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June 19, 2013
21/6/13!! Minnie Lahongrais will be joining me @KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour'. This is fun ;)!
My eighth guest this Friday, is the amazing lovely author, Minnie Lahongrais :) I tend to go on about supporting in my blogs a lot, and I do also thank the authors and friends who have been there for me and who continue to show their support along with their friendship that is truly valued. Minnie is another awesome friend I would like to thank her for the wonderful support that she has shown towards me and many others out there in the author world. One great lady and one great interview......
(Sneak preview) > Hey Minnie, great introduction you have going on there, Media Radio, I like the sound of that. I did almost start singing the song 'I'm A Native New Yorker' when you said that, 'giggles' I must say you do look very nice considering you are only coming on my virtual tour. Ok stop looking at me like that, I know we will end up going for a drink later, it would be rude not to as... Find out what happens next in this...
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Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour has it's own Facebook page for all my wonderful authors, please show your support and press that little like button, you all know its appreciated. Thank you :) https://www.facebook.com/KevinSwarbrickDeliciouslyScandalousBlogTour?ref=hl To find a little more out about my novel, I am hanging with the man himself, Denis Campbell >> @UKProgressive: Part one > The 'Passion' of Author @KevinSwarbrick on @BookViewTV-we discuss relationship perils. Please subscribe :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC9aqTAqLC0&feature=youtu.beVisit my website for more information :)
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(Sneak preview) > Hey Minnie, great introduction you have going on there, Media Radio, I like the sound of that. I did almost start singing the song 'I'm A Native New Yorker' when you said that, 'giggles' I must say you do look very nice considering you are only coming on my virtual tour. Ok stop looking at me like that, I know we will end up going for a drink later, it would be rude not to as... Find out what happens next in this...
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Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour has it's own Facebook page for all my wonderful authors, please show your support and press that little like button, you all know its appreciated. Thank you :) https://www.facebook.com/KevinSwarbrickDeliciouslyScandalousBlogTour?ref=hl To find a little more out about my novel, I am hanging with the man himself, Denis Campbell >> @UKProgressive: Part one > The 'Passion' of Author @KevinSwarbrick on @BookViewTV-we discuss relationship perils. Please subscribe :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC9aqTAqLC0&feature=youtu.beVisit my website for more information :)http://kevinswarbrickauthor.weebly.com/
June 13, 2013
The lovely author, Katie Jennings is with me on my... @KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour'
Thank you everyone for joining me and the lovely guest,'Katie Jennings. I know I tend to go on about supporting in my blogs a lot, and I do also thank the authors and friends who have been there for me and who continue to show their support along with their friendship that is truly valued. Katie is another awesome lady I would like to thank, if it wasn't for Katie and the advice she had given me, then I wouldn't be designing awesome book covers. I won't go on too much, I'm just buying time here. Katie said she might be a little late and has left a little introduction....
International bestselling author Katie Jennings is the author of six full length novels, including the popular fantasy series The Dryad Quartet as well as the bestselling family drama series The Vasser Legacy. She lives in sunny Southern California with her husband and cat, who both think she’s the biggest nerd ever. She’s a firm believer in happy endings and loves nothing more than a great romance novel.
I knew I would find you outside in the sun. A lovely day and I see you have brought your lovely smile with you. With it being so nice we might as well do the interview here. I won't keep you too long I can see you're busy, please Jenny just stop on the swing, you're making me want a go and we all know...
Sometimes in life we all want more than what we can have, but if you had one wish to have anything or anyone, what would that wish be and why?
My wish would be to own hundreds of acres of land in the country somewhere with a beautiful, villa-like estate on it. That would be a haven for my writing, and it would be such a relief to escape the pressures and chaos of Los Angeles. As you can tell, I’m no city girl at heart!
Now that does sound like heaven, I love the country even though I'm no country boy lol. It sounds perfect to me :)
I would like you to make a short story up using no more than 400 words containing every one of these 14 keywords; Bum, Game, Nail, Folk, Rope, Window, Government, Dog poo, Sex, Lamp, Gap, Knife, Moon, DM!
So I went to the Gap after midnight, under the full moon to play a game with DM (by the way, I have NO idea what DM means lol). The government was after me, and they spied in the window searching with a knife and a lamp. I think they wanted to kill me! I threw dog poo at the government folk in retaliation, hitting one in the bum. He was so startled, he stepped on a nail and by a true miracle, somehow wound up tied with rope. I got away and saved the day and that was all she wrote! :)
Ok now that was just too easy for you, great story, but I didn't see the word sex. Can I finish it for you, Giggles'... I got a away and saved the the day and that was all she wrote, well until her phone made a huge beeping sound, and there was a DM 'direct message' from her husband wanting hot sex that evening, he said it all in such a nice way, when he returned home, they both made love that was 'deep and meaningful' and both went to sleep smiling ;) You can take DM any way you like including bending over! Sorry I had to...
When I first started writing I had a lot of negative people around me, I knew I had to lose that energy in order to continue writing and fulfilling what others thought I couldn't do. Did you ever experience any of this when you first started writing or were you lucky enough to have the right support around you?
I felt very insecure about my writing for a very long time. It was nerve wracking to figure out how to tell myhusband, my friends, my family, that, hey, I wrote a book! Then it was a challenge to not be even more embarrassed when they asked me questions about it…which is silly, I should have loved to talk about it, but I STILL feel a little ridiculous when I try and explain mystories to people. What’s sad is that I used to be in sales, I should be good at this kind of stuff! But for some reason, maybe because my books are of myown creation, I always fear someone thinking my ideas aren't interesting enough. Thankfully, this has gotten a lot easier in the year that I've been a published author!
I can relate to what you're saying on all of that. I would have never of thought that about you, to me you seem a very confidante person, but saying that people think that about me, but in each one of us there is a weakness or a few, I know I have faced mine head on and we have both proven to ourselves that it is possible, but unfortunately family support is something I'm not use to and most definitely not when it comes to my writing. I think they would rather me be out getting drunk than do anything positive! Don't worry if I listen to people that don't share the same values and views and haven't read my work, then I might as well give it all up now and that won't be happening...Ever ;)!
Our books are our own, and you're right they are our own creation, our babies so to speak, I'm 37 now so I do need to start knocking more out before its too late! No not babies... Books silly lol!
If you had a chance to run any country and make a difference, what county would it be and why?
I don’t think you’d like it if I got political on you. You wouldn’t be able to shut me up ;) Can I just say…Who is John Galt?
He was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur and political and social commentator. Do I have to read more from my Iphone about him... Wow you could be right I won't get you started, 'Giggles'
What would you say was the worse thing a reader has ever said to you and what was your reaction?
One reviewer said that my book was sexist! I was very confused and at the same time I laughed for like five minutes. The book is a YA fantasy romance about a girl who can control the element Air. I was very perplexed at how THAT is sexist! Oh, well. Can’t please them all!
Sometimes people read what they want to read and by the sounds of it the reviewer needed to put the paper down and read the right book! I had one saying she couldn't relate to my characters, but yet that's what everyone is complimenting me on, I laughed too and thought, well you do look like a complete fool that hasn't even read the first page. Sorry I just say it as it is. I might get sued tomorrow after this goes live. Oh well you can't get blood from a stone and all that.
Use only two words that would describe you?
Optimistically hopeful.
Now those are a great choice of words and yes I do agree :)
Have you ever been…
A, The owner of a lonely heart
B. The owner of a broken heart
C. None of the above?
If the answer is C, please can you tell the reader how you have done it, I can see the reader would be interested knowing that one, I know I am.
Broken and lonely, both. Love that song, by the way!
Another broken heart :( I bet he's looking back now thinking, 'I wish I had stayed with her'. It must cheese him off seeing such a wonderful smile attached to a wonderful lady author. I bet he's at home now reading your books and looking online with the tissues by his side! Speaking of tissues...
When you are writing, do you ever think, 'Erm me and my partner did that last night, that has to go into the story as?
Hmmm…well, I try to not write sex scenes in my books because both my mom and mother-in-law like to read my work. Plus it would be even more awkward if I knew a scene was inspired by a night with my husband and his mom was going to read it!! So…….. no :p
I wish I had thought like that before I gave my work to my Nan who was 87 at the time; she saw the talent for my writing, but wasn't impressed with what her grandson was getting up to in his free time! I wanted the reader to feel the fun times and the love, the pain, the madness and the sex, I kept it all as real as it all was... Oh my indeed lol!! Still she is very supportive in what I do and believes in me. My second mum I call her. Don't ask where the first one is... Still life goes on. Stop looking at me with sad eyes, I want the reader smiling and not joining the exs with the tissues out... 'Giggles'.
If you could be a musical instrument, what would you be and why?
I wish I had something clever for this one, but I don’t know many musical instruments *hangs head in shame* - maybe I could just be a sitar, since, you know, that was in Moulin Rouge and all, and I really like that movie.
Lol you can be anything you want to be, we both know that :)
If you could change one thing about youself as a person, what would that one thing be?
I would get rid of mytendency to make excuses not to do something and instead learn to take life by the horns. It’s hard to be afraid of so many things…failure, embarrassment, exposure. I wish I could learn to be fearless.
Awww have no fear as Kevin is here! You did this blog post on time ages ago, it's me who's looking bad for not having it up and running, I have just been doing one post every week, that's more than enough with the load I'm carrying at this end! No not Louie... I have been doing them in the order they come in! I think I really do need to move on to the next question before I slide into a bigger hole...
I know we all remember our first kiss, would you say yours was a good experience or a bad one? Please explain why...
Good, I guess. I was thirteen, with a guy who was way too cute for me. We were standing in line to get on the Batman roller coaster ride at Six Flags. I don’t think I enjoyed the kiss much because I was so nervous about the roller coaster.
And you still remember to this day! It's true what they say, if a person does come into our lives, they will always leave a memory of some kind. Maybe it was the ride you remember best... The roller coast one I mean!! There shouldn't be any sort of riding like that at 13...
Do you ever remember a part in your life that’s made a huge impact on you as a person. If so would you like to share that part with the reader?
When I was nineteen, we lost our family home and everything we had to a bush fire. After that day, I was really forced to grow up and take charge of my own life. I moved to a different city, transferred jobs, started at a different school, made new friends. I didn't lose touch with my old life, but I really looked at that moment as a chance for a fresh start. I used it as a trigger to jumpstart mylife and who I was going to be. After that experience, I can say with confidence that I am stronger for it, just a little more hardened, and at the same time more compassionate. I don’t think I really knew how to cry until then.
That does sound awful and a nightmare in any ones eyes. I am glad it did make you the person you are today. Some good did come from it. Like anything in life, what doesn't kill us does make us stronger. Story of my life too :0/
Who inspired you to write or was it always a dream to be an author?
The first author I truly fell in love with was Nora Roberts, and she was my inspiration to write. I rave about her books all the time and have mountains of them at home, and my goal is to create characters and worlds just as wonderful as hers.
She sounds like an inspiration to me :) ... Katie can you stop swinging please there is only one more question I would like to ask and you are getting a little high on that swing now...
Can you tell the reader about your latest work and also tell the reader where they can find you.
I recently published the sequel to my family drama When Empires Fall, entitled Rise of the Notorious. The series is about the fall and resurrection of a great American hotel family, following the lives of the youngest, modern day heirs as they struggle with murder, scandal, passion, and tantalizing drama. Basically, it’s like Dallas without the ranch.
www.katieajennings.com www.katieajennings.com
www.facebook.com/authorkatiejennings
www.facebook.com/dryadquartet
www.twitter.com/dryadquartet
www.katieajennings.wordpress.com
katiejwrites@gmail.com
Thank you so much for coming along on my Blog Tour, its been a lot of fun... Katie, I really think you are going to high there. Katie stop be for you fall off... Wow!! How the hell Katie has ended up five gardens down is beyond me. I wish people would just listen to me from time to time. That way no one gets hurt :( I best go and see how Katie is. Until next week that's Katie and I out of here. Enjoy you weekend and I will let you know how Katie is next week. It might be an idea to remove the swing out of my virtual garden, next to my virtual office, I wouldn't want a repeat performance and anymore virtual ascendants... Wait a minute if its all virtual then shes landed back home and is safe and sound! 'Phew' I wish you the very best Katie, its been a pleasure having you here. I'm now going to join, Emily Hill at the bar where there is another spirit waiting for me! Until next week, be safe :)
Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour has it's own Facebook page for all my wonderful authors, please show your support and press that little like button, you all know its appreciated. Thank you :) https://www.facebook.com/KevinSwarbrickDeliciouslyScandalousBlogTour?ref=hl
My interview with Denis Campbell >> @UKProgressive: Part 2: The 'Passion' of Author @KevinSwarbrick on@BookViewTV-we discuss relationship perils. Please subscribe and watch all 3 parts :)
International bestselling author Katie Jennings is the author of six full length novels, including the popular fantasy series The Dryad Quartet as well as the bestselling family drama series The Vasser Legacy. She lives in sunny Southern California with her husband and cat, who both think she’s the biggest nerd ever. She’s a firm believer in happy endings and loves nothing more than a great romance novel.I knew I would find you outside in the sun. A lovely day and I see you have brought your lovely smile with you. With it being so nice we might as well do the interview here. I won't keep you too long I can see you're busy, please Jenny just stop on the swing, you're making me want a go and we all know...
Sometimes in life we all want more than what we can have, but if you had one wish to have anything or anyone, what would that wish be and why?
My wish would be to own hundreds of acres of land in the country somewhere with a beautiful, villa-like estate on it. That would be a haven for my writing, and it would be such a relief to escape the pressures and chaos of Los Angeles. As you can tell, I’m no city girl at heart!
