Hi everyone!
I hope you all had a
wonderful Thanksgiving filled with family and friends, happiness and joy. I was
invited this week to take part in a blog hop called The Next Big Thing by Jill
Hughey. Her post is at http://jillhughey.blogspot.com
and she talks all about her current work in progress.
When she first asked for
volunteers, I wasn’t sure I wanted to do it...then...I thought to myself, who
doesn’t want to be the next big thing. It’s every author’s dream to hit it big
no matter what the venue. The whole point of this hop is to share authors with
new readers. At the end of this blog, there is a list of authors who are new to
many of you...but more on that later.
Here are the answers to the
interview questions for The Next Big Thing:
What is your working title of
your book?
My current work
in progress is titled A Viennese Christmas and it’s the first in my A Taste of
Vienna series.
Where did the idea come from
for the book?
I was trying to
find a way to learn more about the city I now find myself living in, Vienna,
Austria. All my friends told me I should be having a blast and I wasn’t. So, I
decided to start this series and I can say I certainly have a different eye for
the city now.
What genre does your book
fall under?
It’s going to
be a sensual romance, which is a departure from my normal erotic romance. The
characters told me they wanted things to be more private. I always listen to my
characters.
Which actors would you choose
to play your characters in a movie rendition?
Now this is
hard. The heroine would need to have an air of sweetness around her while the
hero would need a great smile. I think I’d pick Ginnifer Goodwin for the
heroine and Eion Bailey both of who are from the show, Once Upon A Time, my new
favorite.
What is the one-sentence
synopsis of your book?
Amanda Kranz,
alone in Vienna, Austria at Christmas, meets sexy historian Henry Wakeman, who
convinces her true love is real and within her grasp.
Will your book be
self-published or represented by an agency?
This one will
be self-published by my Shooting Star Books imprint.
How long did it take you to
write the first draft of your manuscript?
A couple of
weeks. It’s short...less than 20K...and I can do those fast.
What other books would you
compare this story to within your genre?
That would be a
hard one as I don’t compare myself to other writers much. I think each of us
have a unique style.
Who or what inspired you to
write this book?
I’d have to say
Vienna itself as I’m finding out things I never knew and at one point, I
probably wouldn’t have tried to find out about this fabulous city.
What else about your book
might pique the reader’s interest?
This book is as
accurate as I can make it and it’s told totally from an American point of view
by someone who is living there. It’s a nice little romance that fulfills the
hope each of us have for Christmas.
Now I have a special treat
for each of you...this is a squeee moment for me...here’s the cover!
Isn’t that just the coolest
thing you’ve ever seen? My cover artist, Su Kopil from Earthly Charms, is the
most amazing person. She got this one done much sooner than I ever thought. The
building in the background is called the Rathouse and it’s the home of Vienna’s
local government and it looks that amazing all lit up for the holiday season.
Now, it’s time to pass the
torch to the authors next in line for The Next Big Thing. Please drop by and
see each of them the week of November 26th as they give you their information
for their works-in-progress. Here’s there links to their blogs. Drop by next week
and see them when you can...I’ll be tweeting and posting them on Facebook when
they come out...thanks everyone! Help us all become The Next Big Thing!
Tyffani Clark
Adriana Kraft
Helena Fairfax
Margay Leah Justice
Thanks everyone for stopping
by! Next month I will have Christmas guests, a reveal on a couple more new
covers as well as some Christmas surprises. Please drop by and see
me...I think you’ll enjoy it!
Lynn
