Welcome Natasha Brown and her series today!

It is a pleasure to welcome author Natasha Brown and her books to my site today!

A Little about Natasha Brown:
Natasha was born in Nevada City, California. An only child, she used her imagination while exploring the forest surrounding her home. Her natural interest in fantasy ignited when her parents read 'The Hobbit' to her as a youth, and from then on anything seemed possible. Once awarded with a Hershey's bar 'the size of a Buick' in her High School English class for creative writing, her passion and interest in writing has never dimmed.
She now lives in Littleton, Colorado with her husband and two children.
I had spoken to Natasha about what it takes to write a sequel and she was sweet enough to do a guest post for us.

Guest Post by Natasha Brown:

The sequel of a story...
I have mixed feelings about writing a series. Don’t get me wrong, I truly love the magic of a story that twists, turns and grows with the characters. It is wonderful.
In my series, The Shapeshifter Chronicles, I always knew the story would span at least four books. The first novel I focused on character and relationship building. It’s more gentle and slow and I truly loved writing it. It helped me work through the stress of my daughter’s heart surgery that happened only a couple months prior. It wasn’t really written for other people, but for myself. I persevered and finished it 92k words later. Was it worthy of readers? Would people enjoy it? It seems the answer is yes.
That was only the first hurdle. As I neared completion of my second book in the series I worried that my readers wouldn’t be happy about the direction I was taking it. It’s faster paced and action packed, so in that regard it is different from the first novel. But the most important thing was – I liked it. I am excited about my own story. I’m writing what I enjoy. Do I still worry people won’t like it? Yes. First and foremost I need to be happy with it, but I do what I do to entertain people as well. The characters are like my own children. I care about them and I understand that my readers grow to care about them too. Because they bloom in the hearts of the readers there are certain expectations, which is similar to any story but when your readers follow characters from book to book, I think it’s more of a challenge to keep everyone happy. I have learned it is impossible to please everyone. But, that’s a good thing, right? If you’ve ever read the classic, A Wrinkle in Time, you’ve experienced a world where everyone’s the same and no one has freedom of will. I respect the fact some love romance, some love action or suspense. We are all different.
I love what I do. Creating worlds for people to live vicariously through is fun. Will I please everyone? No, but that’s okay. If I’ve made you feel something, be it happiness, frustration or excitement, then I’ve done my job. And I thank you for spending time with me and my imaginary worlds.

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I have had the pleasure of reading the first two books in her Shapeshifter Chronicles and not only have I listed the books, but I have given you my review for those two books too!

Fledgling - Volume 1

Set apart from other eighteen year olds, Ana Hughes knows she is different. A life threatening heart condition smothers her future and she yearns to feel normal. Her hopes are pinned on a
fresh start in a remote town far from her native Colorado. Among the locker filled hallways in Clark Bend High, Ana keeps to the shadows, not wanting to draw attention to her violet tinged lips and wilted silhouette. And she almost succeeds, until she meets Chance Morgan.
Struggling to keep up appearances, she soon suspects Chance is hiding something as well. His animal-like senses, miraculous healing ability and peculiar reaction to her Thunderbird necklace compels Ana to question if there's more to the stories about his Navajo ancestry. Without any other explanation, she fears he is playing tricks on her. But the truth may prove too much for Ana's delicate heart...

My Review: 4 Stars

A lover of paranormal I am and while not normally a fan of Young Adult, I took a chance and read this book. I am happy to say, I am glad I took the chance.
A very solid written book with descriptions that allow you to perfectly see the scene in the writer's mind and feel the emotions of the characters as they move through their story. The characters were believable along with even the paranormal aspects. The plot was deep enough to very much satisfy my mind and kept me guessing as to exactly how it would end.
While this book runs the lines of young adult, it is more of a cross over as the characters are becoming adults and the story will continue into their future. I also enjoyed the Native American ties to this book, as I have been a lover of that history for many years.
I look forward to seeing what Ms. Brown brings to us in the next installment of the Chronicles.
To purchase Fledging: Amazon  Barnes & Noble