Now that does sound like heaven, I love the country even though I'm no country boy lol. It sounds perfect to me :)
I would like you to make a short story up using no more than 400 words containing every one of these 14 keywords; Bum, Game, Nail, Folk, Rope, Window, Government, Dog poo, Sex, Lamp, Gap, Knife, Moon, DM!
So I went to the Gap after midnight, under the full moon to play a game with DM (by the way, I have NO idea what DM means lol). The government was after me, and they spied in the window searching with a knife and a lamp. I think they wanted to kill me! I threw dog poo at the government folk in retaliation, hitting one in the bum. He was so startled, he stepped on a nail and by a true miracle, somehow wound up tied with rope. I got away and saved the day and that was all she wrote! :)
Ok now that was just too easy for you, great story, but I didn't see the word sex. Can I finish it for you, Giggles'... I got a away and saved the the day and that was all she wrote, well until her phone made a huge beeping sound, and there was a DM 'direct message' from her husband wanting hot sex that evening, he said it all in such a nice way, when he returned home, they both made love that was 'deep and meaningful' and both went to sleep smiling ;) You can take DM any way you like including bending over! Sorry I had to...
When I first started writing I had a lot of negative people around me, I knew I had to lose that energy in order to continue writing and fulfilling what others thought I couldn't do. Did you ever experience any of this when you first started writing or were you lucky enough to have the right support around you?
I felt very insecure about my writing for a very long time. It was nerve wracking to figure out how to tell myhusband, my friends, my family, that, hey, I wrote a book! Then it was a challenge to not be even more embarrassed when they asked me questions about it…which is silly, I should have loved to talk about it, but I STILL feel a little ridiculous when I try and explain mystories to people. What’s sad is that I used to be in sales, I should be good at this kind of stuff! But for some reason, maybe because my books are of myown creation, I always fear someone thinking my ideas aren't interesting enough. Thankfully, this has gotten a lot easier in the year that I've been a published author!
I can relate to what you're saying on all of that. I would have never of thought that about you, to me you seem a very confidante person, but saying that people think that about me, but in each one of us there is a weakness or a few, I know I have faced mine head on and we have both proven to ourselves that it is possible, but unfortunately family support is something I'm not use to and most definitely not when it comes to my writing. I think they would rather me be out getting drunk than do anything positive! Don't worry if I listen to people that don't share the same values and views and haven't read my work, then I might as well give it all up now and that won't be happening...Ever ;)!
Our books are our own, and you're right they are our own creation, our babies so to speak, I'm 37 now so I do need to start knocking more out before its too late! No not babies... Books silly lol!
If you had a chance to run any country and make a difference, what county would it be and why?
I don’t think you’d like it if I got political on you. You wouldn’t be able to shut me up ;) Can I just say…Who is John Galt?
He was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur and political and social commentator. Do I have to read more from my Iphone about him... Wow you could be right I won't get you started, 'Giggles'
What would you say was the worse thing a reader has ever said to you and what was your reaction?
One reviewer said that my book was sexist! I was very confused and at the same time I laughed for like five minutes. The book is a YA fantasy romance about a girl who can control the element Air. I was very perplexed at how THAT is sexist! Oh, well. Can’t please them all!
Sometimes people read what they want to read and by the sounds of it the reviewer needed to put the paper down and read the right book! I had one saying she couldn't relate to my characters, but yet that's what everyone is complimenting me on, I laughed too and thought, well you do look like a complete fool that hasn't even read the first page. Sorry I just say it as it is. I might get sued tomorrow after this goes live. Oh well you can't get blood from a stone and all that.
Use only two words that would describe you?
Optimistically hopeful.
Now those are a great choice of words and yes I do agree :)
Have you ever been…
A, The owner of a lonely heart
B. The owner of a broken heart
C. None of the above?
If the answer is C, please can you tell the reader how you have done it, I can see the reader would be interested knowing that one, I know I am.
Broken and lonely, both. Love that song, by the way!
Another broken heart :( I bet he's looking back now thinking, 'I wish I had stayed with her'. It must cheese him off seeing such a wonderful smile attached to a wonderful lady author. I bet he's at home now reading your books and looking online with the tissues by his side! Speaking of tissues...
When you are writing, do you ever think, 'Erm me and my partner did that last night, that has to go into the story as?
Hmmm…well, I try to not write sex scenes in my books because both my mom and mother-in-law like to read my work. Plus it would be even more awkward if I knew a scene was inspired by a night with my husband and his mom was going to read it!! So…….. no :p
I wish I had thought like that before I gave my work to my Nan who was 87 at the time; she saw the talent for my writing, but wasn't impressed with what her grandson was getting up to in his free time! I wanted the reader to feel the fun times and the love, the pain, the madness and the sex, I kept it all as real as it all was... Oh my indeed lol!! Still she is very supportive in what I do and believes in me. My second mum I call her. Don't ask where the first one is... Still life goes on. Stop looking at me with sad eyes, I want the reader smiling and not joining the exs with the tissues out... 'Giggles'.
If you could be a musical instrument, what would you be and why?
I wish I had something clever for this one, but I don’t know many musical instruments *hangs head in shame* - maybe I could just be a sitar, since, you know, that was in Moulin Rouge and all, and I really like that movie.
Lol you can be anything you want to be, we both know that :)
If you could change one thing about youself as a person, what would that one thing be?
I would get rid of mytendency to make excuses not to do something and instead learn to take life by the horns. It’s hard to be afraid of so many things…failure, embarrassment, exposure. I wish I could learn to be fearless.
Awww have no fear as Kevin is here! You did this blog post on time ages ago, it's me who's looking bad for not having it up and running, I have just been doing one post every week, that's more than enough with the load I'm carrying at this end! No not Louie... I have been doing them in the order they come in! I think I really do need to move on to the next question before I slide into a bigger hole...
I know we all remember our first kiss, would you say yours was a good experience or a bad one? Please explain why...
Good, I guess. I was thirteen, with a guy who was way too cute for me. We were standing in line to get on the Batman roller coaster ride at Six Flags. I don’t think I enjoyed the kiss much because I was so nervous about the roller coaster.
And you still remember to this day! It's true what they say, if a person does come into our lives, they will always leave a memory of some kind. Maybe it was the ride you remember best... The roller coast one I mean!! There shouldn't be any sort of riding like that at 13...
Do you ever remember a part in your life that’s made a huge impact on you as a person. If so would you like to share that part with the reader?
When I was nineteen, we lost our family home and everything we had to a bush fire. After that day, I was really forced to grow up and take charge of my own life. I moved to a different city, transferred jobs, started at a different school, made new friends. I didn't lose touch with my old life, but I really looked at that moment as a chance for a fresh start. I used it as a trigger to jumpstart mylife and who I was going to be. After that experience, I can say with confidence that I am stronger for it, just a little more hardened, and at the same time more compassionate. I don’t think I really knew how to cry until then.
That does sound awful and a nightmare in any ones eyes. I am glad it did make you the person you are today. Some good did come from it. Like anything in life, what doesn't kill us does make us stronger. Story of my life too :0/
Who inspired you to write or was it always a dream to be an author?
The first author I truly fell in love with was Nora Roberts, and she was my inspiration to write. I rave about her books all the time and have mountains of them at home, and my goal is to create characters and worlds just as wonderful as hers.
She sounds like an inspiration to me :) ... Katie can you stop swinging please there is only one more question I would like to ask and you are getting a little high on that swing now...
Can you tell the reader about your latest work and also tell the reader where they can find you.
I recently published the sequel to my family drama When Empires Fall, entitled Rise of the Notorious. The series is about the fall and resurrection of a great American hotel family, following the lives of the youngest, modern day heirs as they struggle with murder, scandal, passion, and tantalizing drama. Basically, it’s like Dallas without the ranch.
www.katieajennings.com www.katieajennings.com
www.facebook.com/authorkatiejennings
www.facebook.com/dryadquartet
www.twitter.com/dryadquartet
www.katieajennings.wordpress.com
katiejwrites@gmail.com
Thank you so much for coming along on my Blog Tour, its been a lot of fun... Katie, I really think you are going to high there. Katie stop be for you fall off... Wow!! How the hell Katie has ended up five gardens down is beyond me. I wish people would just listen to me from time to time. That way no one gets hurt :( I best go and see how Katie is. Until next week that's Katie and I out of here. Enjoy you weekend and I will let you know how Katie is next week. It might be an idea to remove the swing out of my virtual garden, next to my virtual office, I wouldn't want a repeat performance and anymore virtual ascendants... Wait a minute if its all virtual then shes landed back home and is safe and sound! 'Phew' I wish you the very best Katie, its been a pleasure having you here. I'm now going to join, Emily Hill at the bar where there is another spirit waiting for me! Until next week, be safe :)
Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour has it's own Facebook page for all my wonderful authors, please show your support and press that little like button, you all know its appreciated. Thank you :) https://www.facebook.com/KevinSwarbrickDeliciouslyScandalousBlogTour?ref=hl
My interview with Denis Campbell >> @UKProgressive: Part 2: The 'Passion' of Author @KevinSwarbrick on@BookViewTV-we discuss relationship perils. Please subscribe and watch all 3 parts :)
June 12, 2013
The lovely author, Katie Jennings will be with me, this Friday.. @KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour'
My Seventh guest coming this Friday, is the lovely amazing lovely author, Katie Jennings. I know I tend to go on about supporting in my blogs a lot, and I do also thank the authors and friends who have been there for me and who continue to show their support along with their friendship that is truly valued. Katie is another awesome lady I would like to thank, if it wasn't for Katie and the advice she had given me, then I wouldn't be designing awesome book covers. I won't go on too much, I'm just buying time here.... To read this very funny interview, then watch out this Friday 14/06/13 Lots of laughs coming soon ;)
@KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour' is brought to you by 'Passion'
Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour has it's own Facebook page for all my wonderful authors, please show your support and press that little like button, you all know its appreciated. Thank you :) https://www.facebook.com/KevinSwarbrickDeliciouslyScandalousBlogTour?ref=hl
To find a little more out about my novel, I am hanging with the man himself, Denis Campbell >> @UKProgressive: Part 2: The 'Passion' of Author @KevinSwarbrick on @BookViewTV-we discuss relationship perils. Please subscribe :)
Visit my website for more information :)
http://kevinswarbrickauthor.weebly.com/
@KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour' is brought to you by 'Passion'
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Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour has it's own Facebook page for all my wonderful authors, please show your support and press that little like button, you all know its appreciated. Thank you :) https://www.facebook.com/KevinSwarbrickDeliciouslyScandalousBlogTour?ref=hl
To find a little more out about my novel, I am hanging with the man himself, Denis Campbell >> @UKProgressive: Part 2: The 'Passion' of Author @KevinSwarbrick on @BookViewTV-we discuss relationship perils. Please subscribe :)
Visit my website for more information :)
http://kevinswarbrickauthor.weebly.com/
June 9, 2013
A start!: @KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour'...
A start!: @KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour'...: Don't miss this awesome interview, with the great spooky author, Emily Hill 'Giggles' :)
June 5, 2013
The awesome and spooky author, Emily Hill... @KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour'
Once again, I would first like to thank all the readers for showing me their support, you really are all awesome, I would like to also give a huge thank you to my second pair of eyes on this tour. Edith Mosback, thank you so much for just being you and giving an honest opinion every week and being what a friend should be about. Edith takes the time out to read these post before they do go live, and boy she know's when I'm upset and happy, 'It shows in my writing'. So I'm told!! 'Giggles' I am glad you do tell me though, I know if I get a smile from a true reader with such a great character, then I know I am going to get a smile from you the reader :) Thank you Edith for putting so much faith in me and my work... and of course to all my other true friends and readers out there who continue to show their true support everyday on twitter. Thank you all so much :) Moving on sharpest... ;)
My Sixth guest is the amazing author, Emily Hill. I have known Emily throw Twitter, like many of my other author friends, Emily has shown her support to me in many ways and for that I am truly grateful, I hope to return that support and give Emily, like all my other guest a great interview. You're in for a spooky ride!
Woody Allen’s character in Crimes and Misdemeanors delivered the following [excerpted] monologue which speaks, most precisely, to who I am “. . .we define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are, in fact, the sum total of our choices.”
At the age of sixteen I chose to follow my grandmother and mother’s lead into the world of Ghost Chasers . . . thus becoming ‘The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter’.
Like most people who have a near-death experience (polio, 1950) I am acutely aware of The Other Side and have a deep sense of longing to connect with my ancestors waiting for me Beyond the Grave.
My straight-laced husband, a classical musician, with whom I share a black cat, tolerates my predilections. Well, okay . . . we don’t really have a black cat – but the rest of this bio is totally true.
Wow... I didn't even see you come in then Emily. Now that was spooky!! Thank you for the introduction. Woody Allen is an great iconic figure for many. I've had a brush with the other side a few times and I can't say I wont again.I really can imagine how you felt. Musicians are creative, and like writers, can have a temperment! I must admit, I do have an artistic temperment and I try and keep it in check as best I can, but this God damn society makes it hard to do that at times 'Graaa'. Moving on...
Sometimes in life we all want more than what we can have, but if you had one wish to have anything or anyone, what would that wish be and why?
If I was granted one wish, I would wish to be a Katrina, moving between the Land of the Living and the Land Beyond the Grave. Why would I wish for something that –in so many minds – is so macabre? Because the Katrina is the epitome of an Elegant Death – which is inevitable (death, not necessarily elegance). Well, hmmm . . . taxes are also inevitable they say. Death and Taxes. But – who wants to be a Tax Man? Yes, please after this life is over, let me be a Katrina. And, to the Goddesses of Fate: If I could also have a blue dress, and matching wide-brimmed, flower-adorned, hat. And while we are at it, please make me willowy and white skinned. And maybe we could throw in a BFF Katrina too! I am – after all – a rather social animal!
