham Hotspur Club in the English Premier League. I mixed that passion with one of my favorite movies, Heaven Can Wait, and came up with a story about a pro soccer player in the MLS who is mistakenly brought to Heaven, then comes back to life as the loathed owner of the Tottenham Club. There he meets a female soccer player who plays for the Tottenham womens team, which kicks off an enemies to lovers story.
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How long have you been writing? I have been writing as long as I can remember. Even in Third grade, I remember the teacher asked us to write a story, so I wrote a story about what was going on in the classroom. I got serious about writing in the early 2000’s, and finally put it all together in 2019 with my first book.
Who are some of your favorite writers? I am a huge fan of Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. The reason why is because they wrote about life, and the way the world rolls out for everyone. My favorite books are The Old Man and the Sea and The Great Gatsby.
In the Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway wrote about how we all grow old, and lose the greatness we had in our youth. But for one day, the man was able to recapture those days and relive them, for only a short time. I think that story resonates in all of us since as we age, we lose some of the greatness we once possessed. However, there are times when we all can have one day in the sun.
In The Great Gatsby, there is a similar theme about how sometimes in life, we look back because we want to recapture our youth, and the things in it. But sometimes, they are behind us for a reason, and in Gatsby’s case he ignores this, and in the end, his dream eludes him. But the last page of the story, Fitzgerald writes that we all are not going to live forever, but what’s important is that we keep moving forward, and live life to the fullest and the best we can before it’s over.
Where do you prefer to write? I have a writing room, which I call The Hemingway Room. I have all my books and bookcases in there, and also framed pictures of Hemingway for inspiration. I also find that when I have to take the car in for service, or drop the kids off for a practice or an event, I get a lot of writing done then. Nothing like being at Chick-Fil-A, Starbucks or Barnes and Noble to get the creative juices flowing!
What is your dream location for researching a book? If I could pick one place to research a book, it would have to be Paris, since that was where Hemingway got going as a writer. In fact, with my next release, one of the themes is the main character wants to go to Paris to find the missing Hemingway manuscripts, which were lost when his wife, Hadley, packed them all up to bring to him in Switzerland. They were stolen and have never been found. That would be quite a find if someone ever found what was in the suitcase, so I would love to go to Paris for real to see all the places he visited and wrote in.
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