Author Interview: Cindy Tomamichel
Welcome to the next stop on my Quest for #30authors30days. Today's author is Cindy Tomamichel, a writer of action adventure novels, some with a touch of romance. The heroines don’t wait to be rescued, and the heroes earn that title the hard way.
Her first book Druid’s Portal: The First Journey– time travel romance in Roman Britain near Hadrian’s Wall has been published with Soul Mate publishing. She also has a number of short stories and poems published in various anthologies.
Check it out: Amazon Page
Her next book, Druid’s Portal: The Second Journey is in progress. An action adventure time travel with a touch of romance set in Roman Britain. Keep up to date via links below.
Contact Cindy on:
Website ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Goodreads ~ Google+ ~ Amazon Author page
We'll be discussing Druid's Portal: The First Journey today!
A portal closed for 2,000 years.
An ancient religion twisted by modern greed.
A love that crosses the centuries.
An ancient druid pendant shows archaeologist Janet visions of Roman soldier Trajan. The visions are of danger, death, and love – but are they a promise or a curse?
Her fiancé Daman hurts and abandons her before the wedding, her beloved museum is ransacked, and a robed man vanishes before her eyes. Haunted by visions of a time she knows long gone, Janet teeters on the edge of a breakdown.
In the shadow of Hadrian’s Wall and 2,000 years back in time, Janet’s past and present collide. Daman has vowed to drive the invaders from the shores of Britain, and march his barbarian hordes to Rome. Trajan swears vengeance against the man who threatens both his loves - Janet and the Empire.
Time is running out - for everyone.
Druid’s Portal Excerpt:
The forest echoed with the sounds of battle. She was a ghost, back in the nightmare world of her vision. Every place she looked seemed to hold a new danger, and she could not warn them of the savages hiding in the trees, even now casting aside their bows and drawing swords. Barbarian Picts, their blue-painted faces had a savagery that meant death to the invaders. How could the soldiers escape? One young soldier fell at Janet’s feet, a sword jutting from his shoulder, his face slackening in death. She backed away, her stomach churning.
‘Trajan, behind you!’ shouted one of the soldiers. He turned amidst the rain of arrows, deftly angling his shield, and thrust his sword out at a spike-haired barbarian. ‘For Rome!’
That brings us to my favourite part ~ Q & A. I've been told I ask a few difficult questions, but that's what makes the answers so much more spectacular!
Question: What genre would you say the book falls into?
Answer: Time travel romance, although it also fits into historical fantasy.
Question: Are there any trigger warnings and/or explicit content readers should know about?
Answer: I deal with the effect of domestic violence on a woman, and there are some graphic fight scenes.
Question: Do you have any upcoming events?
Answer: Druid’s Portal is coming out in paperback in September, and can be preordered now.
Question: What is next for you? Do you have anything in the works?
Answer: I am writing the Second Journey, planning to have that finished this month.
Question: Do you have any special mentions? (Editor, cover art etc...)
Answer: My cover won the cover of the month with Books & Benches in June, so a shout out to the artist Melody Pond.
Soul Mate Publishing have been great to work with, and I certainly recommend them.
Question: What was your favourite book when you were growing up?
Answer: The Narnia series is one I read over and over, so out of so many books, they are probably my favourite.
Question: If you could meet any character from any book, who would it be? Why?
Answer: A lot of my favourite characters I suspect I would be too scared to talk to- Conan for instance. I suspect I could have a better chat with Hermione Grainger and Crookshanks from Harry Potter. I am sure between books and cats we would have plenty of things in common.
Question: When did you realize you were meant to be a writer?
Answer: I left a job nearly 20 years ago with the intention to write a book. While a lot of stuff happened in between, that was probably the point I admitted it as a concrete ambition.
Question: If your life was a book, what would be the tag line?
Answer: Have cat, will travel.
Question: What advice would you give new writers?
Answer: Read extensively in a range of genres. Practice writing poetry, short stories and novels to find your writing style. Join a writers group – they help in so many ways and it is always nice to be able to chat about writing without boring non writers into a coma.
Question: What has been the worst mistake you have made in your writing career?
Answer: Wasting time in the early days entering competitions when I should have focused on just becoming a better writer.
Question: What is the best moment you have had with a fan?
Answer: Chatting about which hunky actor would play my hero the best because it should get made into a movie!
