Mandy M. Roth's Blog, page 19
February 2, 2022
Christine Zane Thomas: A Touch of Twilight
Christine Zane Thomas is the pen name of a husband and wife team. A shared love of mystery and sleuths spurred the creation of their own mysterious writer alter-ego.
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Author Q&AQ: Tell us a bit about your story.
A: While I can't write anything without a little mystery and magic, at its heart this story is a second chance romance between two kids reconnecting after nearly fifty years.
Q: Why was this story important for you to tell?
A: I always enjoy writing second chance because that's my love story. I went on a couple of quasi-dates with my significant other, spent years without talking, then reconnected.
Q: What song best fits your story?
A: "Head Over Feet" by Alanis Morissette
Macy Dixon: Midlife Shelf Life
Macy Dixon writes single, hot-mess, high-achieving women over forty who live in magickal worlds and take no shirt from anyone… even the hot ones.
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Author Q&AQ: What was your favorite part of writing Paranormal Women's Fiction?
A: Being able to write characters who are still badasses, no matter how much their back aches.
Q: Tell us about one of your upcoming titles.
A: I'm releasing more books in the Forty First Dates for a Midlife Magicker series, and specifically, the next book, she meets her Matchmaker.
Q: Tell us a bit about your story.
A: Emmaline is a single academic booklover who's had a lifelong crush on the same man. And when she inherits a Magicker Office that can turn her into any person in the world, she turns into his ex...
February 1, 2022
Yasmine Galenorn: Weaver’s Web
NYT, PW, and USA Today bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn writes urban fantasy and all things paranormal. She lives in the Seattle area with her husband and cats.
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Author Q&AQ: What's a misconception about midlife that you'd like to clear up?
A: That life declines after 50. I'm sixty and--although the body takes a toll--I'm more clear about my life than I've ever been. I am stronger as a person, I am happier, and feel more successful than ever before.
Q: If you could live the life of one single character in your story, who would it be and why?
A: I think Rowan, January's great-grandmother. Though she doesn't make much of an appearance in Weaver's Web (since January is on vacation), I love her character. She's witchblood, over two hundred years old, and a powerful, confident character who helps January learn as her powers blossom out.
Q: Tell us a bit about your story and why you wrote it.
A: Paranormal investigator and witch January Jaxson, and her wolf-shifter boyfriend Killian O’Connell, take a vacation for Valentine’s Day and find themselves in a search for their hostess’s missing sister.
I had an abusive childhood, an abusive first marriage, and so I know all about starting over. I've learned a lot about living life without a safety net, and about taking those lemons and making lemon meringue pie out of them. Sometimes, the baggage spurs you on to become stronger and more secure in yourself.
January 31, 2022
Nicole Rosas: Eternal
Nicole Rosas is a writer and award-winning filmmaker located in Toronto, Canada.
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Author Q&AQ: What's a misconception about midlife that you'd like to clear up?
A: There's the misconception about midlife that you begin to slow down after forty. That couldn't be further from the truth. Everyone is living life on a different path and trajectory. Some of us find our true loves in our forties and beyond, while some of us find our life's purpose after thirty. There's no wrong way to live it, and that's why we need this representation in literature and on the screen.
Q: Do you have a personal connection with any of the characters in your story? Does one resonate with you more than the others?
A: Sadly, I resonate with Fernando's feelings of isolation. The pandemic has been incredibly hard for people. I wanted to paint these feelings into his experience.
Q: Tell us a bit about your story.
A: The story of "Eternal" has many parallels to the isolation felt during the Covid-19 pandemic. It revolves around two people trying to find their way back to connecting to something real in the midst of surrounding horrors.
January 27, 2022
Renee George: The Age of Inno-Scents
USA Today Bestselling author Renee George writes paranormal mysteries and romances because she loves all things supernatural and whodunit. Her paranormal women’s fiction series, Nora Black Midlife Psychic Mysteries, came about as a direct result of wanting to read about characters her age who still had gas in the tank for romance, adventure, and the best friendships.
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Author Q&AQ: What is something you hope the readers take away from your story?
A: I want them to feel satisfied and happy, and I want them thinking about the characters and their relationships long after the story ends.
Q: What words of advice would you give to new writers who are just starting in the genre of Paranormal Women's Fiction?
A: Love women. Love older women. Give readers heroines they can identify with and aspire to be. Even with paranormal and fantasy, readers love seeing themselves or seeing who they want to be in these characters.
