Can’t sleep? This won’t help!
Jordyn Redwood is my guest today and she’s the author of the pulse-pounding medical thriller series the Bloodline Trilogy. Proof, the first book in the series, was released last year and received a starred review from Library Journal. Many, many readers were kept awake all night because they couldn’t put it down. Now, the second book, Poison, was just released Feb 1, and it’s about a frightening hallucination that has materialized into a full-fledged, physical embodied serial killer. Ooooh, that sent shivers right down my spine! So much for getting any sleep tonight. Let’s get to the interview.
Jan: So, Jordyn, I know you’re an Emergency Room nurse, and I’m guessing that’s as much of a roller coaster ride as your books. Are you an adrenaline junkie?
Jordyn: Yes, absolutely. What I try to do is bring my readers on the thrilling up and down journey that working in the ER can be—only with gripping fiction.
Jan: Fiction is good. The ER – not so much. I hate going to the ER. Every time I go to the ER, it means somebody is really hurting, and sometimes that somebody is me. Are you by any chance a chocolate addict?
Jordyn: To the dismay of my personal trainer, I will have to say yes. Though not a fan so much of chocolate ice cream or chocolate cake, but will not turn them down if offered.
Jan: Are you paranoid?
Jordyn: Are you trying to determine my mental health? What will you do with said information? Turn me into the FBI?
Jan: Is that a question or a request? Wait a minute, I’m the interviewer. I’m asking the questions. You have to answer them.
Jordyn: In all seriousness—I would say I’m a little bit superstitious. I don’t like working with a full moon (the celestial body kind) in the sky. I don’t like the number 13, so I’m not crazy about the year 2013. In fact, my husband wanted to go to Hawaii this year to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary, and I said we’d wait to do it for his BIG birthday in a few years because I did not want to be flying over the ocean in a 2013 year.
Jan: I heard that you hid knives beneath your sofa cushions. Is that true? And if so, what does it say about you?
Jordyn: Always be prepared. That’s all I’ll say about that.
Jan: Exactly how frequently do you think about killing someone
Jordyn: Fortunately or unfortunately, my suspense mind is always working, so I may not be actively plotting a character’s demise, but I am always thinking about suspense turns to every day common events.
For instance, one night I came home from work around nine o’clock pm. This was two hours earlier than normal. I came through the garage so I knew my husband’s car was there. The front door was unlocked (which I hate!—maybe add that to the paranoid piece) and my husband and children were gone (hello, children should have been in bed) with no note.
Jan: Sounds suspicious to me. I bet they went out for ice cream cones. Chocolate ones.
Jordyn: Oh yeah, you know that will be the beginning to one of my novels someday. It was so Linwood Barclay, I knew I’d be using it.
Jan: There you have it, folks. If you want to be scared sleepless, read Proof and Poison. And be sure you don’t sit on Jordyn’s sofa cushions. Until my next author interview..