Prodigy - Volume 2 - Just Released November 2012

In Clark Bend, Idaho, Chance Morgan’s dreams are haunted by the last moments shared with his grandfather. Memories of the fateful day when he died plague his thoughts, and without his grandfather’s council, his shapeshifting powers mysteriously fail him. Desperate to seek out a new mentor and learn more about the mystical world he was sheltered from, Chance must travel far from home to hunt for answers.
Eighteen-year-old, Ana Hughes has only known Chance for a few months, but he quickly found his way into her heart. Since being rescued from Chance’s power-hungry cousin, and coming back from death, Ana is unwilling to leave his side, and joins him on his quest to the Yucatan in search of a new mentor.
When Chance’s memories fall into place and reveal a threat from their past, Chance and Ana must fight to survive – or die trying.

My Review: 5 Stars

This book is a follow up book to Fledgling: The Shapeshifter Chronicles which I read and reviewed in February 2012.
Like the first book, this was a very solid story. The flow of the writing was smooth and concise, the plot line engaging and descriptive. The characters that I had really enjoyed in the first book were brought to life even more within this sequel.
The speed of the storyline was quicker than the first one and that was good for me. I read very quickly and I like my books to move just as fast. While this book is once again directed to young adult audiences, I felt it had enough bite to it to entertain the older crowd too.
The story deals with some real life issues about adjusting in real life and the paranormal world, and while we all want happy thoughts in books, seeing real life problems just makes it all the more believable in my eyes. I am always thrilled when a book doesn't end the way I thought it would and this one for sure did.
I very much enjoyed the next step into the saga and found this storyline even more pronounced then the first. Ms. Brown did a great job of taking you on an adventure without revealing all the final details until the time was right.
Well done, and I will continue to follow the Chronicles.
To Purchase Prodigy: Amazon   Barnes and Noble

Three Woman - Three Incredible Stories

Kandi, a young adult who is haunted by a past she doesn’t even remember – a memory that she has repressed – goes to college, expecting the best times of her life, yet finds herself being tormented by her Biology teacher.  She doesn’t understand why, so she finds solace in her best friend, Jimmy.

She loves Jimmy, more than anything.  They have been best friends for years.  He’s a cop, and she finds him extremely attractive in his uniform.  But, he’s overprotective.  Way too overprotective.  He won’t let her go anywhere without accompanying her, and she’s surprised that he allowed her to move to college without following her.  She doesn’t understand why he’s the way he is until the memory resurfaces.

Then, her entire world comes crashing down, knowing why her Biology teacher hates her.  She cannot bear the memory, and she wants nothing more but to repress it again.  She now must pierce her way out of the darkness.

 

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Jennifer Cruz Jones isn't exactly a criminal. She just made a few bad choices--lying to the police, withholding evidence, oh, and making sure her boss didn't recognize her as the girl who destroyed his life--even after a hot bit of tongue wrestling.

Believing herself unworthy of love, she hides behind her computer wizardry, incessant exercise and a new identity. A killer is after her and she can no longer hide. When she runs out of excuses and diversions, Jennifer risks her life and heart by exposing her darkest, most devastating secret.

She discovers that love is not true unless it knows the truth.

 

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Amanda so young, innocent and naive , finds herself moving from one emotional and abuse relationship to another as she enters into adulthood. When she meets Josh, she finally believes she has found true love, a man who will love her for who she is and protect her. Little does she know after only a few shorts years her world with spin out of control into an another emotionally draining abusive relationship.

Amanda denies what stares her in the face, like any victim she believes she deserves the abuse she receives.  Will someone finally be able to reach her and make her understand the direness of her situation before it is to late we find out whether she'll live or die? 

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Character Emily Evans from Run River Currents by Ginger Marcinkowski

Please welcome character 

Emily Evans

to our blog today!
She is the star of the book Run River Currents

Created by Ginger Marcinkowski

I'm welcoming Emily to the studio to day. From what I hear she is a very intense woman who can appear rather hyper at times. So let's welcome her and find out what her story is about. 