Q: Tell us a bit about your story.
A: A fun '80s-themed mystery event takes a deadly turn when Nora Black's psychic nose sniffs out a real murderous plot. School may be out for murder, but Nora and friends will have to find a killer to avoid a deadly detention.
January 26, 2022
Milly Taiden: Surviving Midlife
I love to write sexy stories featuring fun, sassy heroines with curves and growly alpha males with fur. My books are a great way to satisfy your craving for paranormal romance with action, humor, suspense and happily ever afters.
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Author Q&AQ: Why was this story important for you to tell?
A: Not every love story starts perfectly. Sometimes we have to go through some hard times before we find ourselves and realize loving ourselves is the longest lasting romance you'll ever have. This then allows you to truly love others.
Q: What is something you hope the readers take away from your story?
A: That you can restart no matter how old you are and no matter what happens. Every day is a new start.
Q: Tell us a bit about your story.
A: This heroine thought her happy life (which was really a mess) came crashing down and sometimes you need to hit rock bottom to rise like a phoenix.
January 25, 2022
Kristen Painter: Code Name: Mockingbird
USA Today Best Selling author Kristen Painter writes paranormal romance, paranormal women's fiction, and paranormal cozy mysteries.
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Author Q&AQ: What is something you hope the readers take away from your story?
A: It's never too late for a new beginning.
Q: Tell us about one of your upcoming titles.
A: The final book in the First Fangs Club series, Embrace The Suck, will be out in March or April. I'm very much looking forward to giving Donna her happy ending!
Q: Tell us a bit about your story.
A: This is the oldest heroine I've written to date and I very much enjoyed it.
January 24, 2022
A lion-sized deal! Free ebook!
I have a lion-sized deal for you! Don't Stop Bewitching is free (ebook version) at Google Play, Nook, and Kobo (check the dates listed for each vendor)! Cat-shifter Curt Warrick doesn’t want to take a road trip with five other guys but when his best friend leaves him no choice, he finds himself in a cramped van, that is anything but roadworthy, headed to Louisiana. It should come as no surprise when everything that could go wrong on the trip, does. That’s okay though, Curt is used to the weird and wacky, after all, he was born and raised in Everlasting, Maine a town that is the epitome of strange. There is a bright side. The trip will give him a chance to expand his enterprise and possibly unload the mysterious gold coins that keep appearing at random along the way.
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Stephanie Berchiolly: Train Bound to Forty
When Stephanie Berchiolly’s not writing novels and screenplays, she’s spoiling her bird Peppers rotten, providing endless jump scares for her partner Rick, or baking wackadoo things like cakes with pies inside.
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Author Q&AQ: Tell us about one of your upcoming titles.
A: The first full-length novel in the Scenic Magical Midlife Tour series is coming out in Spring of 2022. I’m also working on short stories related to some characters in the novella, which will only be available to my mailing list.
Q: Why was this story important for you to tell?
A: It's an empowering story of overcoming adversity, betrayal, and the truly unexpected. I want readers to recognize they have the power to feel confident and strong, even when faced with significant struggles in their lives.
Q: Tell us a bit about your story.
A: A force of nature unto herself, Florebelle Fairfield, must face a magical destiny she was never prepared for.
January 20, 2022
Jenna Rivers: Spell of a Time
Jenna is a lover of all things paranormal! She suspects she'll be inheriting her powers any day now that she's officially middle-aged, although she thinks she'd use her magic to help her write more words faster.
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Author Q&AQ: If you could live the life of one single character in your story, who would it be and why?
A: As much as I would say my main character Zara, I actually would love to be Valerie, the bakery owner and only sole human friend out of the girlfriend group. She is a foil to Zara in that she doesn't get to have magic but has a son who is a bear shifter and is surrounded by supernatural beings. And yet, she's content to be a support to everyone else and live her life as it is rather than wishing it was something else.
Q: How long have you been writing?
A: I've been a full-time writer for four years after years of writing in all different genres. But now I've found what I love to write and absolutely enjoy my job!
Q: Tell us a bit about your story.
A: As if turning forty-four and receiving your powerful familial magic wasn't enough, now Zara Greystone has to navigate the mayhem of dating for the first time in over twenty years. When she tries out paranormal dating apps, she finds out that online trolls and ghosting take on whole new meanings. Find out if she survives in Spell of a Time.