Interesting... I'm afraid I can't help you with Katrina, and you're right who would want to be a tax man! Still its a job and any job is better than not having a job, and we know what society is like these days with so many out of work. Its not a nice place and it makes a tax mans job look grand :)
I would like you to make a short story up using no more than 400 words containing every one of these 14 key words; Bra, Game, Arm, Dragon, Rope, Window, Government, Dog poo, Sex, Light, Gap, Spoon, Moon, DM! Yes I know before it used to be 500 words, but you authors are making it all look too easy... Arm, Bra, DM, Dog Poo, Dragon, Game, Gap, Government, Light, Moon, Rope, Sex, Spoon, Window [In alphabetical order]It was a hot summer morning, muggy, the air still. My sophomore year of high school ended the week before and I was spending a lazy morning in my room, thinking about how I would like it redecorated in bright yellow frills. From the arm of the chair next to my bed I picked up my bra and put it on. Dressed in undies and bra I was now ready to send a DM to my best friend, Betsy. I can text in a bra and panties, but never in the nude!
This message was not going to be pleasant. I was in a ranting frame of mind over the dog poo Betsy’s Chihuahua, The Dragon, left in my mother’s flowerbed the day before. Soiling the garden was no game in our household and I had caught hell over it last night when my mom got home from work.
The gap between my family’s values (raised by a federal government agency-head and single mom) and hers(raised by a band of gypsies) caused Betsy to make light of my seriousness and her prankish-ness. We were as different as the moon and the sun. I’m one of those ‘Give ‘em enough rope and they’ll hang themselves’ kind of people. Clint Eastwood is my hero. I watch with interest the many ways people screw up their lives all the while reveling in my straight-laced values. I guess I’m a ‘no sex before marriage’ kind of girl. Betsy and her brother, Spoon – the heroin addict – make for an interesting study in life beyond the pale – a kind of a voyeurs paradise for me.
But, in spite of all the excitement I receive from the vicarious thrill of Betsy and Spoon’s lives, our friendship is about to go out the window – all because of The Dragon.”
Clint Eastwood and Dragon? Sounds like a Japanese film . 'Giggles'. A very interesting story and you used all the words. 'I love it'. Moving on from Clint Eastwood and his Karate kicks for his next movie 'Clint Eastwood And The Dragon'. I will bring it down to earth a little now ;)
When I first started writing I had a lot of negative people around me, I know I had to lose that energy in order to continue writing and fulfilling what others thought I couldn't do. Did you ever experience any of this when you first started writing or was you lucky enough to have the right support around you?
I’ve always had the most positive energy around me as I tried to find my way as an author. My father’s Baltimore family owned a printing business, which opened in 1875 (A.V. Harrison Printing). My ancestral uncle, Michael Jenkins, was editor of The Catholic Review – one of the Copperhead newspapers that Lincoln shut down during the Civil War. (So much for free speech and Lincoln’s commitment to the Constitution.)
My mother adds to my genetics poets, and writers from the smoky Blue Ridge Mountains. Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky is where her family lived the good life from the gains of their gin mill. They were annual participants in the ‘Storytellers’ contests.
You have a deep history there Emily. It seems you have been influenced in a very positive way... And some from beyond the grave!!
If you had a chance to run any country and make a difference, what country would it be and why?
“Hmm . . . The question is which country would I want to run, in an attempt to make a difference? Let’s see. First off, I’m a bit of a movie buff. “No Country For Old Men”? -- Nope? Not choosing that country!
In books, let’s see . . . “The Country for the Blind” by H.G. Wells? Naw, that doesn’t sound like a good choice!
Ah Ha! “The Country Where No One Ever Dies” – Bingo! Right up my alley! It’s described by Ornela Vorpsi in very rosy hues; although it’s national humor tends to be black comedy. In what ways would I attempt to make a difference in “The Country Where No One Ever Dies” ? Well, first of all, I would encourage visitors! Data indicates that its visitor’s rank has plummeted to 1,142,800. The location of “The Country Where No One Ever Dies” is obscure and could use some dusting off. I’m rolling up my sleeves and heading there! Wish me luck!”
I hear you, but in a country where know one ever dies, then they would have to be dead and my only fear of death, is not being able to feel them special moments. I don't think Louie would STICK around and would want to HANG around to long! I will stop the crudeness, Louie is to spooked out by it all 'Giggles'
What would you say the worse thing a reader has ever said to you and what was your reaction?
“Oh Fie! What a cruel question! Okay, here goes: ‘The worst thing a reader ever said to me was this:
‘I was completely appalled at the continued portrayals of women as unstable and neurotic. Yeah, gee, THANKS on that one. The whole thing [Ghost Stories and The Unexplained] was just a complete mess.’
That, Kevin-fans, was posted after the e-book had spent ten months as a Kindle Best Seller in the Mysticism category. Hell, I made $10,000 off that title (neener, neener ★-star reader !) All of my books rank an accumulated 4.3 so I don’t THINK I’m a total slouch, but I’m trying to improve.
What did I do about what my ★-star reader had to say? I burst into tears. Really. It was a mess! Sopping wet tears all over my keyboard, my eyes were swollen for days, I ranted to my online community, ‘The unfairness!!’ I can only say one thing: “Please, Please! Love me, readers!”
That's awesome, not the review upsetting you! People can be just nasty at times. Still if you let them get to you, then they will. I love you so sod em :)
“There would be no reaction. How do I know? It’s happened to me and my BFF, and that is how I have reacted. What the hell is the matter with you, Kevin, for that type of a question? Were you raised in a barn? Are you TOTALLY perverse? Oh? Say?? You want to know her name for validation purposes? Well. . . okay! Agatha Perry. She’s a professor of Medieval History. Lives here in Edmonds, Washington. She’s from London, actually. Rail thin, her digestive system has been a mess the whole time I’ve known her!”
Ok.. I admit, I can be a little perverse, but I've had an whole lot of practice at it. You're a good friend if you chose not to react. I believe its better to have an empty house rather than an angry tenant... Anyway there's nothing the matter with me. Your on my Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour, I am sorry if you feel the questions are a little stinky, but you did answer it very well. 'Giggles'.
Use only two words that would describe you?
“Loves social contact. Oh! Only TWO words? Book. Pimp.”
I have NO RESPONSE to that, only because I agree, but if you're a pimp, what does that make me? 'Giggles'.
7 Have you ever been…A, The owner of a lonely heartB. The owner of a broken heart
C. None of the above?
If the answer is C, please can you tell the reader how you have done it as I can see the reader would being interested to know that one. I know I am.
“ROTFL. Lonely Hearts? Broken Hearts?? I’m a writer! For the love of God! And that’s the short answer.
Okay, no one knows this TRUE story: one frosty pre-dawn winter morning, years and years ago, I sat in my car, headlights off, parked in the driveway of a lover who had scorned me. I seem to remember a loaded Colt 45 Special being in my glove box. I watched the scene as my lover moved through the house turning off the lights getting ready to leave for his morning work out. First his bedroom light was turned off, then the dining room light, finally the living room light. The gun jammed. Years later I met up with him - he was the surprise guest at my son’s wedding. The balance between Life and Death tips precariously sometimes.”
You were both very lucky indeed. I am grateful that it did jam. My gun cums fully loaded, getting it to fire is another story! It can be such hard work at times 'Giggles' At least we can laugh about it now, kinda! I think I have the perfect rhyme for you...
I would like you to do the rhyme ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. Using your own words and without holding back.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little StarEmily and a Wraith* walked into a bar,Emily ordered gin, the Wraith ordered rye**,But, when the tab came, the Wraith said ‘Bye, Bye’.
'Giggles' Great now you passed that little test and I do hope you're not going to vanish on me? There's no need to, just stay there and please stop shacking your head like I am some strange guy...
What is the strangest thing you have ever encountered? Please don't say this interview. 'Giggles'
“This is a true story, actually: During one of those 3 am‘can’t sleep because a plot-line-has-hit my conscience’ writing sessions I was sitting in the bedroom of my 1907 lake cottage, with the door closed. It was a classic summer morning, indigo skies and twinkling stars. The house was completely still – and had been for hours, as I was living alone. Not a sound. Dead silence.
Out of my peripheral vision I saw a glitter of light from the glass-prism doorknob of my bedroom. I put my pen down and watched as the doorknob turned – imperceptibly slowly. Before it made a full turn, releasing the latch, the doorknob began to rattle in its old brass casing. Something – emphasis on ‘something’ – was trying to cross the threshold into my room.
What happened next is contained in my collection of short stories in ‘The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter’, soft cover version.”
If you could be, a Musical instrument, what would you be and why?
“If I were a musical instrument I would be a flute, which was played during the Baroque period - my favorite classical music era. A flute is slender, light, and has a lilting, melodic, quality. [My husband, a music professor, wrote this response for me.]”
A flute... I like a woman who knows how to blow a good flute! I know you thought I was going to say something else. I was... The flute does have a beautiful sound if you touch them holes in the right places ;)
If you could change one thing about you as a person, what would that one thing be?
“If I could change one thing about myself – as a person - I would be more flamboyant – take more risks. Like, I would have liked being a Go-Go dancer in the sixties. Now THAT would have been fun! Okay, okay, so females dancing in large birdcages suspended from the ceiling of bars were linked to drugs and prostitution in those days. That should not have stopped this Catholic Girl from living her dream! In retrospect I have been way too cautious! Hmm . . do you think it’s too late?
On the other hand: If I could change one thing about myself, say – as a bird – I would want to be a more colorful hummingbird. More tropically inclined in my bird feather palette.”
Its never to late for anything, I think I might have done things like that in the past, now I just write about them 'Giggles' Well it keeps me out of trouble chatting to you lovely authors. I had a vision then...
I know we all remember our first kiss, would you say yours was a good experience or a bad one? Please explain why.
Ah! Here’s to YOU, Paul Holmes, wherever you are! Sixth grade was grand, wasn’t it? Spin the bottle, going steady, notes passed in class, and hiding your ‘going steady’ ring from your mommy (because “mommy” is still how one referred to their mom, in that cross-over stage). Being kissed by Paul Holmes during the spin-the-bottle segment of his birthday party was incredibly memorable, even all these years later. Paul was tall, not quite pudgy, but soft-skinned with lips as plump and soft as the petals of roses blooming in June. I always imagined Paul and I meeting on a bridge in Paris, looking up at the Eiffel Tower as fireworks light up the sky.
What did I know, I was thirteen? There are no bridges in Paris overlooking the Eiffel Tower. I should have done my homework before I made that date for the future!”
Sounds great to me, wacky imaginations always do, I wouldn't have you here and I wouldn't be here if they wasn't ;)
Do you ever remember a part from your life that’s made a huge impact on you as a person. If so would you like to share that part with the reader?
“Yes, I remember a part of my life that made a huge impact on my life. It was the summer I was having public sex sessions with my boyfriend, an attorney. The first time we tried it was August in Seattle and the Fremont District was dead on a Thursday evening. The event took place in the downstairs stairwell of an office building. That was the moment I realized that lawyers will do anything! That realization made a huge impact on my life.”
Love it! ! Now that's an impact my friend Louie likes, when he's not hiding away that is! I have my very own experience too, my books explain all. 'Giggles'.
14 Who inspired you to write or was it always a dream to be an author?
The birth of my grandson inspired me to transform myself from ‘writer’ to ‘author’. It was the promise “of future generations” (referred to in Professor Levy’s dialogue from ‘Crimes and Misdemeanors’) that opened my eyes to the fact that one day I would be an ‘ancestor’, and my new grandson – and his heirs – would carry the family history into the future.
I wanted to lay down the foundation of the Jenkins-family saga for him. He’s only six now. I wonder how long it will take him to realize that the book I dedicated to him regarding our family history is . . . a novel.
What a lovely gift to give to your generation. He will be so proud of you just like I am :) I wont keep you much longer...
Can you tell the reader about your latest work and also tell the reader where they can find you.
My latest published work is entitled, ‘The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter’. It is a collection of 24 short ghost stories in six-part sets. The first two sets, numbering 13 stories is in memoir format; the third set is stories of terror and pathos – beasts that pace, just on the other side of the grave; the fourth set is stories of European folklore written while I traveled the Transylvania region of Europe a year ago.
Website: http://www.emilyhillwriter.com
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3139020.Emily_Hill
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emily.hill.3994
Twitter: https://twitter.com/13GhostTales
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/EmilyHillWriter
Its been pleasure having you on this tour Emily, OK I did have to Google some words. I'm sure you do speak your own language though, I still don't know what a Neener is 'Giggles' It's all good :) I could do with a nice Spirit now after all that spook talk. It gives me the creeps. So any plans for tomorrow Emily? Oh no it looks as though Emily has left the building. She has left her calling card it seems, no doubt she will be in touch soon, until then, enjoy your weekend and until next week that's me out of here. :)
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My Sixth guest is the amazing author, Emily Hill. I have known Emily throw Twitter, like many of my other author friends, Emily has shown her support to me in many ways and for that I am truly grateful, I hope to return that support and give Emily, like all my other guest a great interview. You're in for a spooky ride!
Woody Allen’s character in Crimes and Misdemeanors delivered the following [excerpted] monologue which speaks, most precisely, to who I am “. . .we define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are, in fact, the sum total of our choices.”
At the age of sixteen I chose to follow my grandmother and mother’s lead into the world of Ghost Chasers . . . thus becoming ‘The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter’.
Like most people who have a near-death experience (polio, 1950) I am acutely aware of The Other Side and have a deep sense of longing to connect with my ancestors waiting for me Beyond the Grave.