Welcome Emily!  Please tell us about Run River Currents.

I guess you know this is my story. I’m Emily Douay Evans, 27-year-old daughter of a father who sexually abused me as a child and a mother who really didn’t want the children she had. I’ve got an older sister named Stephanie and a younger brother named Darren.  

Ouch.... Don't even know how to respond after that quick introduction other than to say, I'm sorry.  Tell us more Emily. 

I got the phone call from my Aunt Carol, my mother’s sister, that Dad was dead. Not that it mattered. I hated him, hated what he’d done to me, how he ruined my life.   

He certainly did, if I were you, I would have felt the same as you. What about your mom?

Ma had died a couple years before I got this call. I’d stayed connected with her, if you could call it that even helped with her cancer care, off and on, right up until she went into the nursing home. 

But when I got that call, the one about my father, I can’t explain what erupted inside of me. I was so angry at the both of them. 

Understandable...

I’d thrown my husband, Aaron, out of the house again a few nights before the call. I’d practically cut off communication with Steph and Darren. I just wanted to be alone, wanted everyone out of my life once and for all. I didn’t deserve anyone’s love.

Hard to accept love when you are hurting deep inside....

So when the call came I had to go, to the funeral I mean.  Had to sober up before I could drive though.  Waited until almost everyone was gone then marched right in the side door of that church, walked up to his casket and punched that horrible man right in the face! 

You did not! lol.... Sorry - not funny - but good for you!

It felt so good at that moment, like a wave of joy had washed right over me, but by the time I got back in the car to go and join my siblings, some of the words my grandfather had told me about God when I was a child came into my head again. I tried to block them out, but I’d been hearing them more and more lately, feeling a tug on my heart when I’d all but forgotten I even had a heart.

God's words sneak into to us sometimes... that is good. 

On the drive from the church to my father’s house I saw the sign for Plaster Rock, my grandfather’s hometown, and the only place I ever remembered feeling safe. It only took a second to understand I had to go there. I just had to see if peace still lived there. 

Okay - so you went... What happened? 

The 60 mile drive took a lifetime as I wound through the birch-lined curves along the Tobique River. Scenes from my youth, both good and bad washed over me. The first time my father used me, summer camp, blueberry picking in the field behind Gramps house, the drowning of my best friend in the Tobique. I couldn’t tell you how many memories emerged on that ride, but I can tell you by the time I arrived, I knew everything, my hatred, my rage, everything, would end there, one way or another. 

One way or another? What do you mean?

I figured it was time to face the fact that I couldn’t live the way I was living anymore. So full of hate, anger and rage. I needed to let go and get on with my life or I needed my life to be over. 

I was afraid you were going to say that last part. 

So I went back to my grandfather’s town, Plaster Rock, and I faced my past head on. I wandered through town and visited the graveyard where I saw the graves of so many of those people I loved from my past. Then it dawned on me.  The Tobique River. The giver and taker of life. I’d seen a lot of people baptized there and I’d seen a few that the river had taken their lives. I jumped in my car and headed to the Anglican Church where the well trod path still made its way down to the red-soiled riverbed. I knew the answer would be there. With the words from the Bible my grandfather had repeated in my ears for so long, I waded in, not knowing if the Tobique would show me God’s grace or take my life.

Okay... that just brought chills to my spine!!!  Now I need to know what happens. Move, I need to get to my computer and order the book!  Give me one second.... okay there. Now that I have it downloaded to my Kindle, let me ask you a few more questions. 

We all want to be different, so what is the one thing you wish your creator had done differently with you?

I wish there had been more hope for me earlier in my life. I wish she could have shown a more playful side of me, the side so many others knew I had, even through the issues with my father. I used humor to fight the pain, but the author was too close to me, to close to the pain to share that with the reader. In my story she didn’t want to mask what she had masked for so long.

Good for her!

If you could have added something to the story, and your creator would have let you, what would that have been?

