Sitting down with author Jules Tyler & Happy Release Day for Finding Peace

[image error]I met Jules through my boyfriend, who just happens to grace one of her book covers. So far we’ve only had online interactions, and I can tell you she is an absolute sweetheart. I am thrilled to finally meet her in Seattle for the Readers&Writers event this July! So let’s get on with it, shall we?

Tell us a little about yourself and your background?

I grew up in a small town outside of Boise, Idaho and met my husband while I was fairly young. We’ll have been married 4 years in June and have 1 daughter and 2 huskies. I started writing for fun when I was 10 and found a summer writing workshop that took place in the Boise area for a week. I had to write a short essay about why I wanted to learn more about writing and what I hoped to accomplish during the camp. From there I was hooked. I attended the camp three more times before high school and then had the opportunity to work with some fantastic teachers who could see my potential and worked with me to stretch my artistic mind. Mr. T and Mr. Brown were my absolute favorites! I took a short writing hiatus when I graduated, it seemed as though my muse had shriveled up and nothing I put on paper seemed to flow. Then 4 years after graduating, my friend Kati introduced me to P Jameson, and let me tell you, if there were ever anything that could spark my muse back up to life, it was her work! I started writing my first book, Burning Secrets in March 2016 and published one year later. I’ve been at it ever since!

What are your ambitions for your writing career?

I am a very driven person and love setting goals. Recently I’ve been hitting a few of my smaller, personal goals, and now I’m focused on tackling some larger ones. Eventually, I would love to drop back to part-time at my day job and focus more on my writing. More time = more books = happier readers is my philosophy. I want to be able to write stories that touch the soul and enlighten the spirit like P Jameson, Moxie North, and Desiree Lafawn have done for me. Each of these authors have written something that reached in and grabbed ahold of my heart and won’t let go. I want to do that for someone else. I feel like once that happens that that will be the moment that I’ve truly “made it” as an author.

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Do you have any interesting writing quirks?

I can’t write in coffee shops or around people. I have to lock myself away from everyone and blast my music so I can focus and get everything to flow.

Which writers inspire you?

Oh so many…Right now my list consists of Moxie North, P Jameson, PA Vachon, Desiree Lafawn, Samantha McCoy, Grace Brennan, T Birmingham, Victoria Flynn, Darlene Tallman, Alyne Hart, & Teri Kay. Each of these women have inspired me in one way or another. Every single one of them comes from a different path in life and have grabbed life by the horns to show it who’s boss. If they can do this, why can’t I?

What have you written and where can we buy or see them?

I currently have 7 books out right now. You can find them all on Amazon. My Silver Creek Shifters series is the one I’m currently working on. Finding Peace released today with Mr. Jamie Walker on the cover and the ARC and Beta readers seemed to really enjoy it so I’m very excited about it. I’ll be publishing the final book in that series, Finding Strength, in early June. My Snake River Prison Camp series also has 3 books out, I’ve taken a step back from that series and look forward to diving back into it later this year after I rework some of the storyline. I also have a standalone out, Shifter’s Shield, that was written as part of Lisa Ladew’s One True Mates Kindle World last fall. That one was a lot of fun to write and I look forward to working on additional books for it in the years to come.

VISIT JULES AMAZON PAGE → https://www.amazon.com/Jules-Tyler/e/...

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Give us an insight into your favorite main character. What does he/she do that is so special?

Stella from Finding Sanctuary, is in my first book of the Silver Creek Shifters Series. I admired her tenacity and strength. She got hurt in a very real and personal way and chose to save herself from a terrible fate. She gets doled out some of the worst experiences in life but keeps on going. In some ways I think that I wrote her not for the readers, but for myself, to remind myself that no matter how bad it gets, it can always get better with the right people in your life to help you.

What are you working on at the minute?

I’m working on a couple of things right now! I’ve got Finding Strength in the works right now for release in early June and that one is turning out to be really intense so it’s taking up most of my attention. But I also am working on a top secret project with a handful of authors that’s due to release in early August. I’ll be teasing more on that after Finding Strength releases in June for sure. I’m very excited about what we’re working on and think it will be devoured by our readership for sure!

What genre are your books and what draws you to that genre?

I write in the Paranormal Romance genre right now with plans to dabble in the Urban Fantasy genre at later times. I genuinely enjoy the idea of shifters. The idea that you can be this shy, timid person with a dragon wrapped up inside of you, or a bear, or whatever animal, truly fascinates me. Plus it makes for a lot of fun in a romance setting, it definitely gives a whole new meaning to being an animal in bed if you catch my drift.