My straight-laced husband, a classical musician, with whom I share a black cat, tolerates my predilections. Well, okay . . . we don’t really have a black cat – but the rest of this bio is totally true.
Wow... I didn't even see you come in then Emily. Now that was spooky!! Thank you for the introduction. Woody Allen is an great iconic figure for many. I've had a brush with the other side a few times and I can't say I wont again.I really can imagine how you felt. Musicians are creative, and like writers, can have a temperment! I must admit, I do have an artistic temperment and I try and keep it in check as best I can, but this God damn society makes it hard to do that at times 'Graaa'. Moving on...
Sometimes in life we all want more than what we can have, but if you had one wish to have anything or anyone, what would that wish be and why?
If I was granted one wish, I would wish to be a Katrina, moving between the Land of the Living and the Land Beyond the Grave. Why would I wish for something that –in so many minds – is so macabre? Because the Katrina is the epitome of an Elegant Death – which is inevitable (death, not necessarily elegance). Well, hmmm . . . taxes are also inevitable they say. Death and Taxes. But – who wants to be a Tax Man? Yes, please after this life is over, let me be a Katrina. And, to the Goddesses of Fate: If I could also have a blue dress, and matching wide-brimmed, flower-adorned, hat. And while we are at it, please make me willowy and white skinned. And maybe we could throw in a BFF Katrina too! I am – after all – a rather social animal!
Interesting... I'm afraid I can't help you with Katrina, and you're right who would want to be a tax man! Still its a job and any job is better than not having a job, and we know what society is like these days with so many out of work. Its not a nice place and it makes a tax mans job look grand :)
I would like you to make a short story up using no more than 400 words containing every one of these 14 key words; Bra, Game, Arm, Dragon, Rope, Window, Government, Dog poo, Sex, Light, Gap, Spoon, Moon, DM! Yes I know before it used to be 500 words, but you authors are making it all look too easy... Arm, Bra, DM, Dog Poo, Dragon, Game, Gap, Government, Light, Moon, Rope, Sex, Spoon, Window [In alphabetical order]It was a hot summer morning, muggy, the air still. My sophomore year of high school ended the week before and I was spending a lazy morning in my room, thinking about how I would like it redecorated in bright yellow frills. From the arm of the chair next to my bed I picked up my bra and put it on. Dressed in undies and bra I was now ready to send a DM to my best friend, Betsy. I can text in a bra and panties, but never in the nude!
This message was not going to be pleasant. I was in a ranting frame of mind over the dog poo Betsy’s Chihuahua, The Dragon, left in my mother’s flowerbed the day before. Soiling the garden was no game in our household and I had caught hell over it last night when my mom got home from work.
The gap between my family’s values (raised by a federal government agency-head and single mom) and hers(raised by a band of gypsies) caused Betsy to make light of my seriousness and her prankish-ness. We were as different as the moon and the sun. I’m one of those ‘Give ‘em enough rope and they’ll hang themselves’ kind of people. Clint Eastwood is my hero. I watch with interest the many ways people screw up their lives all the while reveling in my straight-laced values. I guess I’m a ‘no sex before marriage’ kind of girl. Betsy and her brother, Spoon – the heroin addict – make for an interesting study in life beyond the pale – a kind of a voyeurs paradise for me.
But, in spite of all the excitement I receive from the vicarious thrill of Betsy and Spoon’s lives, our friendship is about to go out the window – all because of The Dragon.”
Clint Eastwood and Dragon? Sounds like a Japanese film . 'Giggles'. A very interesting story and you used all the words. 'I love it'. Moving on from Clint Eastwood and his Karate kicks for his next movie 'Clint Eastwood And The Dragon'. I will bring it down to earth a little now ;)
When I first started writing I had a lot of negative people around me, I know I had to lose that energy in order to continue writing and fulfilling what others thought I couldn't do. Did you ever experience any of this when you first started writing or was you lucky enough to have the right support around you?
I’ve always had the most positive energy around me as I tried to find my way as an author. My father’s Baltimore family owned a printing business, which opened in 1875 (A.V. Harrison Printing). My ancestral uncle, Michael Jenkins, was editor of The Catholic Review – one of the Copperhead newspapers that Lincoln shut down during the Civil War. (So much for free speech and Lincoln’s commitment to the Constitution.)
My mother adds to my genetics poets, and writers from the smoky Blue Ridge Mountains. Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky is where her family lived the good life from the gains of their gin mill. They were annual participants in the ‘Storytellers’ contests.
You have a deep history there Emily. It seems you have been influenced in a very positive way... And some from beyond the grave!!
If you had a chance to run any country and make a difference, what country would it be and why?
“Hmm . . . The question is which country would I want to run, in an attempt to make a difference? Let’s see. First off, I’m a bit of a movie buff. “No Country For Old Men”? -- Nope? Not choosing that country!
In books, let’s see . . . “The Country for the Blind” by H.G. Wells? Naw, that doesn’t sound like a good choice!
Ah Ha! “The Country Where No One Ever Dies” – Bingo! Right up my alley! It’s described by Ornela Vorpsi in very rosy hues; although it’s national humor tends to be black comedy. In what ways would I attempt to make a difference in “The Country Where No One Ever Dies” ? Well, first of all, I would encourage visitors! Data indicates that its visitor’s rank has plummeted to 1,142,800. The location of “The Country Where No One Ever Dies” is obscure and could use some dusting off. I’m rolling up my sleeves and heading there! Wish me luck!”
I hear you, but in a country where know one ever dies, then they would have to be dead and my only fear of death, is not being able to feel them special moments. I don't think Louie would STICK around and would want to HANG around to long! I will stop the crudeness, Louie is to spooked out by it all 'Giggles'
What would you say the worse thing a reader has ever said to you and what was your reaction?
“Oh Fie! What a cruel question! Okay, here goes: ‘The worst thing a reader ever said to me was this:
‘I was completely appalled at the continued portrayals of women as unstable and neurotic. Yeah, gee, THANKS on that one. The whole thing [Ghost Stories and The Unexplained] was just a complete mess.’
That, Kevin-fans, was posted after the e-book had spent ten months as a Kindle Best Seller in the Mysticism category. Hell, I made $10,000 off that title (neener, neener ★-star reader !) All of my books rank an accumulated 4.3 so I don’t THINK I’m a total slouch, but I’m trying to improve.
What did I do about what my ★-star reader had to say? I burst into tears. Really. It was a mess! Sopping wet tears all over my keyboard, my eyes were swollen for days, I ranted to my online community, ‘The unfairness!!’ I can only say one thing: “Please, Please! Love me, readers!”
That's awesome, not the review upsetting you! People can be just nasty at times. Still if you let them get to you, then they will. I love you so sod em :)
“There would be no reaction. How do I know? It’s happened to me and my BFF, and that is how I have reacted. What the hell is the matter with you, Kevin, for that type of a question? Were you raised in a barn? Are you TOTALLY perverse? Oh? Say?? You want to know her name for validation purposes? Well. . . okay! Agatha Perry. She’s a professor of Medieval History. Lives here in Edmonds, Washington. She’s from London, actually. Rail thin, her digestive system has been a mess the whole time I’ve known her!”
Ok.. I admit, I can be a little perverse, but I've had an whole lot of practice at it. You're a good friend if you chose not to react. I believe its better to have an empty house rather than an angry tenant... Anyway there's nothing the matter with me. Your on my Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour, I am sorry if you feel the questions are a little stinky, but you did answer it very well. 'Giggles'.
Use only two words that would describe you?
“Loves social contact. Oh! Only TWO words? Book. Pimp.”
I have NO RESPONSE to that, only because I agree, but if you're a pimp, what does that make me? 'Giggles'.
7 Have you ever been…A, The owner of a lonely heartB. The owner of a broken heart
C. None of the above?
If the answer is C, please can you tell the reader how you have done it as I can see the reader would being interested to know that one. I know I am.
“ROTFL. Lonely Hearts? Broken Hearts?? I’m a writer! For the love of God! And that’s the short answer.
Okay, no one knows this TRUE story: one frosty pre-dawn winter morning, years and years ago, I sat in my car, headlights off, parked in the driveway of a lover who had scorned me. I seem to remember a loaded Colt 45 Special being in my glove box. I watched the scene as my lover moved through the house turning off the lights getting ready to leave for his morning work out. First his bedroom light was turned off, then the dining room light, finally the living room light. The gun jammed. Years later I met up with him - he was the surprise guest at my son’s wedding. The balance between Life and Death tips precariously sometimes.”
You were both very lucky indeed. I am grateful that it did jam. My gun cums fully loaded, getting it to fire is another story! It can be such hard work at times 'Giggles' At least we can laugh about it now, kinda! I think I have the perfect rhyme for you...
I would like you to do the rhyme ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. Using your own words and without holding back.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little StarEmily and a Wraith* walked into a bar,Emily ordered gin, the Wraith ordered rye**,But, when the tab came, the Wraith said ‘Bye, Bye’.
'Giggles' Great now you passed that little test and I do hope you're not going to vanish on me? There's no need to, just stay there and please stop shacking your head like I am some strange guy...
What is the strangest thing you have ever encountered? Please don't say this interview. 'Giggles'
“This is a true story, actually: During one of those 3 am‘can’t sleep because a plot-line-has-hit my conscience’ writing sessions I was sitting in the bedroom of my 1907 lake cottage, with the door closed. It was a classic summer morning, indigo skies and twinkling stars. The house was completely still – and had been for hours, as I was living alone. Not a sound. Dead silence.
Out of my peripheral vision I saw a glitter of light from the glass-prism doorknob of my bedroom. I put my pen down and watched as the doorknob turned – imperceptibly slowly. Before it made a full turn, releasing the latch, the doorknob began to rattle in its old brass casing. Something – emphasis on ‘something’ – was trying to cross the threshold into my room.
What happened next is contained in my collection of short stories in ‘The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter’, soft cover version.”
If you could be, a Musical instrument, what would you be and why?
“If I were a musical instrument I would be a flute, which was played during the Baroque period - my favorite classical music era. A flute is slender, light, and has a lilting, melodic, quality. [My husband, a music professor, wrote this response for me.]”
A flute... I like a woman who knows how to blow a good flute! I know you thought I was going to say something else. I was... The flute does have a beautiful sound if you touch them holes in the right places ;)
If you could change one thing about you as a person, what would that one thing be?
“If I could change one thing about myself – as a person - I would be more flamboyant – take more risks. Like, I would have liked being a Go-Go dancer in the sixties. Now THAT would have been fun! Okay, okay, so females dancing in large birdcages suspended from the ceiling of bars were linked to drugs and prostitution in those days. That should not have stopped this Catholic Girl from living her dream! In retrospect I have been way too cautious! Hmm . . do you think it’s too late?
On the other hand: If I could change one thing about myself, say – as a bird – I would want to be a more colorful hummingbird. More tropically inclined in my bird feather palette.”
Its never to late for anything, I think I might have done things like that in the past, now I just write about them 'Giggles' Well it keeps me out of trouble chatting to you lovely authors. I had a vision then...
I know we all remember our first kiss, would you say yours was a good experience or a bad one? Please explain why.
Ah! Here’s to YOU, Paul Holmes, wherever you are! Sixth grade was grand, wasn’t it? Spin the bottle, going steady, notes passed in class, and hiding your ‘going steady’ ring from your mommy (because “mommy” is still how one referred to their mom, in that cross-over stage). Being kissed by Paul Holmes during the spin-the-bottle segment of his birthday party was incredibly memorable, even all these years later. Paul was tall, not quite pudgy, but soft-skinned with lips as plump and soft as the petals of roses blooming in June. I always imagined Paul and I meeting on a bridge in Paris, looking up at the Eiffel Tower as fireworks light up the sky.
What did I know, I was thirteen? There are no bridges in Paris overlooking the Eiffel Tower. I should have done my homework before I made that date for the future!”
Sounds great to me, wacky imaginations always do, I wouldn't have you here and I wouldn't be here if they wasn't ;)
Do you ever remember a part from your life that’s made a huge impact on you as a person. If so would you like to share that part with the reader?
“Yes, I remember a part of my life that made a huge impact on my life. It was the summer I was having public sex sessions with my boyfriend, an attorney. The first time we tried it was August in Seattle and the Fremont District was dead on a Thursday evening. The event took place in the downstairs stairwell of an office building. That was the moment I realized that lawyers will do anything! That realization made a huge impact on my life.”
Love it! ! Now that's an impact my friend Louie likes, when he's not hiding away that is! I have my very own experience too, my books explain all. 'Giggles'.
14 Who inspired you to write or was it always a dream to be an author?
The birth of my grandson inspired me to transform myself from ‘writer’ to ‘author’. It was the promise “of future generations” (referred to in Professor Levy’s dialogue from ‘Crimes and Misdemeanors’) that opened my eyes to the fact that one day I would be an ‘ancestor’, and my new grandson – and his heirs – would carry the family history into the future.
I wanted to lay down the foundation of the Jenkins-family saga for him. He’s only six now. I wonder how long it will take him to realize that the book I dedicated to him regarding our family history is . . . a novel.
What a lovely gift to give to your generation. He will be so proud of you just like I am :) I wont keep you much longer...
Can you tell the reader about your latest work and also tell the reader where they can find you.
My latest published work is entitled, ‘The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter’. It is a collection of 24 short ghost stories in six-part sets. The first two sets, numbering 13 stories is in memoir format; the third set is stories of terror and pathos – beasts that pace, just on the other side of the grave; the fourth set is stories of European folklore written while I traveled the Transylvania region of Europe a year ago.
