Ten Questions with…Crystal Smith
Hello again, all! Please welcome back Crystal Smith, this time without Taylor’s company, to answer Ten Questions with Mia!
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Author Bio: Just a small town girl, born and raised in Doniphan, Mo. Although she no longer lives there, she still calls this place home. She is married with two wonderful children. During the day, she works as a geriatric nurse and loves each of her residents and they are considered a part of her extended family. In the evening, she can be found either hanging out with her family, or in front of her computer, coming up with new interesting character’s and stories. She writes independently and co-writes with her sister, Elizabeth A. Veatch.
Author Site: http://crystalandliz.blogspot.com
You can find her books on Amazon and Barnes & Noble!
About the Writer
1. What five words describe you?
Honest, dependable, dedicated comical, and creative.
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?
Seducing Peaches was the first story I ever wrote and I published it. However, I will tell you of the most embarrassing moment with that book. I received a few reviews, some good, while others were extremely harsh. One review talked about my grammar being that of a fifth grader. Ouch! So it was after that review that I realized I had uploaded the rough draft. The dead giveaway, was the red bold letter’s about five chapters in that said, “INSERT SEX SCENE HERE”. I will never live that one down.
3. What inspires you?
My children. I have two wonderful children that always push me to be a better person. To go after my dreams and make them happen. I had two dreams that didn’t involve having a family. In 2009, I graduated from nursing school, with both my children cheering me on. 2012, I published my first novel.
4. What distracts you?
My children for one. My son is eleven and my daughter is five. They are at that age where they don’t get along very well at all. And of course my work at the day job. If I have had a really bad day, it is hard to sit down and concentrate on what I want to relay to the readers. I never force brain to page, because then it isn’t very good and I always end up deleting it in the end. I mostly write and have my best days when everything around me is great. Daily struggles are the worst. Much like the rest of the world, I worry day to day how everything is going to get done. It does in the end, but that doesn’t stop me from worrying about it.
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 love North and South. I own the complete mini-series and watch it as often as I can. It is a story that is centered around war, but for me… it is the story that even though one friend fights for the north, and the other fights for the south, in the end, true friendship can withstand anything.
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About the Writing
1. Tell us about your currently available titles.
Seducing Peaches is about Lois’s and Tom’s journey to a nice happy middle. He is from one side of the world, as she is from the other. It is about compromise and learning that love cannot exist without compromise.
Swept Away: The First Bloodline is a paranormal erotica. Taylor loses her husband early in her marriage to cancer. Shortly after, she finds that she is pregnant with twins. With the help of her sister, they are raising the twins in a quiet and safe environment. That is until Damien comes in to the picture and opens new doors to things they never knew existed, and who they truly are.
Teaching Bailey is about a young woman who is alone and longs for the life of her friend. Sir Cole Stevens is there to teach her how to get what she wants.
Together By Chance, In lust, and Forever is a short story series that we combined in to a full length novel. Keira is an evol. Of course she doesn’t know it until Connor comes around. Keira’s existence is vital if the world is to continue. It is up to her to save it.
Tessa and the Warden is a short story erotica. Tessa is in prison and is about to be released, the warden is all too happy to help her with that transition.
Rough Ryder, short story erotica. Trinket has faced the hardest thing in life. Watching her husband and daughter die before her eyes. With the help of her new friends, they show her there is life after loss and Ryder is pulled in to help. Their story continues in Rough Ryder, Smooth Trinket.
A Stranger’s Touch is an erotica that I believe is probably something that every woman has thought about. A fantasy that is unreal. Candy lives the fantasy about a stranger’s touch.
Southern Romance is a story about Jade and Sara. Sara after being severely assaulted and left for dead, is threatened and has no choice but to stay with Jade. She never imagined that Jade would be her light at the end of the tunnel.
2. What’s your favorite part about writing these stories?
I love to come up with characters that people can relate to. Writing takes me to a place where the world can be a better place. Where there is always a happily ever after. Those things lead me to hearing from my readers. That is what I truly enjoy. Their feedback means a lot to me.
3. What would your characters say about you? Be honest!
Wow! Well I would hope that they would extend an invitation to join. Just joking. I think that they would say that I am a strong person full of imagination that is beautiful. That I care about everyone around me, and I always have their best intentions at heart.
4. Who would play your favorite character if they made a movie of their story?
I think I would have to say, Tom Welling. I have a thing for Superman. I have since I was little. He is so mysterious to me. It would be very interesting to see him in Damien’s role.
5. Do you have any projects currently in the works you want to talk about?
I am currently working on Love Swept: The First Bloodline. In Swept Away: The First Bloodline, Taylor had to make a decision. Love Swept continues that story and how they are coping with the new change in their lives.
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Thank you for joining us again, Crystal, and good luck with your stories!