I would have added more of the truth, but she knew the reader would not have been able to understand how much she’d really gone through. Her limits were much stronger than my limits.

What do you love best about yourself? What do you like least?

I love that through Christ I was able to forgive, and that has not always been an easy task for me. I hate that I carried rage for so long and that I hurt so many people along the way. And I hate that I never felt loved by anyone.

Inspiring and heartfelt words...

What part of the book of the book was the hardest for you and your creator to work through?

I think it was the time I spent with my mother Maureen, at her apartment just before she died. I wanted to forgive her and I knew she was making every effort to show me she was remorseful for what had happened in our lives. Yet, through all of the little deeds I did for her, the things a “good” daughter should do, I resented her, resented that she hadn’t help me or protected me and I was angry right up until the moment I left her sitting alone. When I turned to say goodbye, I saw in her face she was begging for forgiveness, but all I saw was her regret in having children at all.

A hard memory to remember. I am sure that was difficult for you two to work through.

Is there a sequel? If so, what do you want to accomplish in the next book. If not, do you wish to continue your story?

There will be no sequel to this story. The story ended in my being able to let go and forgive my father, my mother and myself. It ends at the foot of the Cross and there’s no better place to leave my pain. If the author chooses to use my story again, it will be a story of joy!

Emily. Thank you so much for coming today and speaking with us. Your story is a very intense one that more people deal with then are thought too.  You and your creator are strong to write such a book. I am glad that you found your forgiveness... 

To Purchase Run River Currents

To Contact the Creator:

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/writer.Ginger.Marcinkowski/info

Website: http://www.noveltravelers.com/about.html

Blog: http://gingermarcinkowski.blogspot.com/

Twitter: @grm55grm

Welcome Darlene Jones for Mention Monday!

 It's Mention Monday! 
Today we have with us

Darlene Jones, Author of Empowered

Welcome Darlene!!

Tell us a bit about yourself: 

Do you work another job when you are not writing? 

Yes, playing with my granddaughter who is now 3 and it’s the best job I’ve ever had. 

What is your favorite thing to do when you aren’t writing? 

I love to body board and am lucky enough to spend 4 months in Mexico at a beach that is perfect for boarding. 

What is your favorite color? Why? 

Red, because it’s so dramatic.

What is your favorite season? Why? 

I love different aspects of each season – the color of fall leaves and the crisp air, the white winter wonderland, the vibrant green of spring, the warm summer sun, but I do admit that I don’t like the bitter cold of winter. 

If you could live anyplace on earth, where would it be? Why? 

Right where I am. I love my home on Vancouver Island and I love Canada. I’ve traveled a lot, but there really is no place like home.

If you could have any car, what would it be? 

A Nissan – top of the line. I have an older Nissan Altima right now. 

Tell us about your writing: 

How long have your been writing? Was it a dream, a goal or is it just a hobby?

 I’ve been writing for over ten years, but it’s only been the last 3 or 4 that I’ve worked at it more seriously with the aim of being published. 

How many hours a day do you devote to writing? 

Not as much as I would like, as marketing is a big job. Sometimes I don’t write at all, but then the muse hits and write furiously for days. I do a short blog bit every week – mostly humorous. 

Do you have a set routine or do you write when the mood strikes? 

I do have a routine for marketing and writing and I try to be consistent, but my mood definitely affects what I do when. Then of course real life gets in the way. 

Is there some place special you like to be when you write? 

Yes, at my desk which has views of the ocean and mountains. 

Do you listen to music or do you need a quiet place to write? 

I definitely prefer quiet. 

Tell us about your book: 

EMPOWERD is the second in the series. All of the books can be read as stand alones. A being from “out there somewhere” took over a woman’s life. Without revealing spoilers, I can only say that he’s a rookie and he messed up the first time, but his superiors have given him a second chance. It’s a love story (love triangle) set on Earth with a scifi twist that gives it added magic.

Where did the idea come from?