Website: http://www.emilyhillwriter.com
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3139020.Emily_Hill
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emily.hill.3994
Twitter: https://twitter.com/13GhostTales
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/EmilyHillWriter
Its been pleasure having you on this tour Emily, OK I did have to Google some words. I'm sure you do speak your own language though, I still don't know what a Neener is 'Giggles' It's all good :) I could do with a nice Spirit now after all that spook talk. It gives me the creeps. So any plans for tomorrow Emily? Oh no it looks as though Emily has left the building. She has left her calling card it seems, no doubt she will be in touch soon, until then, enjoy your weekend and until next week that's me out of here. :)
'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour' is brought to you by 'Passion'. My passion :)To find a little more out about my novel, I am hanging with the man himself, Denis Campbell >> @UKProgressive: Part 1: The 'Passion' of Author @KevinSwarbrick on @BookViewTV-we discuss relationship perils. Please subscribe :) Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour has it's own Facebook page for all my wonderful authors, please show your support and press that little like button, you all know its appreciated. Thank you :) https://www.facebook.com/KevinSwarbrickDeliciouslyScandalousBlogTour?ref=hl Visit my website for more information :)http://kevinswarbrickauthor.weebly.com/
@KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour' interviewing the awesome and spooky author, Emily Hill.
Once again, I would first like to thank all the readers for showing me their support, you really are all awesome, I would like to also give a huge thank you to my second pair of eyes on this tour. Edith Mosback, thank you so much for just being you and giving an honest opinion every week and being what a friend should be about. Edith takes the time out to read these post before they do go live, and boy she know's when I'm upset and happy, 'It shows in my writing'. So I'm told!! 'Giggles' I am glad you do tell me though, I know if I get a smile from a true reader with such a great character, then I know I am going to get a smile from you the reader :) Thank you Edith for putting so much faith in me and my work... and of course to all my other true friends and readers out there who continue to show their true support everyday on twitter. Thank you all so much :) Moving on sharpest... ;)
My Sixth guest is the amazing author, Emily Hill. I have known Emily throw Twitter, like many of my other author friends, Emily has shown her support to me in many ways and for that I am truly grateful, I hope to return that support and give Emily, like all my other guest a great interview. You're in for a spooky ride!
Woody Allen’s character in Crimes and Misdemeanors delivered the following [excerpted] monologue which speaks, most precisely, to who I am “. . .we define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are, in fact, the sum total of our choices.”
At the age of sixteen I chose to follow my grandmother and mother’s lead into the world of Ghost Chasers . . . thus becoming ‘The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter’.
Like most people who have a near-death experience (polio, 1950) I am acutely aware of The Other Side and have a deep sense of longing to connect with my ancestors waiting for me Beyond the Grave.
My straight-laced husband, a classical musician, with whom I share a black cat, tolerates my predilections. Well, okay . . . we don’t really have a black cat – but the rest of this bio is totally true.
Wow... I didn't even see you come in then Emily. Now that was spooky!! Thank you for the introduction. Woody Allen is an great iconic figure for many. I've had a brush with the other side a few times and I can't say I wont again.I really can imagine how you felt. Musicians are creative, and like writers, can have a temperment! I must admit, I do have an artistic temperment and I try and keep it in check as best I can, but this God damn society makes it hard to do that at times 'Graaa'. Moving on...
Sometimes in life we all want more than what we can have, but if you had one wish to have anything or anyone, what would that wish be and why?
If I was granted one wish, I would wish to be a Katrina, moving between the Land of the Living and the Land Beyond the Grave. Why would I wish for something that –in so many minds – is so macabre? Because the Katrina is the epitome of an Elegant Death – which is inevitable (death, not necessarily elegance). Well, hmmm . . . taxes are also inevitable they say. Death and Taxes. But – who wants to be a Tax Man? Yes, please after this life is over, let me be a Katrina. And, to the Goddesses of Fate: If I could also have a blue dress, and matching wide-brimmed, flower-adorned, hat. And while we are at it, please make me willowy and white skinned. And maybe we could throw in a BFF Katrina too! I am – after all – a rather social animal!
Interesting... I'm afraid I can't help you with Katrina, and you're right who would want to be a tax man! Still its a job and any job is better than not having a job, and we know what society is like these days with so many out of work. Its not a nice place and it makes a tax mans job look grand :)
I would like you to make a short story up using no more than 400 words containing every one of these 14 key words; Bra, Game, Arm, Dragon, Rope, Window, Government, Dog poo, Sex, Light, Gap, Spoon, Moon, DM! Yes I know before it used to be 500 words, but you authors are making it all look too easy... Arm, Bra, DM, Dog Poo, Dragon, Game, Gap, Government, Light, Moon, Rope, Sex, Spoon, Window [In alphabetical order]It was a hot summer morning, muggy, the air still. My sophomore year of high school ended the week before and I was spending a lazy morning in my room, thinking about how I would like it redecorated in bright yellow frills. From the arm of the chair next to my bed I picked up my bra and put it on. Dressed in undies and bra I was now ready to send a DM to my best friend, Betsy. I can text in a bra and panties, but never in the nude!
This message was not going to be pleasant. I was in a ranting frame of mind over the dog poo Betsy’s Chihuahua, The Dragon, left in my mother’s flowerbed the day before. Soiling the garden was no game in our household and I had caught hell over it last night when my mom got home from work.
The gap between my family’s values (raised by a federal government agency-head and single mom) and hers(raised by a band of gypsies) caused Betsy to make light of my seriousness and her prankish-ness. We were as different as the moon and the sun. I’m one of those ‘Give ‘em enough rope and they’ll hang themselves’ kind of people. Clint Eastwood is my hero. I watch with interest the many ways people screw up their lives all the while reveling in my straight-laced values. I guess I’m a ‘no sex before marriage’ kind of girl. Betsy and her brother, Spoon – the heroin addict – make for an interesting study in life beyond the pale – a kind of a voyeurs paradise for me.
But, in spite of all the excitement I receive from the vicarious thrill of Betsy and Spoon’s lives, our friendship is about to go out the window – all because of The Dragon.”
Clint Eastwood and Dragon? Sounds like a Japanese film . 'Giggles'. A very interesting story and you used all the words. 'I love it'. Moving on from Clint Eastwood and his Karate kicks for his next movie 'Clint Eastwood And The Dragon'. I will bring it down to earth a little now ;)
When I first started writing I had a lot of negative people around me, I know I had to lose that energy in order to continue writing and fulfilling what others thought I couldn't do. Did you ever experience any of this when you first started writing or was you lucky enough to have the right support around you?
I’ve always had the most positive energy around me as I tried to find my way as an author. My father’s Baltimore family owned a printing business, which opened in 1875 (A.V. Harrison Printing). My ancestral uncle, Michael Jenkins, was editor of The Catholic Review – one of the Copperhead newspapers that Lincoln shut down during the Civil War. (So much for free speech and Lincoln’s commitment to the Constitution.)
My mother adds to my genetics poets, and writers from the smoky Blue Ridge Mountains. Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky is where her family lived the good life from the gains of their gin mill. They were annual participants in the ‘Storytellers’ contests.
You have a deep history there Emily. It seems you have been influenced in a very positive way... And some from beyond the grave!!
If you had a chance to run any country and make a difference, what country would it be and why?
“Hmm . . . The question is which country would I want to run, in an attempt to make a difference? Let’s see. First off, I’m a bit of a movie buff. “No Country For Old Men”? -- Nope? Not choosing that country!
In books, let’s see . . . “The Country for the Blind” by H.G. Wells? Naw, that doesn’t sound like a good choice!
Ah Ha! “The Country Where No One Ever Dies” – Bingo! Right up my alley! It’s described by Ornela Vorpsi in very rosy hues; although it’s national humor tends to be black comedy. In what ways would I attempt to make a difference in “The Country Where No One Ever Dies” ? Well, first of all, I would encourage visitors! Data indicates that its visitor’s rank has plummeted to 1,142,800. The location of “The Country Where No One Ever Dies” is obscure and could use some dusting off. I’m rolling up my sleeves and heading there! Wish me luck!”
I hear you, but in a country where know one ever dies, then they would have to be dead and my only fear of death, is not being able to feel them special moments. I don't think Louie would STICK around and would want to HANG around to long! I will stop the crudeness, Louie is to spooked out by it all 'Giggles'
What would you say the worse thing a reader has ever said to you and what was your reaction?
“Oh Fie! What a cruel question! Okay, here goes: ‘The worst thing a reader ever said to me was this:
‘I was completely appalled at the continued portrayals of women as unstable and neurotic. Yeah, gee, THANKS on that one. The whole thing [Ghost Stories and The Unexplained] was just a complete mess.’
That, Kevin-fans, was posted after the e-book had spent ten months as a Kindle Best Seller in the Mysticism category. Hell, I made $10,000 off that title (neener, neener ★-star reader !) All of my books rank an accumulated 4.3 so I don’t THINK I’m a total slouch, but I’m trying to improve.
What did I do about what my ★-star reader had to say? I burst into tears. Really. It was a mess! Sopping wet tears all over my keyboard, my eyes were swollen for days, I ranted to my online community, ‘The unfairness!!’ I can only say one thing: “Please, Please! Love me, readers!”
That's awesome, not the review upsetting you! People can be just nasty at times. Still if you let them get to you, then they will. I love you so sod em :)
“There would be no reaction. How do I know? It’s happened to me and my BFF, and that is how I have reacted. What the hell is the matter with you, Kevin, for that type of a question? Were you raised in a barn? Are you TOTALLY perverse? Oh? Say?? You want to know her name for validation purposes? Well. . . okay! Agatha Perry. She’s a professor of Medieval History. Lives here in Edmonds, Washington. She’s from London, actually. Rail thin, her digestive system has been a mess the whole time I’ve known her!”
Ok.. I admit, I can be a little perverse, but I've had an whole lot of practice at it. You're a good friend if you chose not to react. I believe its better to have an empty house rather than an angry tenant... Anyway there's nothing the matter with me. Your on my Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour, I am sorry if you feel the questions are a little stinky, but you did answer it very well. 'Giggles'.
Use only two words that would describe you?
“Loves social contact. Oh! Only TWO words? Book. Pimp.”
I have NO RESPONSE to that, only because I agree, but if you're a pimp, what does that make me? 'Giggles'.
7 Have you ever been…A, The owner of a lonely heartB. The owner of a broken heart
C. None of the above?
If the answer is C, please can you tell the reader how you have done it as I can see the reader would being interested to know that one. I know I am.
“ROTFL. Lonely Hearts? Broken Hearts?? I’m a writer! For the love of God! And that’s the short answer.
Okay, no one knows this TRUE story: one frosty pre-dawn winter morning, years and years ago, I sat in my car, headlights off, parked in the driveway of a lover who had scorned me. I seem to remember a loaded Colt 45 Special being in my glove box. I watched the scene as my lover moved through the house turning off the lights getting ready to leave for his morning work out. First his bedroom light was turned off, then the dining room light, finally the living room light. The gun jammed. Years later I met up with him - he was the surprise guest at my son’s wedding. The balance between Life and Death tips precariously sometimes.”
You were both very lucky indeed. I am grateful that it did jam. My gun cums fully loaded, getting it to fire is another story! It can be such hard work at times 'Giggles' At least we can laugh about it now, kinda! I think I have the perfect rhyme for you...
I would like you to do the rhyme ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. Using your own words and without holding back.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little StarEmily and a Wraith* walked into a bar,Emily ordered gin, the Wraith ordered rye**,But, when the tab came, the Wraith said ‘Bye, Bye’.
'Giggles' Great now you passed that little test and I do hope you're not going to vanish on me? There's no need to, just stay there and please stop shacking your head like I am some strange guy...
What is the strangest thing you have ever encountered? Please don't say this interview. 'Giggles'
“This is a true story, actually: During one of those 3 am‘can’t sleep because a plot-line-has-hit my conscience’ writing sessions I was sitting in the bedroom of my 1907 lake cottage, with the door closed. It was a classic summer morning, indigo skies and twinkling stars. The house was completely still – and had been for hours, as I was living alone. Not a sound. Dead silence.
Out of my peripheral vision I saw a glitter of light from the glass-prism doorknob of my bedroom. I put my pen down and watched as the doorknob turned – imperceptibly slowly. Before it made a full turn, releasing the latch, the doorknob began to rattle in its old brass casing. Something – emphasis on ‘something’ – was trying to cross the threshold into my room.
What happened next is contained in my collection of short stories in ‘The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter’, soft cover version.”
If you could be, a Musical instrument, what would you be and why?
“If I were a musical instrument I would be a flute, which was played during the Baroque period - my favorite classical music era. A flute is slender, light, and has a lilting, melodic, quality. [My husband, a music professor, wrote this response for me.]”
A flute... I like a woman who knows how to blow a good flute! I know you thought I was going to say something else. I was... The flute does have a beautiful sound if you touch them holes in the right places ;)
If you could change one thing about you as a person, what would that one thing be?
“If I could change one thing about myself – as a person - I would be more flamboyant – take more risks. Like, I would have liked being a Go-Go dancer in the sixties. Now THAT would have been fun! Okay, okay, so females dancing in large birdcages suspended from the ceiling of bars were linked to drugs and prostitution in those days. That should not have stopped this Catholic Girl from living her dream! In retrospect I have been way too cautious! Hmm . . do you think it’s too late?
On the other hand: If I could change one thing about myself, say – as a bird – I would want to be a more colorful hummingbird. More tropically inclined in my bird feather palette.”
Its never to late for anything, I think I might have done things like that in the past, now I just write about them 'Giggles' Well it keeps me out of trouble chatting to you lovely authors. I had a vision then...
I know we all remember our first kiss, would you say yours was a good experience or a bad one? Please explain why.