What great answers! Let's have a big round of applause for today's author!
Thanks for joining me. Until next time - happy reading!
Her first book Druid’s Portal: The First Journey– time travel romance in Roman Britain near Hadrian’s Wall has been published with Soul Mate publishing. She also has a number of short stories and poems published in various anthologies.
Check it out: Amazon Page
Her next book, Druid’s Portal: The Second Journey is in progress. An action adventure time travel with a touch of romance set in Roman Britain. Keep up to date via links below.
Contact Cindy on:
Website ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Goodreads ~ Google+ ~ Amazon Author page
We'll be discussing Druid's Portal: The First Journey today!
A portal closed for 2,000 years.
An ancient religion twisted by modern greed.
A love that crosses the centuries.
An ancient druid pendant shows archaeologist Janet visions of Roman soldier Trajan. The visions are of danger, death, and love – but are they a promise or a curse?
Her fiancé Daman hurts and abandons her before the wedding, her beloved museum is ransacked, and a robed man vanishes before her eyes. Haunted by visions of a time she knows long gone, Janet teeters on the edge of a breakdown.
In the shadow of Hadrian’s Wall and 2,000 years back in time, Janet’s past and present collide. Daman has vowed to drive the invaders from the shores of Britain, and march his barbarian hordes to Rome. Trajan swears vengeance against the man who threatens both his loves - Janet and the Empire.
Time is running out - for everyone.
Druid’s Portal Excerpt:
The forest echoed with the sounds of battle. She was a ghost, back in the nightmare world of her vision. Every place she looked seemed to hold a new danger, and she could not warn them of the savages hiding in the trees, even now casting aside their bows and drawing swords. Barbarian Picts, their blue-painted faces had a savagery that meant death to the invaders. How could the soldiers escape? One young soldier fell at Janet’s feet, a sword jutting from his shoulder, his face slackening in death. She backed away, her stomach churning.
‘Trajan, behind you!’ shouted one of the soldiers. He turned amidst the rain of arrows, deftly angling his shield, and thrust his sword out at a spike-haired barbarian. ‘For Rome!’
That brings us to my favourite part ~ Q & A. I've been told I ask a few difficult questions, but that's what makes the answers so much more spectacular!
Question: What genre would you say the book falls into?
Answer: Time travel romance, although it also fits into historical fantasy.
Question: Are there any trigger warnings and/or explicit content readers should know about?
Answer: I deal with the effect of domestic violence on a woman, and there are some graphic fight scenes.
Question: Do you have any upcoming events?
Answer: Druid’s Portal is coming out in paperback in September, and can be preordered now.
Question: What is next for you? Do you have anything in the works?
Answer: I am writing the Second Journey, planning to have that finished this month.
Question: Do you have any special mentions? (Editor, cover art etc...)
Answer: My cover won the cover of the month with Books & Benches in June, so a shout out to the artist Melody Pond.
Soul Mate Publishing have been great to work with, and I certainly recommend them.
Question: What was your favourite book when you were growing up?
Answer: The Narnia series is one I read over and over, so out of so many books, they are probably my favourite.
Question: If you could meet any character from any book, who would it be? Why?
Answer: A lot of my favourite characters I suspect I would be too scared to talk to- Conan for instance. I suspect I could have a better chat with Hermione Grainger and Crookshanks from Harry Potter. I am sure between books and cats we would have plenty of things in common.
Question: When did you realize you were meant to be a writer?
Answer: I left a job nearly 20 years ago with the intention to write a book. While a lot of stuff happened in between, that was probably the point I admitted it as a concrete ambition.
Question: If your life was a book, what would be the tag line?
Answer: Have cat, will travel.
Question: What advice would you give new writers?
Answer: Read extensively in a range of genres. Practice writing poetry, short stories and novels to find your writing style. Join a writers group – they help in so many ways and it is always nice to be able to chat about writing without boring non writers into a coma.
Question: What has been the worst mistake you have made in your writing career?
Answer: Wasting time in the early days entering competitions when I should have focused on just becoming a better writer.
Question: What is the best moment you have had with a fan?
Answer: Chatting about which hunky actor would play my hero the best because it should get made into a movie!
What great answers! Let's have a big round of applause for today's author!
Thanks for joining me. Until next time - happy reading!
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