Interview with Olivia Hardin

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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Can you
give us a brief overview of your latest book? Is it part of a series?</span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Shifty
Business</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> is the third book in my Bend-Bite-Shift Trilogy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>We briefly met Gerry and Nicky during
book one of the series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shifty</i> we get to find out what was
happening to the pair while we were following the other characters at the start
of the trilogy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It turns out Gerry
and Nicky are married, but that is just the beginning of the secrets that get
revealed during the book.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
have a favorite character?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My absolute favorite is Langston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The giant is the dependable, wise and solid cornerstone of
their team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>He even helps me when
I’m writing because just putting him in a scene gives me clarity and helps me
get my writing on track.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What is
your writing process? Do you listen to music or do you like silence?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I try to get a bit of writing in each evening as the story
is coming along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>When it gets
close to the end, I usually buckle in and give myself longer periods to
focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I do like to listen to
music while writing, but almost entirely instrumentals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I don’t like the lyrics from songs to
interrupt the words in my head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I
do use music to help me plan out scenes, usually when I’m on my thirty minute
drive to and from work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I “see” what’s
going to happen and replay it over and over to its own soundtrack before I
write it later.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
outline your story or just go where your muse takes you?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve tried to outline but it just doesn’t seem to work for
me… I feel stifled by it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Instead
I tend to follow the characters on their journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I sometimes don’t have any idea how a book might end and in
fact, part of the reason I chose to turn my first book into a trilogy was that
I wanted to know what happened to some of the characters I was introducing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The only way to learn their stories was
to follow along as I told them.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you
hire an editor to review your manuscript before publishing?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes and in fact with my last book I hired two separate
editors to complete three different editing processes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I’ve learned so much since my first
book, but there are so many levels of review necessary to create a good
finished product.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you
hire a graphic artist for your book cover? Were you actively involved in the
creation?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For the Bend-Bite-Shift Trilogy and my MAUCs Series I’ve
been doing my own book covers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I
enjoy doing them and it’s fun for me to experiment with stock photos to get
just the right look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>However, I’m
very excited that I was able to hire Stephanie Nelson with Once Upon a Time
Book Covers to make the three covers for my next series, For Love of Fae
Trilogy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>She did a beautiful job!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Besides
Amazon, are there any other sites where your books are for sale?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m on Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, Createspace
(paperbacks) and All Romance Ebooks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
find it difficult to juggle your time between marketing your current book and
writing your next book?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sometimes it’s very difficult, but the marketing side can be
fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I love doing interviews like
this and also interacting with fans on facebook and twitter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I think it’s important to balance both.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What
advice would you give a new author just entering into the self-publishing
arena?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It’s important to have people to support your work when you’re
trying to successfully self-publish, so I’ve found my most important tool to be
my circle of supporters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>These are
folks who are in the business and a few who are not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>They prop me up when I’m down and give me a swift kick in
the pants when I need to buck up and most importantly they cheer me on along
the way. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What’s
next for you?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ooo!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I love
this part.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I have so many irons in
the fire and I’m so excited about all of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Right now I’m finishing up a contemporary romance called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All for Hope</i> through Hayson
Publishing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Right after that I’m going
to get back to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tangled Up in Trouble</i>,
the second in my MAUCs Series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>And
then later this year I’ll start the For Love of Fae Trilogy which will continue
the story began in the Bend-Bite-Shift Trilogy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Lots of exciting stuff going on!</span></div>
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