 LOL I had insomnia and played with the story line trying to put myself to sleep. It didn’t work so I started to write the first book. Originally I only planned one book. The story and characters took over and one has grown to four. 

Your other work:

Do you have any upcoming projects in the works or other books that have been published? Yes, to both. My first book EMBATTLED is out already and I hope to have the third, EMBRACED, out this fall. 

Where can readers connect with you?  

Website: www.emandyves.com

Blog: http://emandyves.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/EmandYves

Twitter: @darlenejones47

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=darlene+jones

 

Where can we buy your books? 

Amazon for print and Kindle and Smashwords for all other eReaders

AMAZON

 

Smashwords:http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/144851

Nicholas Masserman Sexy Character from The Apple Tree joins us today!

Please welcome character 

Nicholas Masserman

to our blog today!
He is the star of the book The Apple Tree

Created by Lynette Sofras

I'm a lucky girl... I just gotta throw that in there. As I'm sitting here waiting for my next guest to arrive, I stand looking out the window and holy cow!  This amazing blue Lamborghini pulls up out front. Now some woman aren't into cars, but I am! So when this freaking hunk steps out of the car, I don't know which one to look at more closely!!  Reminding myself I am a professional, I step away from the window and wait for him to come in. 

Welcome Nicholas! So glad you could join us! Nice car by the way.  Let's get started and tell me about this book you star in!

When I first saw Dr Juliet Sommerville in a friend’s garden center, she immediately intrigued me and I could see the interest was mutual. 

lol... I love when that happens.... Immediate chemistry! 

She mistook me for someone who worked there and I found her error amusing and delightful.  I should have set her straight from the outset, told her I was a rather high powered business man, not a humble gardener; but I couldn’t resist going along with the deception. 

Funny and kind of wicked... lol...

It seemed harmless enough and it provided me with a great excuse to see her again.  But deceiving her was my first mistake.  And sadly not my last.

Oh boy....

What I couldn’t know then was that she wasn’t the only one to be deceived.  The idyllic weeks that followed were the best of my life.  We were inseparable.   I thought I’d found my soul mate; she was everything I ever wanted, or so I thought.  That was before I discovered she was aka Juliet Gardiner – Mrs!  In my anger, I sent her away – refused to listen to her explanations.  I thought I knew myself.  But the pain of that discovery, not to mention the torment that followed it, was enough to change my life.  I had a lot of growing up to do that summer.

Growing up isn't always bad...

Juliet disappeared after an argument and I thought I’d lost her forever.  The hole she left in my life was too painful to describe.  Then in late summer, she reappeared, but with another man hot on her heels and she, too, had changed.  She’d experienced a life-changing trauma and I hardly knew her anymore.  Had our springtime romance meant so little to her?  Once we’d shared everything, now we couldn’t even share a full sentence.  We were like strangers.  Was there any way I could rekindle our springtime romance and prove myself worthy of her?

Sounds very intriguing!  Let me ask you a few more questions...

We all want to be different, so what is the one thing you wish your creator had done differently with you?

She should have given me a voice.  Instead she chose to write entirely from Juliet’s POV, while I stood around in silent anguish wanting to tell MY story!

If you could have added something to the story, and your creator would have let you, what would that have been?  

No one knows the torment I went through the night Juliet left and I really think they should.  Seeing events from Juliet’s eyes only made me look heartless.  I should have been able to put my point of view across.

What do you love best about yourself? What do you like least? 

I like to think I’m a good person and a loyal friend.  Other than that, I’m just an ordinary bloke.  I know I’m stubborn.  I thought my head ruled my heart and that I could rationalise love.  I really believed I knew myself and had to learn my lesson the hard way.

What part of the book was the hardest for you and your creator to work through?   

After the summer, when Juliet returned, we found ourselves often being thrown into each other’s path and it was quite painful at times.  You see we both had entirely the wrong idea about each other and just couldn’t communicate properly.  All my instincts told me to take her in my arms and tell her my true feelings - and trying to justify why I couldn’t just do that was not easy for either of us.