Ah! Here’s to YOU, Paul Holmes, wherever you are! Sixth grade was grand, wasn’t it? Spin the bottle, going steady, notes passed in class, and hiding your ‘going steady’ ring from your mommy (because “mommy” is still how one referred to their mom, in that cross-over stage). Being kissed by Paul Holmes during the spin-the-bottle segment of his birthday party was incredibly memorable, even all these years later. Paul was tall, not quite pudgy, but soft-skinned with lips as plump and soft as the petals of roses blooming in June. I always imagined Paul and I meeting on a bridge in Paris, looking up at the Eiffel Tower as fireworks light up the sky.
What did I know, I was thirteen? There are no bridges in Paris overlooking the Eiffel Tower. I should have done my homework before I made that date for the future!”
Sounds great to me, wacky imaginations always do, I wouldn't have you here and I wouldn't be here if they wasn't ;)
Do you ever remember a part from your life that’s made a huge impact on you as a person. If so would you like to share that part with the reader?
“Yes, I remember a part of my life that made a huge impact on my life. It was the summer I was having public sex sessions with my boyfriend, an attorney. The first time we tried it was August in Seattle and the Fremont District was dead on a Thursday evening. The event took place in the downstairs stairwell of an office building. That was the moment I realized that lawyers will do anything! That realization made a huge impact on my life.”
Love it! ! Now that's an impact my friend Louie likes, when he's not hiding away that is! I have my very own experience too, my books explain all. 'Giggles'.
14 Who inspired you to write or was it always a dream to be an author?
The birth of my grandson inspired me to transform myself from ‘writer’ to ‘author’. It was the promise “of future generations” (referred to in Professor Levy’s dialogue from ‘Crimes and Misdemeanors’) that opened my eyes to the fact that one day I would be an ‘ancestor’, and my new grandson – and his heirs – would carry the family history into the future.
I wanted to lay down the foundation of the Jenkins-family saga for him. He’s only six now. I wonder how long it will take him to realize that the book I dedicated to him regarding our family history is . . . a novel.
What a lovely gift to give to your generation. He will be so proud of you just like I am :) I wont keep you much longer...
Can you tell the reader about your latest work and also tell the reader where they can find you.
My latest published work is entitled, ‘The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter’. It is a collection of 24 short ghost stories in six-part sets. The first two sets, numbering 13 stories is in memoir format; the third set is stories of terror and pathos – beasts that pace, just on the other side of the grave; the fourth set is stories of European folklore written while I traveled the Transylvania region of Europe a year ago.
Website: http://www.emilyhillwriter.com
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3139020.Emily_Hill
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emily.hill.3994
Twitter: https://twitter.com/13GhostTales
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/EmilyHillWriter
Its been pleasure having you on this tour Emily, OK I did have to Google some words. I'm sure you do speak your own language though, I still don't know what a Neener is 'Giggles' It's all good :) I could do with a nice Spirit now after all that spook talk. It gives me the creeps. So any plans for tomorrow Emily? Oh no it looks as though Emily has left the building. She has left her calling card it seems, no doubt she will be in touch soon, until then, enjoy your weekend and until next week that's me out of here. :)
'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour' is brought to you by 'Passion'. My passion :)To find a little more out about my novel, I am hanging with the man himself, Denis Campbell >> @UKProgressive: Part 1: The 'Passion' of Author @KevinSwarbrick on @BookViewTV-we discuss relationship perils. Please subscribe :) Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour has it's own Facebook page for all my wonderful authors, please show your support and press that little like button, you all know its appreciated. Thank you :) https://www.facebook.com/KevinSwarbrickDeliciouslyScandalousBlogTour?ref=hl Visit my website for more information :) https://www.facebook.com/KevinSwarbrickDeliciouslyScandalousBlogTour?ref=hl
My Sixth guest is the amazing author, Emily Hill. I have known Emily throw Twitter, like many of my other author friends, Emily has shown her support to me in many ways and for that I am truly grateful, I hope to return that support and give Emily, like all my other guest a great interview. You're in for a spooky ride!
Woody Allen’s character in Crimes and Misdemeanors delivered the following [excerpted] monologue which speaks, most precisely, to who I am “. . .we define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are, in fact, the sum total of our choices.”
At the age of sixteen I chose to follow my grandmother and mother’s lead into the world of Ghost Chasers . . . thus becoming ‘The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter’.
Like most people who have a near-death experience (polio, 1950) I am acutely aware of The Other Side and have a deep sense of longing to connect with my ancestors waiting for me Beyond the Grave.
My straight-laced husband, a classical musician, with whom I share a black cat, tolerates my predilections. Well, okay . . . we don’t really have a black cat – but the rest of this bio is totally true.
Wow... I didn't even see you come in then Emily. Now that was spooky!! Thank you for the introduction. Woody Allen is an great iconic figure for many. I've had a brush with the other side a few times and I can't say I wont again.I really can imagine how you felt. Musicians are creative, and like writers, can have a temperment! I must admit, I do have an artistic temperment and I try and keep it in check as best I can, but this God damn society makes it hard to do that at times 'Graaa'. Moving on...
Sometimes in life we all want more than what we can have, but if you had one wish to have anything or anyone, what would that wish be and why?
If I was granted one wish, I would wish to be a Katrina, moving between the Land of the Living and the Land Beyond the Grave. Why would I wish for something that –in so many minds – is so macabre? Because the Katrina is the epitome of an Elegant Death – which is inevitable (death, not necessarily elegance). Well, hmmm . . . taxes are also inevitable they say. Death and Taxes. But – who wants to be a Tax Man? Yes, please after this life is over, let me be a Katrina. And, to the Goddesses of Fate: If I could also have a blue dress, and matching wide-brimmed, flower-adorned, hat. And while we are at it, please make me willowy and white skinned. And maybe we could throw in a BFF Katrina too! I am – after all – a rather social animal!
Interesting... I'm afraid I can't help you with Katrina, and you're right who would want to be a tax man! Still its a job and any job is better than not having a job, and we know what society is like these days with so many out of work. Its not a nice place and it makes a tax mans job look grand :)
I would like you to make a short story up using no more than 400 words containing every one of these 14 key words; Bra, Game, Arm, Dragon, Rope, Window, Government, Dog poo, Sex, Light, Gap, Spoon, Moon, DM! Yes I know before it used to be 500 words, but you authors are making it all look too easy... Arm, Bra, DM, Dog Poo, Dragon, Game, Gap, Government, Light, Moon, Rope, Sex, Spoon, Window [In alphabetical order]It was a hot summer morning, muggy, the air still. My sophomore year of high school ended the week before and I was spending a lazy morning in my room, thinking about how I would like it redecorated in bright yellow frills. From the arm of the chair next to my bed I picked up my bra and put it on. Dressed in undies and bra I was now ready to send a DM to my best friend, Betsy. I can text in a bra and panties, but never in the nude!
This message was not going to be pleasant. I was in a ranting frame of mind over the dog poo Betsy’s Chihuahua, The Dragon, left in my mother’s flowerbed the day before. Soiling the garden was no game in our household and I had caught hell over it last night when my mom got home from work.
The gap between my family’s values (raised by a federal government agency-head and single mom) and hers(raised by a band of gypsies) caused Betsy to make light of my seriousness and her prankish-ness. We were as different as the moon and the sun. I’m one of those ‘Give ‘em enough rope and they’ll hang themselves’ kind of people. Clint Eastwood is my hero. I watch with interest the many ways people screw up their lives all the while reveling in my straight-laced values. I guess I’m a ‘no sex before marriage’ kind of girl. Betsy and her brother, Spoon – the heroin addict – make for an interesting study in life beyond the pale – a kind of a voyeurs paradise for me.
But, in spite of all the excitement I receive from the vicarious thrill of Betsy and Spoon’s lives, our friendship is about to go out the window – all because of The Dragon.”
Clint Eastwood and Dragon? Sounds like a Japanese film . 'Giggles'. A very interesting story and you used all the words. 'I love it'. Moving on from Clint Eastwood and his Karate kicks for his next movie 'Clint Eastwood And The Dragon'. I will bring it down to earth a little now ;)
When I first started writing I had a lot of negative people around me, I know I had to lose that energy in order to continue writing and fulfilling what others thought I couldn't do. Did you ever experience any of this when you first started writing or was you lucky enough to have the right support around you?
I’ve always had the most positive energy around me as I tried to find my way as an author. My father’s Baltimore family owned a printing business, which opened in 1875 (A.V. Harrison Printing). My ancestral uncle, Michael Jenkins, was editor of The Catholic Review – one of the Copperhead newspapers that Lincoln shut down during the Civil War. (So much for free speech and Lincoln’s commitment to the Constitution.)
My mother adds to my genetics poets, and writers from the smoky Blue Ridge Mountains. Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky is where her family lived the good life from the gains of their gin mill. They were annual participants in the ‘Storytellers’ contests.
You have a deep history there Emily. It seems you have been influenced in a very positive way... And some from beyond the grave!!
If you had a chance to run any country and make a difference, what country would it be and why?
“Hmm . . . The question is which country would I want to run, in an attempt to make a difference? Let’s see. First off, I’m a bit of a movie buff. “No Country For Old Men”? -- Nope? Not choosing that country!
In books, let’s see . . . “The Country for the Blind” by H.G. Wells? Naw, that doesn’t sound like a good choice!
Ah Ha! “The Country Where No One Ever Dies” – Bingo! Right up my alley! It’s described by Ornela Vorpsi in very rosy hues; although it’s national humor tends to be black comedy. In what ways would I attempt to make a difference in “The Country Where No One Ever Dies” ? Well, first of all, I would encourage visitors! Data indicates that its visitor’s rank has plummeted to 1,142,800. The location of “The Country Where No One Ever Dies” is obscure and could use some dusting off. I’m rolling up my sleeves and heading there! Wish me luck!”
I hear you, but in a country where know one ever dies, then they would have to be dead and my only fear of death, is not being able to feel them special moments. I don't think Louie would STICK around and would want to HANG around to long! I will stop the crudeness, Louie is to spooked out by it all 'Giggles'
What would you say the worse thing a reader has ever said to you and what was your reaction?
“Oh Fie! What a cruel question! Okay, here goes: ‘The worst thing a reader ever said to me was this:
‘I was completely appalled at the continued portrayals of women as unstable and neurotic. Yeah, gee, THANKS on that one. The whole thing [Ghost Stories and The Unexplained] was just a complete mess.’
That, Kevin-fans, was posted after the e-book had spent ten months as a Kindle Best Seller in the Mysticism category. Hell, I made $10,000 off that title (neener, neener ★-star reader !) All of my books rank an accumulated 4.3 so I don’t THINK I’m a total slouch, but I’m trying to improve.
What did I do about what my ★-star reader had to say? I burst into tears. Really. It was a mess! Sopping wet tears all over my keyboard, my eyes were swollen for days, I ranted to my online community, ‘The unfairness!!’ I can only say one thing: “Please, Please! Love me, readers!”
That's awesome, not the review upsetting you! People can be just nasty at times. Still if you let them get to you, then they will. I love you so sod em :)
“There would be no reaction. How do I know? It’s happened to me and my BFF, and that is how I have reacted. What the hell is the matter with you, Kevin, for that type of a question? Were you raised in a barn? Are you TOTALLY perverse? Oh? Say?? You want to know her name for validation purposes? Well. . . okay! Agatha Perry. She’s a professor of Medieval History. Lives here in Edmonds, Washington. She’s from London, actually. Rail thin, her digestive system has been a mess the whole time I’ve known her!”
Ok.. I admit, I can be a little perverse, but I've had an whole lot of practice at it. You're a good friend if you chose not to react. I believe its better to have an empty house rather than an angry tenant... Anyway there's nothing the matter with me. Your on my Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour, I am sorry if you feel the questions are a little stinky, but you did answer it very well. 'Giggles'.
Use only two words that would describe you?
“Loves social contact. Oh! Only TWO words? Book. Pimp.”
I have NO RESPONSE to that, only because I agree, but if you're a pimp, what does that make me? 'Giggles'.
7 Have you ever been…A, The owner of a lonely heartB. The owner of a broken heart
C. None of the above?
If the answer is C, please can you tell the reader how you have done it as I can see the reader would being interested to know that one. I know I am.
“ROTFL. Lonely Hearts? Broken Hearts?? I’m a writer! For the love of God! And that’s the short answer.
Okay, no one knows this TRUE story: one frosty pre-dawn winter morning, years and years ago, I sat in my car, headlights off, parked in the driveway of a lover who had scorned me. I seem to remember a loaded Colt 45 Special being in my glove box. I watched the scene as my lover moved through the house turning off the lights getting ready to leave for his morning work out. First his bedroom light was turned off, then the dining room light, finally the living room light. The gun jammed. Years later I met up with him - he was the surprise guest at my son’s wedding. The balance between Life and Death tips precariously sometimes.”
You were both very lucky indeed. I am grateful that it did jam. My gun cums fully loaded, getting it to fire is another story! It can be such hard work at times 'Giggles' At least we can laugh about it now, kinda! I think I have the perfect rhyme for you...
I would like you to do the rhyme ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. Using your own words and without holding back.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little StarEmily and a Wraith* walked into a bar,Emily ordered gin, the Wraith ordered rye**,But, when the tab came, the Wraith said ‘Bye, Bye’.
'Giggles' Great now you passed that little test and I do hope you're not going to vanish on me? There's no need to, just stay there and please stop shacking your head like I am some strange guy...
What is the strangest thing you have ever encountered? Please don't say this interview. 'Giggles'
“This is a true story, actually: During one of those 3 am‘can’t sleep because a plot-line-has-hit my conscience’ writing sessions I was sitting in the bedroom of my 1907 lake cottage, with the door closed. It was a classic summer morning, indigo skies and twinkling stars. The house was completely still – and had been for hours, as I was living alone. Not a sound. Dead silence.
