Behind the Curtain with Beverley Bateman
Fellow RWA and Kiss of Death member, Beverley Bateman, joins me today. I think you’ll enjoy getting to know her. For sure, you’ll want to stick around and take a look at her book! For a chance at a free ebook, be sure to leave your comment and email address, along with your guess as to which of her three truths is really a lie.
Welcome, Beverley. First, share a little of your background with us, and then we’ll ask a few questions.
Abuse investigation has been a part of my adult life. My career in public health nursing brought me into daily contact with challenging families and gave me an up-close view into the lives of families from all social levels and occupations; including drug dealers, hookers and abusers.
This look into different and varied aspects of life provided me with a wealth of knowledge to draw on to enhance my writing skills, as I developed situations with realistic characters facing emotional and life-threatening challenges.
I confess that for many years, when I was younger, I spent a lot of time dreaming up locked room plots and conversations between fictional characters. After years of writing down scraps of plots and promising to write the whole story one day, I finally decided it was time I succumbed to my long time desire to write. A challenge with breast cancer gave me the push to purchase my very first computer. Struggling with computer illiteracy, I finally put my fingers to the keyboard and wrote my first novel, creating the characters I’d been talking to for years.
Now for a few questions:
You won the lottery! But there’s a catch. You can only keep half and must give the rest a charity. Which one will you choose? How do you spend your half?
Without knowing the amount of the lottery – I’d give half to the Critter Care http://www.crittercarewildlife.org
It’s a small Canadian charity that cares for wild animals injured or abandoned in the wild. Last year they cared for 12 bear cubs whose mother’s had been killed.
And I’d take the rest of the money and buy a newer RV. Depending how much money I had would depend on how expensive and how many toys it would have.
You’re having a Halloween party. What costume did you choose? Why?
I’d pick a flapper costume. I loved the look of the flapper dress, especially the long cigarette holders. (And I don’t even smoke.) It looked like a fun era. (Omitting the Capone shootings.)
If you could be one of the heroine’s from any of the books you’ve reviewed, who would you be? Why?
I’d be Ophelia Beliveau, from Barbara Monajem’s, ‘Sunrise in a Garden of Love and Evil’. She’s a vampire, but passes for normal in today’s world. It would be fun.
Is there something in your jewelry box of sentimental value?
Yes, my grandmother’s wedding band.
What was your favorite TV when you were a kid?
Mr. Rogers, I liked the whole idea of being part of the neighborhood.
What is the first thing you notice about a man?
His eyes – they say the eyes are the windows to the soul. I like warm, friendly eyes. Of course, secondly I would pick a great, muscular butt.
What turns you off faster than being wet down by a fire hose?
Obnoxious, opinionated, self-centered people – and drool.
If you were in the “Miss America” talent competition, what would your talent be?
Would never happen, I come from solid, Swedish, peasant stock. Not gorgeous Miss America and I don’t have any talents.
What is one of the things you would put on your “bucket” list?
I want to walk the Great Wall of China.
Okay! A couple of quickies:
Tennis shoes or sandals?
Sandals
Football or baseball?
Definitely Football.
Color of fingernail polish?
Red
Morning person or nite-owl?
Nite-owl
Now…tell me two truths and one lie about yourself. (For a chance to receive a free ebook, do not forget to guess the lie and leave your answer and email address in the comment section.)
1. I’ve been to the Amazon and stayed in a treehouse with a pool and TV.
2. I’ve run a half marathon.
3. I’ve been scuba diving in Hawaii.
Blurb:
Staying alive wasn’t Maggie McGonagall’s first concern. Her first concern was to convince the man she hadn’t planned on ever seeing again, to accept and protect, a son he didn’t know about. And she had to do it quickly before the hit men found her and her son. They’d already attempted to kill her three times. She was running out of time. Once Matt was safe, hopefully she’d figure out how to keep herself from getting killed.
Cody Hawkins came running when the woman he wanted to forget called him for help. He’d never quit loving her, but could he help her, and walk away?
When he found out the trouble she was in and that someone was trying to kill her, he kidnapped her and her son and took them back to Duster, Montana where he felt he and his family could protect her, better than Witness Protection could. But could he keep her alive and convince her he still loved her?
Purchase links:
Sony – https://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/beverley-bateman/hunted/_/R-400000000000001101127
Kobo – http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/hunted-29
Social links:
BLOG – http://beverleybateman.blogspot.ca/
Website – www.beverleybateman.com
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/AuthorBeverleyBateman?ref=hl
Twitter @kelownawriter
Pinterest http://pinterest.com/okwriter