Is there a sequel for this book? If so, what do you want to accomplish in the next book. If not, do you wish you could continue your story?  

No sequel planned but I have been keeping an eye on reader’s comments and I know some of them want to hear more about us.  At the moment, Juliet and I are busy planning the wedding and I plan to surprise her with the most romantic honeymoon imaginable; perhaps afterwards I might insist on a sequel – but this time from MY point of view!

To Purchase The Apple Tree
 

To Contact Lynett Sofras

Blog: http://manicscribbler.blogspot.com

Twitter http://twitter.com/ManicScribbler

Facebook:  Lyn Sofras (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001863124526)

Goodreads:  http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5201058.Lynette_Sofras

Jonathan Gould joins us for Mention Monday!

 

 It's Mention Monday! 
Today we have with us

Jonathan Gould who is the author of
Magnus Opum

Welcome!!

Tell us a bit about yourself:

Do you work another job when you are not writing?

How should I put this? I regard fiction writing as my job. It’s just that at the moment, it’s not a particularly lucrative one. For that reason, I also have a “hobby” which pays substantially better. It involves writing content for online university courses. It’s quite an enjoyable and interesting hobby but it does take time away from my real job.

What is your favorite thing to do when you aren’t writing?

Thinking about writing. Well maybe not exactly. I do have a bit of an obsessive mind so when I have a story idea going, I get pretty overtaken with it. But otherwise, I have a pretty broad range of interests. When I can take time away from the afore-mentioned hobby, there’s lots of stuff I like to do. Sport and music are high on the list, but the main thing would be spending time with my family – so they can say “will you stop thinking about writing for a second?”

What is your favorite color? Why?

Green. Why? Because frogs are green and they’re my favourite animal. Why are they my favourite animal? That’s obvious – because they’re green and green is my favourite colour.

What is your favorite season? Why?

Definitely Autumn. The weather is great – not too hot or too cold. Plus the football is just starting and I love football. Though the way my team is going, maybe not so much at the moment.

If you could live anyplace on earth, where would it be? Why?

Anywhere there’s good food and good conversation and good music and a good book to read.

If you could have any car, what would it be?

One that got me where I wanted to go without breaking down. Cars to me are transportation – nothing more and nothing less.

Tell us about your writing: 

How long have your been writing? Was it a dream, a goal or is it just a hobby?

It’s something I always seem to be doing. When I was a little kid, I used to write stories – when my parents moved house a few years ago, they found them all up in a cupboard. I began thinking seriously about “being a writer” in my late twenties – not going to tell you how long ago that was. It’s partly a dream and partly a goal I guess. It’s something I love to do and something I think I’m reasonably good at so it’s worth pursuing.

How many hours a day do you devote to writing?

It’s really hard to quantify. After time spent on my “hobby” and time with the family, it’s about stealing whatever time I can. I tend to work in bursts. For several weeks or months, I can be amazingly productive, and then I can go for years without producing anything.

Do you have a set routine or do you write when the mood strikes?

As above, it’s really about when I can make the time. It’s also about having the brain-space to let the ideas come and the writing flow. With all the distractions in life, it can be hard to get your brain into that creative mode.

Do you listen to music or do you need a quiet place to write?

Definitely quiet. If I have music on, I start to tap my feet and clap my hands and sing along, so I won’t end up getting anything done.

Tell us about your book:

It’s a humorous fantasy. I like to describe it as Tolkien meets Dr Seuss. Just like in The Hobbit, it’s about a character who is kind of small and shy and not very bold at all, who goes off and has a big adventure in a world that is very different from ours, yet at the same time all too similar.

What is the name of it and is it part of a series or a stand alone novel?

It’s called Magnus Opum. At the moment it stands alone. Whether any sequels emerge remains to be seen, but I have no plans at present.

Where did the idea come from? How long did it take to write?