Out of my peripheral vision I saw a glitter of light from the glass-prism doorknob of my bedroom. I put my pen down and watched as the doorknob turned – imperceptibly slowly. Before it made a full turn, releasing the latch, the doorknob began to rattle in its old brass casing. Something – emphasis on ‘something’ – was trying to cross the threshold into my room.
What happened next is contained in my collection of short stories in ‘The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter’, soft cover version.”
If you could be, a Musical instrument, what would you be and why?
“If I were a musical instrument I would be a flute, which was played during the Baroque period - my favorite classical music era. A flute is slender, light, and has a lilting, melodic, quality. [My husband, a music professor, wrote this response for me.]”
A flute... I like a woman who knows how to blow a good flute! I know you thought I was going to say something else. I was... The flute does have a beautiful sound if you touch them holes in the right places ;)
If you could change one thing about you as a person, what would that one thing be?
“If I could change one thing about myself – as a person - I would be more flamboyant – take more risks. Like, I would have liked being a Go-Go dancer in the sixties. Now THAT would have been fun! Okay, okay, so females dancing in large birdcages suspended from the ceiling of bars were linked to drugs and prostitution in those days. That should not have stopped this Catholic Girl from living her dream! In retrospect I have been way too cautious! Hmm . . do you think it’s too late?
On the other hand: If I could change one thing about myself, say – as a bird – I would want to be a more colorful hummingbird. More tropically inclined in my bird feather palette.”
Its never to late for anything, I think I might have done things like that in the past, now I just write about them 'Giggles' Well it keeps me out of trouble chatting to you lovely authors. I had a vision then...
I know we all remember our first kiss, would you say yours was a good experience or a bad one? Please explain why.
Ah! Here’s to YOU, Paul Holmes, wherever you are! Sixth grade was grand, wasn’t it? Spin the bottle, going steady, notes passed in class, and hiding your ‘going steady’ ring from your mommy (because “mommy” is still how one referred to their mom, in that cross-over stage). Being kissed by Paul Holmes during the spin-the-bottle segment of his birthday party was incredibly memorable, even all these years later. Paul was tall, not quite pudgy, but soft-skinned with lips as plump and soft as the petals of roses blooming in June. I always imagined Paul and I meeting on a bridge in Paris, looking up at the Eiffel Tower as fireworks light up the sky.
What did I know, I was thirteen? There are no bridges in Paris overlooking the Eiffel Tower. I should have done my homework before I made that date for the future!”
Sounds great to me, wacky imaginations always do, I wouldn't have you here and I wouldn't be here if they wasn't ;)
Do you ever remember a part from your life that’s made a huge impact on you as a person. If so would you like to share that part with the reader?
“Yes, I remember a part of my life that made a huge impact on my life. It was the summer I was having public sex sessions with my boyfriend, an attorney. The first time we tried it was August in Seattle and the Fremont District was dead on a Thursday evening. The event took place in the downstairs stairwell of an office building. That was the moment I realized that lawyers will do anything! That realization made a huge impact on my life.”
Love it! ! Now that's an impact my friend Louie likes, when he's not hiding away that is! I have my very own experience too, my books explain all. 'Giggles'.
14 Who inspired you to write or was it always a dream to be an author?
The birth of my grandson inspired me to transform myself from ‘writer’ to ‘author’. It was the promise “of future generations” (referred to in Professor Levy’s dialogue from ‘Crimes and Misdemeanors’) that opened my eyes to the fact that one day I would be an ‘ancestor’, and my new grandson – and his heirs – would carry the family history into the future.
I wanted to lay down the foundation of the Jenkins-family saga for him. He’s only six now. I wonder how long it will take him to realize that the book I dedicated to him regarding our family history is . . . a novel.
What a lovely gift to give to your generation. He will be so proud of you just like I am :) I wont keep you much longer...
Can you tell the reader about your latest work and also tell the reader where they can find you.
My latest published work is entitled, ‘The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter’. It is a collection of 24 short ghost stories in six-part sets. The first two sets, numbering 13 stories is in memoir format; the third set is stories of terror and pathos – beasts that pace, just on the other side of the grave; the fourth set is stories of European folklore written while I traveled the Transylvania region of Europe a year ago.
Website: http://www.emilyhillwriter.com
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3139020.Emily_Hill
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emily.hill.3994
Twitter: https://twitter.com/13GhostTales
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/EmilyHillWriter
Its been pleasure having you on this tour Emily, OK I did have to Google some words. I'm sure you do speak your own language though, I still don't know what a Neener is 'Giggles' It's all good :) I could do with a nice Spirit now after all that spook talk. It gives me the creeps. So any plans for tomorrow Emily? Oh no it looks as though Emily has left the building. She has left her calling card it seems, no doubt she will be in touch soon, until then, enjoy your weekend and until next week that's me out of here. :)
'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour' is brought to you by 'Passion'. My passion :)To find a little more out about my novel, I am hanging with the man himself, Denis Campbell >> @UKProgressive: Part 1: The 'Passion' of Author @KevinSwarbrick on @BookViewTV-we discuss relationship perils. Please subscribe :) Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour has it's own Facebook page for all my wonderful authors, please show your support and press that little like button, you all know its appreciated. Thank you :) https://www.facebook.com/KevinSwarbrickDeliciouslyScandalousBlogTour?ref=hl Visit my website for more information :) https://www.facebook.com/KevinSwarbrickDeliciouslyScandalousBlogTour?ref=hl
@KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour' interviewing the awesome and spooky author, Emily Hill. Coming soon 7/713
Once again, I would first like to thank all the readers for showing their support, you really have been awesome :) My Sixth guest is the amazing author, Emily Hill, I have known Emily throw Twitter, like many of my other author friends, Emily has shown her support to me in many ways and for that I am truly grateful, I hope to return that support and give Emily, like all my other guest a great interview. You're in for a spooky ride! Join us both on the 7/7/13! This Friday :-D!!
The Idea behind my, 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour' was my novel, 'Passion'
To find a little more out about my novel, I am hanging with the man himself, Denis Campbell >> @UKProgressive: Part 1: The 'Passion' of Author @KevinSwarbrick on @BookViewTV-we discuss relationship perils. Please subscribe :)
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The Idea behind my, 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour' was my novel, 'Passion'
To find a little more out about my novel, I am hanging with the man himself, Denis Campbell >> @UKProgressive: Part 1: The 'Passion' of Author @KevinSwarbrick on @BookViewTV-we discuss relationship perils. Please subscribe :)
You can also show your support by pressing that little like button on Facebook for this awesome tour :) https://www.facebook.com/KevinSwarbrickDeliciouslyScandalousBlogTour?ref=hlIts all appreciated and its not forgotten :)For further information about me and my books, please check out my website http://kevinswarbrickauthor.weebly.com/
May 31, 2013
A start!: @KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour'...
A start!: @KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour'...: My fifth guest is the amazing author, Dawn Torrens. I have known Dawn since I first started on twitter, Dawn is a huge support and a huge inspiration to me :) Just like all my other guest this interview is one not to be missed! 'Giggles'. I am over the moon to say, Dawn did pass this interview with flying colours, but saying that, I knew Dawn would ;) Awesome!
May 30, 2013
The awesome author, Dawn Torrens @KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour'.
My next guest is the amazing author, Dawn Torrens.I have known Dawn since I first started on twitter, she has been a huge support and a huge inspiration to me, I am proud to call Dawn a great too, a friend that I would like you all to meet. Can you tell my readers a little about yourself Dawn :)
I published my first book in October 2011, since then I have published four books and I am currently penning my fifth. I am a devoted mother and myprincess is my world. I am married and live in England. I adore chocolate and pork sausages. I don't like arrogance and hate bullies.
Nice little Bio there, four books so far and one on its way is a huge achievement, even more so with the little time you do have on your hands. I wont get started about bulling, that's all in this next book I'm working on. Lets keep this interview like chocolate nice and sweet :)
Sometimes in life we all want more than what we can have, but if you had one wish to have anything or anyone, what would that wish be and why?
My one wish now would most definitely be that my princess's Asthma would just disappear forever.
Now you can't beat that wish. Bless her. I know you have done a great blog post about Asthma and for the reader who would like to find out more then please take a look on Dawns blog later once the interview has finished when we leave you all the links you need to read all Dawns work :) I will start with the first question and bring a little fun to the interview...
I would like you to make a short Story up using no more than 500 words containing every one of these 14 keys words; Tube, Hand, Cube, Dog Poo, Sky, Window, Cut, Car, Sex, Lamp, Job, Grass, Spoon
Hi Lucy, just a quick update as promised, Damian is stuck in a long queue right now for ice cream. My day so far!
I parked the car and climbed out stepping straight into a pile of dog poo, this really wasn't my day! My beautiful new red shoes I'd purchased the day before to go with my red tube dress were ruined. I looked to the sky and thanked God it wasn't raining. Just as I was about to take my shoes off a pigeon flew over my head missing me by inches and pooed all over my car window, what the hell is going on with all this poo today? I could not meet Damian with Poo covered shoes, so I left them in the boot and proceeded bare foot. I quickly scanned the picnic area of the park for my date and then I spotted him in the distance, and he was looking every bit as delectable as I remembered, sitting on the crisp newly cut grass.As I made my way towards him I was drawn to a cluster of bushes to my right, there was a really disturbing noise coming from behind them. I heard the sound of a woman, she sounded in pain. I slowly walked towards the bush ready to help the poor woman clearly struggling on the other side. Then I heard a man's voice, it did not sound good, he was clearly hurting the woman, I was scared, but still I made my way slowly, suddenly the man shouted out. I picked up my pace and practically leapt over the bush to the woman's aid and fell awkwardly on my hand. What I saw was not what I was expecting at all, two people stark naked having sex in broad day light, well, at least that's what I think they were doing, although that was one position I'd never come across before! Feeling extremely embarrassed I made my apologies and made a sharp exit.Just when I thought my day could not get any worse, it did, I was so flustered at what I'd just witnessed I walked straight into a lamppost as I crossed the path to meet Damian, who by the way had fell about laughing and was literally holding his stomach. I was mortified. I meandered over to him and he could barely contain his laughter. I had no shoes, a headache was forming and I almost assaulted two people having sex in the park. He said to me, "I can't wait to see what you have in store for the rest of the day." He laid out the picnic and I have to say I was rather disappointed he'd brought plastic knives, forks and spoons, but I guess no one is perfect. I will send you another DM later with an update on the rest of my day. I have to dash I can see Damian coming back with two large ice creams. By the way my cube table arrived the other day and it looks amazing in my apartment. By the way I got that job I applied for now I just need to inform boss! Hope you're having a wonderful holiday. xx
Love the story Dawn and you sure passed that little test ;) It makes me wonder who the two people were who was having sex in broad day light! Some people have no shame at times 'Giggles' I should know I write about it ;)!! Moving on sharpish...
When I first started writing I had a lot of negative people around me, I know I had to lose that energy in order to continue writing and fulfilling what others thought I couldn’t do. Did you ever experience any of this when you first started writing or was you lucky enough to have the right support around you?I was lucky in that the people surrounding me when I started were very supportive and were there for me every step of the way. I discovered in the virtual world very early on that not all people are what they seem and there are some pretty devious people out there who want to see you fail. You soon realize who are friends or foe! I have a great network of author friends including yourself sweetie, who are a great support to me and have turned into really great friends.
You have been very lucky in that respect, if it wasn't for my close friends who believe in me and my writing then I really wouldn't have made it this far. Its a shame really that the people you thought your meant to be close to, can just change and can't be happy with what you are doing! They don't see any hard work that goes into writing! I have learnt to cut these people off and just get on with what I enjoy doing, if someone can't be happy for you then their not worth the energy in my eyes.
If you had a chance to run any country and make a difference, what county would it be and why?
It would be my country England, the coalition simply isn't working in my honest opinion. There are many homeless people inour country and many empty boarded up houses, the answer is in front of us! I would introduce more serious prison sentences for people who abuse animals as the punishments are not severe enough and are not acting as a deterrent. I would introduce more bank holidays and bring back free milk for children in all schools.
Now I will toast to that. This country is such a mess and its not getting any better. There's so much this government can do, but they choose not to and just waste money on things we don't need! I won't get started on this topic, I think I will move on to the next question :)
What would you say the worse thing a reader has ever said to you and what was your reaction?
One reader wrote a comment on my website (which I did not approve and ignored!) I won't repeat what she said bit it wasn't pleasant! Every once in a while in this business draws out the crazies...
It sure does and the best thing to do is ignore them, speaking of ignoring them...
I would like you to vision yourself walking down a busy high street with your partner and suddenly there was a noise that came from his bottom and people turned around looking at you, what would your reaction be and why?
I have a great sense of humour and would simply laugh point towards mypartner and carry on walking!!
'Giggles', Yes I might have done that once or twice, but don't tell anyone and I wont tell them about the one you let off when you walked in and you started pointing the finger at the chair!!
Use only two words that would describe you?
Determined & chocolate!
I can see that Dawn, you work very hard indeed and your a very sweet person so I can understand the chocolate part too ;)
Have you ever been…
A, The owner of a lonely heart
B. The owner of a broken heart
C. None of the above?
If the answer is C, please can you tell the reader how you have done it, I can see the reader would beinginterested to know that one, I know I am...
Lol, I would love to know the secret answer to C! My answer like most people is answer B. I have been the devastated owner of a broken heart in the past...
I would say religion could be one secret and the other is.... I can't tell you the answer to that, I'm still learning lol
Its time for a little fun, I would like you to do the rhyme ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’. Using your own words and without holding back.
