Ten Questions with… Claude Dancourt
Today’s Ten Questions with Mia Monday guest is Claude Dancourt, author of Second Chances and Return to Caer Lon. Thanks for joining us today!
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Author Bio: There are bookworms and Bookworms. Claude Dancourt is of the second species. Last winter, she decided to (finally) bring some order into the chaos her apartment is and she realized that it would mostly consist in piling all her books in only one room.
Claude lives near Montreal in Quebec, Canada, with a stubborn cat who prefers to go out when it rains, two plants, an eclectic CDs collection and an even more random choice of DVDs. She collects quotes, drinks Ceylan tea, and tries to appease her restless muses.
Author Website: http://www.claudedancourt.webs.com
You can find her books at Amazon: Second Chances and Return to Caer Lon!
About the Writer
1. What five words describe you?
Generous, dedicated, free, open-minded, imaginative
2. What was the first story you ever wrote? I mean the really bad one we all have that you’re trying to hide in the back of closet now that you’re published?
The first story I ever wrote? Wow, that was some YA novel, about three teens that travelled back in time to King Arthur’s court. I reread it recently because my cousin wanted me to type it and publish it. I gave up after two chapters. It would need a complete rewriting just to make the time-travel details work.
3. What inspires you?
Everything. Tastes, odors, music, images, books, paintings, movies; too many things inspire me to list them all.
4. What distracts you?
Honestly, internet. Sometimes I pause and try to remember how it was 20 years ago, and I just realize how much the world changed since then. I love information, knowing every little thing about a subject. Just for that, I often got lost on the web.
5. What’s your favorite story? This can be specific, as in a particular book or even story-driven movie, or general, like “I’m a sucker for a hero looking for redemption story.”
I’m not sure I have a “favorite” plotline. I like possibilities. As long as the story allows me to visualize something else than the wall in front of me, I’m happy. It can be a fantasy, a thriller, action-adventure, romance or philosophy, I’m not picky. I like Agatha Christie, Clive Cussler, James Rollins, St-Exupéry, Homer, Shakespeare, Robert Jordan, Nora Roberts, does it give you any idea?
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About the Writing
1. Tell us about your currently available titles.
I have two books published at the moment. SECOND CHANCES, a contemporary romance published by a vanity press, and RETURN TO CAER LON a fantasy, that I self-published.
2. What’s your favorite part about writing these stories?
Most of the time, I have this piece of dialogue or this image stuck in my head that is nagging me. I can’t make it go so I write it down. And suddenly, the words flow out. The plotline appears. The characters become real. You wouldn’t let your best friends in trouble if you could help, would you?
3. What would your characters say about you? Be honest!
That I’m a freak control. It’s always difficult for me to let them have their ways. And they would be right.
4. Who would play your favorite character if they made a movie of their story?
Oh God… Do I have to answer that? I can’t say whose character is my favorite (the other would make my life a living hell) I think Jeremy Renner would make a good Arthur from SECOND CHANCES. If Diane Kruger was a brunette, she would probably fantastic as Sacha in RETURN TO CAER LON.
5. Do you have any projects currently in the works you want to talk about?
Glad you ask! I have several irons on the fire, but I’m most serious about a paranormal romance, MOONSHADOWS. People have vampires or werewolf, well, I have a werecat. Not that Mira wanted to become one. She was attacked and when she realized what was happening to her, she left everyone behind, including Erik. One year later, Erik finds her, and she’s on the verge of collapsing. She’s ill, lonely, and nowhere closer to find a cure. What’s more worrying is the number of bodies around her…
I hope to release it by the end of the year. And it would be easier to answer your previous question for this one. Rachel Weisz as Mira and Niall Matter as Erik would make an awesome movie.
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Thank you for joining us today, Claude, and good luck with your books!
