Gillian Felix's Blog, page 9
October 9, 2014
My Journey from Beinan to Britannia
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Today my guest is author historian Laurel Rockefeller. I was intrigued when I “met” Laurel via email and she told me about her book. I was curious why she wrote about women in history. While it is a fascinating topic, I haven’t had any authors in that genre coming my way. So I was thrilled when Laurel […]
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October 8, 2014
Kathleen Bitner Roth Presents Celine
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Celine (When Hearts Dare # 1) by Kathleen Bitner Roth Synopsis He stepped off a jewel of a sternwheeler onto one of the most beautiful plantations in all of Louisiana. And into her life. Celine’s breath caught in her throat. Heat smoldered in her belly. What a sensual man. The scion of the Andrews family […]
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October 7, 2014
Shirleen Davis Presents – Redemption’s Edge
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What Cowboys Represent and Why we Love Them by Shirleen Davis Romance writers and readers are, at their core, pragmatic and passionate sorts. We like to find meaning in what we read even if it is simply the honesty and commitment between the male and female protagonists in a book. Granted, these may not come […]
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Meet Gillian, Quirky Like Her Characters
Gillian Felix and Aaron Spelling
Gillian Felix was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. She grew up watching night time soap operas by Aaron Spelling with her mother. That’s where her obsession with rich, powerful and devious characters were born. After repeatedly seeing Mr. Spelling’s name on the screen night after night, Gillian knew she wanted to be an Aaron Spelling, before she knew that Aaron Spelling was actually a person.
The Drama Queen
Gillian pursued drama in high school although it was not taught as a “serious subject”. When asked what career she wanted to pursue after graduation, she told her guidance counselor that she wanted to be an actress, and was told that acting is not a “real job”. Gillian went on to write mini novels for her own benefit. Her favorite subject after drama was creative writing.
Gillian graduated from the Caribbean and UK version of college, then went on to pursue a “real job”, but felt a “calling” to the stage. She joined the Trinidad Theatre Workshop and in her debut role, she played Belle in the Caribbean play Belle Fanto, directed by the late great Davindra Dookie, an honorary graduate of the London Academy of Music and Arts. Gillian and the cast toured the country performing. The play, about a young girl trapped between two boys that loved her became a hit. Talk about drama!
Super Intern
When Gillian moved to the US in 1998, she landed an internship with Spotlight On Theater in New York City, where she learned stage managing, casting and the technical aspect of running a production. Later she branched out into film, and fell in love with the behind the scenes action of film and theatre production. She traded acting and her “real job” for a career in film and theater production. Gillian continued writing novels and scripts but kept them to herself.
It’s a script. No it’s a novel. Is it a script or novel?
It was not until she moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico that she took writing seriously and began making her work public. The first script she marketed was a romantic feature called You Sang To Me which she turned into a novel but was not released. Family Portrait came next. She queried it to several literary agents who turned her down. Tired of the rejection slips and no replies, she re-wrote it into a television pilot. That version got several responses and even came in the Top 10 of a script writing competition in the UK. After being optioned and ‘passed’, Gillian rewrote it yet again and turned it into what it is today.
Passing the time away
When not writing, Gillian can be found volunteering at the New Mexico Children’s Grief Center or hiking the many mountains that surround New Mexico. Gillian can easily get lost in a parking lot and considers herself directionally challenged. She is always grateful for the people she hikes with, because without them she’d be left roaming the mountains like a lost mountain goat.
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October 6, 2014
10Q’s With Katherine Owen
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Katherine Owen is an international bestselling author of the New Adult Novel, This Much Is True and the most recently released second novel in the Truth In Lies series of The Truth About Air & Water. Here’s 10 questions with Katherine Owen. Did your family always support your writing? Overall, my family has been very […]
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October 5, 2014
Marketing Advice For Authors by Anne Marsh
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One of the most common pieces of advice a new author receives is: establish a newsletter. There’s a reason for this—a newsletter can be a very powerful marketing tool. When I was baby author, newly signed to Dorchester Publishing for The Hunt, my marketing contact told me I needed a newsletter. She suggested that I […]
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October 2, 2014
Steff Green Presents, The Sunken
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Title: The Sunken by Steff Green Genre: Steampunk Dark Fantasy In the heart of London lies the Engine Ward, a district forged in coal and steam, where the great Engineering Sects vie for ultimate control of the country. For many, the Ward is a forbidding, desolate place, but for Nicholas Thorne, the Ward is a refuge. […]
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October 1, 2014
Adrian Lessons By L.A. Rose
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Adrian Lessons by L.A. Rose Synopsis If there’s one thing Cleo Reynolds knows, it’s that she’s not into Adrian King. The son of a model with the looks to prove it, the experienced author of her school newspaper’s sex advice column, the cocky playboy with a hint of darkness. That Adrian King. Nope. Nuh-uh. No […]
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September 30, 2014
The Upside of Losing Everything
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Today I’d like to welcome Heidi Siefkas. Heidi is the author of When All The Balls Drop: The Upside of Losing Everything. The main topics of When All Balls Drop: The Upside of Losing Everything are survival, life change, and looking up. In her memoir, Heidi share her powerful true story of surviving a traumatic accident and losing everything: […]
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September 29, 2014
10’s with Beth Matthews
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I’d like to welcome back Beth Matthews, author of A Midsummer Night’s Fling. Check out Beth’s previous visit here. This is your third book, but your first contemporary romance. What made you decide to switch genres? I feel like the romance genre experienced a bit of a Renaissance in contemporary romance a few years ago, […]
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