Hickory dickory dock
Kevin lost his sock
he opened the fridge
it was on top of his beer
Hickory dickory dock...
'Giggles', my sock on my beer! What kind of impression do I give out... My socks would be under my pizza box that's on the floor, I thought you knew that, the chance of there being beer in the fridge is very slim. Someone always drinks it... Next question I think ;)
When you are writing, do you ever think, 'Erm me and my partner did that once, that has to go into the story?
I have definitely drawn on past experience for my romance novel!
Yes, now that's great to hear ;) I was sick of being the only one that says; Yes you are in the book now get over it lol. I had a conversation with a friend when I was out having a cheeky drink and we was on about this, and me being me at the time and not really thinking said; I would love to star in a book, he almost spat his beer out, he turned and looked at me and said, "Your in three as it is!" Valid point I guess lol
If you could be a Musical instrument, what would you be and why?
I would be a Saxophone for sure, like that great instrument I am soulful and full of jazz!!
I can imagine you blowing hard on that saxophone and playing a really good tune!! 'Giving my head a wobble' I'm not saying which one... I'm just going to move on instead...
If you could change one thing about you as a person, what would that one thing be?
I wish I had the ability to say NO more often, I just find it so very hard.
No comment! 'Giggles' I'm just having a few wicked thoughts then, somethings coming back to me from the past...
I know we all remember our first kiss, would you say yours was a good experience or a bad one? Please explain why.
My first kiss was the most amazing experience ever, I was totally besotted with the guy who there after became my boyfriend and first love.
Awww how sweet is that, now get me a bucket!! lol Its a good job you know me ;)
Do you ever remember a part in your life that’s made a huge impact on you as a person. If so what was it and why?
My childhood had a massive impact on my life and how my journey brought me to this point. Also one or two remarkable people along the way had a huge impact on my life too.
I can relate to the childhood, I know from reading your past that you went through a hell of a lot and to be here to day talking to me is a true strength of its own. Not the fact your talking to me, but being able to share you experiences and to write them down for others to relate to. I felt the pain when I was reading your story and I was also very proud of how far you have come and the awesome work that you continue doing :)
Who inspired you to write or was it always a dream to be an author?
It was always a dream, I was inspired by many great authors. As young girl I was totallyinspired by, "The diary of Anne Frank" a remarkable story. I was also a huge fan of Dickens and many more. I soaked up the words like a sponge and started writing before I hit my teen years. Poetry mainly at that time.
I am sure everyone will agree when I say it is a great feeling to watch other peoples dreams come true and I am loving watching you grow. I remember asking you that question in my Facebook group when you took part in the spotlight :) https://www.facebook.com/groups/322062041161801/
Can you tell the reader about your latest work and also tell the reader where they can find you.
My current WIP is a romance novel called, "Tears of Endurance" due for release in September 2013. It's a very intense love story filled with love, loss and tragedy...
Links : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Wings-ebook/dp/B00BOQ8AVK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1368265982&sr=1-1&keywords=broken+wings+d+g+torrens
Website http://dawnsdaily.com
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/dgtorrens
Twitter, @Torrenstp
Blog Page http://dawnsdaily.com
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful Kevin Swarbrick for inviting me to his virtual studio today. It's been fun!
Its been an absolute pleasure to have you here Dawn, I promised you an interview last year, but I never did get around to doing any until now, and here you are :) I wish you all the happiness this world can offer you and I also wish your little princess an Asthmatic free life :( Bless! You're a good friend and a great author, I look forward meeting you on that red carpet one day ;) Never lose hope and always have faith. Until next week that'ts me out of here until I bring you another great author that is ;)
Have a great weekend I hope you enjoyed the interview, I know I did ;)
@KevinSwarbrick 'Deliciously Scandalous Blog Tour' interviewing the awesome author, Dawn Torrens
My next guest is the amazing author, Dawn Torrens.I have known Dawn since I first started on twitter, she has been a huge support and a huge inspiration to me, I am proud to call Dawn a great too, a friend that I would like you all to meet. Can you tell my readers a little about yourself Dawn :)
I published my first book in October 2011, since then I have published four books and I am currently penning my fifth. I am a devoted mother and myprincess is my world. I am married and live in England. I adore chocolate and pork sausages. I don't like arrogance and hate bullies.
Nice little Bio there, four books so far and one on its way is a huge achievement, even more so with the little time you do have on your hands. I wont get started about bulling, that's all in this next book I'm working on. Lets keep this interview like chocolate nice and sweet :)
Sometimes in life we all want more than what we can have, but if you had one wish to have anything or anyone, what would that wish be and why?
My one wish now would most definitely be that my princess's Asthma would just disappear forever.
Now you can't beat that wish. Bless her. I know you have done a great blog post about Asthma and for the reader who would like to find out more then please take a look on Dawns blog later once the interview has finished when we leave you all the links you need to read all Dawns work :) I will start with the first question and bring a little fun to the interview...
I would like you to make a short Story up using no more than 500 words containing every one of these 14 keys words; Tube, Hand, Cube, Dog Poo, Sky, Window, Cut, Car, Sex, Lamp, Job, Grass, Spoon
Hi Lucy, just a quick update as promised, Damian is stuck in a long queue right now for ice cream. My day so far!
I parked the car and climbed out stepping straight into a pile of dog poo, this really wasn't my day! My beautiful new red shoes I'd purchased the day before to go with my red tube dress were ruined. I looked to the sky and thanked God it wasn't raining. Just as I was about to take my shoes off a pigeon flew over my head missing me by inches and pooed all over my car window, what the hell is going on with all this poo today? I could not meet Damian with Poo covered shoes, so I left them in the boot and proceeded bare foot. I quickly scanned the picnic area of the park for my date and then I spotted him in the distance, and he was looking every bit as delectable as I remembered, sitting on the crisp newly cut grass.As I made my way towards him I was drawn to a cluster of bushes to my right, there was a really disturbing noise coming from behind them. I heard the sound of a woman, she sounded in pain. I slowly walked towards the bush ready to help the poor woman clearly struggling on the other side. Then I heard a man's voice, it did not sound good, he was clearly hurting the woman, I was scared, but still I made my way slowly, suddenly the man shouted out. I picked up my pace and practically leapt over the bush to the woman's aid and fell awkwardly on my hand. What I saw was not what I was expecting at all, two people stark naked having sex in broad day light, well, at least that's what I think they were doing, although that was one position I'd never come across before! Feeling extremely embarrassed I made my apologies and made a sharp exit.Just when I thought my day could not get any worse, it did, I was so flustered at what I'd just witnessed I walked straight into a lamppost as I crossed the path to meet Damian, who by the way had fell about laughing and was literally holding his stomach. I was mortified. I meandered over to him and he could barely contain his laughter. I had no shoes, a headache was forming and I almost assaulted two people having sex in the park. He said to me, "I can't wait to see what you have in store for the rest of the day." He laid out the picnic and I have to say I was rather disappointed he'd brought plastic knives, forks and spoons, but I guess no one is perfect. I will send you another DM later with an update on the rest of my day. I have to dash I can see Damian coming back with two large ice creams. By the way my cube table arrived the other day and it looks amazing in my apartment. By the way I got that job I applied for now I just need to inform boss! Hope you're having a wonderful holiday. xx
Love the story Dawn and you sure passed that little test ;) It makes me wonder who the two people were who was having sex in broad day light! Some people have no shame at times 'Giggles' I should know I write about it ;)!! Moving on sharpish...
When I first started writing I had a lot of negative people around me, I know I had to lose that energy in order to continue writing and fulfilling what others thought I couldn’t do. Did you ever experience any of this when you first started writing or was you lucky enough to have the right support around you?I was lucky in that the people surrounding me when I started were very supportive and were there for me every step of the way. I discovered in the virtual world very early on that not all people are what they seem and there are some pretty devious people out there who want to see you fail. You soon realize who are friends or foe! I have a great network of author friends including yourself sweetie, who are a great support to me and have turned into really great friends.
You have been very lucky in that respect, if it wasn't for my close friends who believe in me and my writing then I really wouldn't have made it this far. Its a shame really that the people you thought your meant to be close to, can just change and can't be happy with what you are doing! They don't see any hard work that goes into writing! I have learnt to cut these people off and just get on with what I enjoy doing, if someone can't be happy for you then their not worth the energy in my eyes.
If you had a chance to run any country and make a difference, what county would it be and why?
It would be my country England, the coalition simply isn't working in my honest opinion. There are many homeless people inour country and many empty boarded up houses, the answer is in front of us! I would introduce more serious prison sentences for people who abuse animals as the punishments are not severe enough and are not acting as a deterrent. I would introduce more bank holidays and bring back free milk for children in all schools.
Now I will toast to that. This country is such a mess and its not getting any better. There's so much this government can do, but they choose not to and just waste money on things we don't need! I won't get started on this topic, I think I will move on to the next question :)
What would you say the worse thing a reader has ever said to you and what was your reaction?
One reader wrote a comment on my website (which I did not approve and ignored!) I won't repeat what she said bit it wasn't pleasant! Every once in a while in this business draws out the crazies...
It sure does and the best thing to do is ignore them, speaking of ignoring them...
I would like you to vision yourself walking down a busy high street with your partner and suddenly there was a noise that came from his bottom and people turned around looking at you, what would your reaction be and why?
I have a great sense of humour and would simply laugh point towards mypartner and carry on walking!!
'Giggles', Yes I might have done that once or twice, but don't tell anyone and I wont tell them about the one you let off when you walked in and you started pointing the finger at the chair!!
Use only two words that would describe you?
Determined & chocolate!
I can see that Dawn, you work very hard indeed and your a very sweet person so I can understand the chocolate part too ;)
Have you ever been…
A, The owner of a lonely heart
B. The owner of a broken heart
C. None of the above?
If the answer is C, please can you tell the reader how you have done it, I can see the reader would beinginterested to know that one, I know I am...
Lol, I would love to know the secret answer to C! My answer like most people is answer B. I have been the devastated owner of a broken heart in the past...
I would say religion could be one secret and the other is.... I can't tell you the answer to that, I'm still learning lol
Its time for a little fun, I would like you to do the rhyme ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’. Using your own words and without holding back.
Hickory dickory dock
Kevin lost his sock
he opened the fridge
it was on top of his beer
Hickory dickory dock...
'Giggles', my sock on my beer! What kind of impression do I give out... My socks would be under my pizza box that's on the floor, I thought you knew that, the chance of there being beer in the fridge is very slim. Someone always drinks it... Next question I think ;)
When you are writing, do you ever think, 'Erm me and my partner did that once, that has to go into the story?
I have definitely drawn on past experience for my romance novel!
Yes, now that's great to hear ;) I was sick of being the only one that says; Yes you are in the book now get over it lol. I had a conversation with a friend when I was out having a cheeky drink and we was on about this, and me being me at the time and not really thinking said; I would love to star in a book, he almost spat his beer out, he turned and looked at me and said, "Your in three as it is!" Valid point I guess lol
If you could be a Musical instrument, what would you be and why?
I would be a Saxophone for sure, like that great instrument I am soulful and full of jazz!!
I can imagine you blowing hard on that saxophone and playing a really good tune!! 'Giving my head a wobble' I'm not saying which one... I'm just going to move on instead...
If you could change one thing about you as a person, what would that one thing be?
I wish I had the ability to say NO more often, I just find it so very hard.
No comment! 'Giggles' I'm just having a few wicked thoughts then, somethings coming back to me from the past...
I know we all remember our first kiss, would you say yours was a good experience or a bad one? Please explain why.
My first kiss was the most amazing experience ever, I was totally besotted with the guy who there after became my boyfriend and first love.
Awww how sweet is that, now get me a bucket!! lol Its a good job you know me ;)
Do you ever remember a part in your life that’s made a huge impact on you as a person. If so what was it and why?
My childhood had a massive impact on my life and how my journey brought me to this point. Also one or two remarkable people along the way had a huge impact on my life too.
I can relate to the childhood, I know from reading your past that you went through a hell of a lot and to be here to day talking to me is a true strength of its own. Not the fact your talking to me, but being able to share you experiences and to write them down for others to relate to. I felt the pain when I was reading your story and I was also very proud of how far you have come and the awesome work that you continue doing :)
Who inspired you to write or was it always a dream to be an author?
It was always a dream, I was inspired by many great authors. As young girl I was totallyinspired by, "The diary of Anne Frank" a remarkable story. I was also a huge fan of Dickens and many more. I soaked up the words like a sponge and started writing before I hit my teen years. Poetry mainly at that time.
I am sure everyone will agree when I say it is a great feeling to watch other peoples dreams come true and I am loving watching you grow. I remember asking you that question in my Facebook group when you took part in the spotlight :) https://www.facebook.com/groups/322062041161801/
Can you tell the reader about your latest work and also tell the reader where they can find you.
My current WIP is a romance novel called, "Tears of Endurance" due for release in September 2013. It's a very intense love story filled with love, loss and tragedy...
Links : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Wings-ebook/dp/B00BOQ8AVK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1368265982&sr=1-1&keywords=broken+wings+d+g+torrens
Website http://dawnsdaily.com
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/dgtorrens
Twitter, @Torrenstp
Blog Page http://dawnsdaily.com
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful Kevin Swarbrick for inviting me to his virtual studio today. It's been fun!
Its been an absolute pleasure to have you here Dawn, I promised you an interview last year, but I never did get around to doing any until now, and here you are :) I wish you all the happiness this world can offer you and I also wish your little princess an Asthmatic free life :( Bless! You're a good friend and a great author, I look forward meeting you on that red carpet one day ;) Never lose hope and always have faith. Until next week that'ts me out of here until I bring you another great author that is ;)
Have a great weekend I hope you enjoyed the interview, I know I did ;)