From a variety of places. Partly from reading Tolkien and other fantasies of that ilk and thinking it would be fun to try my hand at a similar sort of story. I especially wanted to try a different approach to epic fantasy. It seems like the same stock characters are always reeled out – wizards and elves and goblins and the like. I wanted to create a world populated by a bunch of totally different and new races.

How long it took to write is another difficult question. I wrote bits of it in bursts, then left it for quite a long time, then came back to it. All up, from beginning to publication, is probably close to 10 years.

Your other work:

Do you have any upcoming projects in the works or other books that have been published?

I have published two other books:

Doodling – the story of a man who fell off the world (because it was moving too fast). I like to describe it as Douglas Adams meets Lewis Carroll

Flidderbugs – a mix of political satire, fable, and funny little story about a bunch of bugs with some very peculiar obsessions.

As for works in progress, I’m currently working on a sequel to Doodling, tentatively titled Scribbling. There’s also a YA fantasy novel I’ve been plugging away at for ages which I really want to get back to. The tentative title is Beyond the Flame – and this is the first time I’ve actually announced that so there you go – you just got a scoop.

Watch a Video Trailer:

Where can readers connect with you?

Via the links down below – I’m easily tracked down, reasonably friendly, and I don’t often bite.

Website: Blog: http:daglit.blogspot.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jonathangouldwriter

Twitter: @jonno_go

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4747714.Jonathan_Gould

Where can we buy your books?

Amazon

Character Jan Weston Joins us today from Between Boyfriends by Sarka-Jonae Miller

Please welcome character 

Jan Michaela Weston

to our blog today!
She is the star of the book Between Boyfriends

Created by Sarka-Jonae Miller

Welcome Jan!  Wow... Love your hair cut!! All those layers look so cute in your blonde hair!  I'm so glad you are here today!  Have a seat and tell us about the story you star in!

Between Boyfriends is a story about how my jerk ex-boyfriend cruelly dumps me and I bravely soldier on.

Good for you!  Men aren't always worth it!

I realize that dating is insane. It never works out. 

Well sometimes they do....

Hearts just get broken and there are many more important things to worry about, like getting a job and paying for my apartment after my mother decides to no longer support me 
once I drop out of San Diego State University. 

Ouch! 

She doesn't understand that college is a waste of time. It's really hard and nobody gets a job. I started taking massage therapy classes because there is a much better chance of me finding a job after I graduate. 

Oh cool!  I love massages!

Life is a lot harder than I thought it was. Thankfully I make some great friends and figure out a way to pay for school. But I do miss my credit card.

lol.... I hear ya! Jan - Let me ask you a few questions...

We all want to be different, so what is the one thing you wish your creator had done differently with you?

She describes me as "mostly thin." Later on I get more fit, but couldn't she have just given me to body of a super model? Or at least make me a size 6?

We can all dream! If you could have added something to the story, and your creator would have let you, what would that have been?

A nice revenge scene where I go all Carrie Underwood on my ex's car would have been fun.

lol!  Baseball bat and all, huh! 

What do you love best about yourself? What do you like least?

I really love that I am changing. I used to feel crazy lonely if I was by myself for too long. I would freak out if my boyfriend wasn't calling me or if my friends weren't answering my texts. Now that I have more going on with my classes and I got back into playing tennis I don't worry as much that not everyone seems to like me very much. But that's sort of what I like least about myself too. I seem to rub people the wrong way and my boyfriends all break up with me no matter what I do or how hard I try to keep them. Even my parents don't like me very much and I can't seem to track down my grandparents. I'm an only child and I guess I wish I knew how to be more likable.

I bet you figure it out during the story! What part of the book was the hardest for you and your creator to work through?

Confronting my parents was the hardest thing. I've never been close to either of them and I'm kind of afraid of my mother. She's just really critical. But there were some secrets they were keeping from me and I had a right to know. 

Is there a sequel for this book? If so, what do you want to accomplish in the next book. If not, do you wish you could continue your story?

There is a sequel coming up soon. I get to go spend a semester in Thailand. Maybe I'll even get to start dating again. We'll see if I'm ready for it. 

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