I’d
like to welcome fellow Black Opal Books Author Carole Avila. Her book Eve’s Amulet has just been released and
it looks fantastic. You will be happy to know that I am giving away an e-book copy of Eve's Amulet to one lucky commenter. Remember to leave a way I can get in contact with you.
NP:
How did you get into writing?
CA: When I was a 3 years old and read Go, Dog. Go! I knew I was
going to write books. I asked myself where the girl and boy dog went after they
drove into the sunset at the end of the story. My young imagination created
several colorful scenarios (like going to the park to picnic and hold hands)
and from then on, I started writing stories in my mind.
My best friend, Laura, on her death bed, told me I was called to
be a writer. She made me promise to write and not die with any regrets, and
that’s when I began to seriously pursue my craft.
NP:
You have my condolences on the passing of your friend, but I’m glad you held to
your promise. How do the events in your life influence your writing?
CA: Everything, everyone, every encounter is a suggestion, an
idea, that can be written about “as is” or tweaked to be more interesting.
NP:
Eve’s Amulet has time travel in it, which I think is cool, was it difficult
writing about time travel?
CA: Not at all. Finding the means in which to travel is probably
the biggest concern, and then the process of how the time travel occurs. I have
my characters in the series floating through a tunnel in a mist. (I had a near
death experience and used facets of that for my time-travel process.)
NP:
If you were to go back in time and change one thing in your life what would it
be?
CA: My abusive, dysfunctional childhood. However, technically,
everything that happened to me has made me who and what I am today. If my
terrible childhood and feelings of isolation and victimization were the
catalysts that helped me learn how to create a better life for myself, to help
others through my life coaching work, and use my imagination to express myself
in written words –then I can’t wish for anything to have changed.
NP:
I have a feeling you would be a totally different person if you hadn’t gone
through what you had, but it sounds like you had a difficult childhood, and
that’s sad. What are three things about you that would fascinate me?
CA: My strong spiritual beliefs (I slip like everyone else but I
try hard to make corrections and amends), my intuitive ability (since I was a
child, but it “turned on” after my near death experience), and my cool Mickey
and Minnie Mouse collection (I only collect matching Mickey and Minnies in
wood, resin, plastic, and ceramic.)
NP:
I’m going to have you back on my blog to discuss your near death experience. Do
you prefer your romance novels spicy or sweet?
CA: Both! Coming from a sexual abuse background, I’m still
learning how to appreciate reading about a good sexual encounter, so I’m going
to bravely say that I lean toward spicy. I loved 50 Shades of Grey, but I also
like the way I had my main characters in Eve’s Amulet experience sexual tension
without having to include love scenes. (It’s my hope to have the series get to
film, and I think it will attract a larger audience without too much
spiciness.)
NP:
I’m sure that anything you set your mind to will come to be. Please give an
analogy of what writing is like for you.
CA:Because writing for me is cathartic, reassuring, powerful,
enjoyable, relaxing, desirable, and rewarding, I think that for me –writing is
like breathing. I can’t live without doing it. On my business card I have the
saying, “A Writer Breathes Life into a Story.”
Thank
you very much for being on my blog today Carole. Here is a little more
information about Eve’s Amulet and how you can get your very own copy.
Blurb:
Eve’s Amulet,
Book 1
is an exciting time-travel western adventure, partly romance and historical
fiction. Mandy Ruhe is swept back in time to Texas 1845, into the body of ranch
owner, Carmena Luebber. Mandy must assume Carmena’s role until she finds a way
back to her own time. She is caught in the lives of her new ranch hands, and
ends up torn between two men in love with the real Carmena. Mandy's amulet is
stolen and she must get it back to return home before she destroys lives in the
past, as well as in the future.
Author Contact Information:
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Author Bio:
Carole’s
short stories, memoirs, and poetry have made her an award winning author. She
has had a play produced and is working on several new books. She is currently
under contract with Spout Hill Press for her book The Long Term Effects of
Sexual Abuse. When not writing, she loves to read, play scrabble, draw, paint, and
walk on nature trails. Carole especially loves to spend time with her three
daughters, two grandsons, and two dogs.
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