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What is your writing process? Do you outline, fly by the seat of
your pants or a combination of both?
My writing process is fairly simple. I outline or
at least create a thorough synopsis before I start working on a project.
Without one, I’d probably never get a story completed. J
What did you do before you were a writer? Do you write full
time?
Hmm…I’ve always been a writer in a sense. I have
my own virtual assistant business, so that often includes projects like grant
writing, creating newsletters, and in some cases -freelance writing. But WAY
before that (smile), I was a sheet metal worker and I also ran our family
business for numerous years.
If you were going to cast the characters of your book, what
actors would get the part?
Great question! For my novel Blue Roses, I would cast Lamar Rucker - to play my hero -Tyler
Hollister, and Taraji P. Henson – to play my heroine -Dallas Marcel.
I know you're not supposed to show favoritism but who's been
your favorite character to write?
Hands down, Tyler Hollister. He’s brilliant, goes
after what he wants, and is sexier than any man should have a right to be! I fell in love with him the moment he showed
up in my first novel, Something New. Lol!
Do you have a favorite TV show you can't miss?
I’m not a big TV watcher, but over the summer I
started watching reruns of NCIS, and surprisingly I’ve enjoyed the show.
Probably because the project I’m currently working on (Rendezvous with Danger)
includes a hero who is a former Navy SEAL and a heroine who is a former
counterintelligence CIA agent.
If you could date any character from any book, which would it be
and why-no it doesn't have to be from your books?
Wow…you ask some great questions! As far as
dating one of my characters, it would be a toss-up between Tim and Tyler
Hollister. Tim is sweet, gorgeous and has a little bad boy in him…and Tyler,
well, he’s all that and then some! Lol!
What was your inspiration behind this book?
It started with Bernard Madoff’s ponzi scheme,
and the fact that I have always been fascinated with money and
investing. The idea came together pretty quick after the news of his wrongdoing
broke. As for my heroine - I know a couple of women who have either worked
their way up to partner (president, CEO, etc) in a company and had done so with
a lot of hard work, disappointments, and in some cases prejudices. And some of
those same women sacrificed close relationships in order to make their dreams a
reality. I thought it would be fun to put those types of situations (and
others) in a romance novel, where so many independent women could relate to. As
for Tyler – I wanted a strong man who could handle a strong-willed woman. Tyler is just what Dallas needs. She’s
been emotionally broken and has let past hurts hinder her happily-ever-after.
He comes along and restores her faith in love.
What
is in your To Read Pile that you are dying to start or upcoming release you
can’t wait for?
Oh my
goodness, my TBR pile is so ridiculously thick I shouldn’t even add another
book to it! But there are some wonderful books out there! I guess if I had to
choose it would either be the next book by Suzanne Brockmann (Headed for
Trouble) or Beverly Jenkins’ (Night Hawk).
Do you listen to music while you write? If so
what are your favorites Artists and or albums?
I normally don’t listen to music
while I write.
If you could go any place in the world and to any time period,
what place time would you choose to visit?
The time-period would be…right
now. J And the place would be Paris.
What is your favorite super power and why do you want it?
Hmm…I’m a big Wonder Woman fan
- I even have an outfit *wink, wink*
- so I guess my favorite super power would be getting the truth out of someone
(with or without my Lasso of Truth). I want this super power because I think it
would be interesting to know if someone is really telling the truth…especially
when they say, “Oh, I love that dress! It makes you look ten pounds lighter.”
If you
could write a warning label for yourself as a person or an author, what would
it say?
Lol! I actually saw a T-shirt once that said stated it
perfectly. In so many words it said - Be carefully what you say to me, you
might end up in my next story. J
Do you
have any guilty pleasures?
My guilty pleasure is reading romance novels. I’m addicted. I
could read them morning, noon, or night – in the car, on a plane or sitting in
a waiting room. It doesn’t matter – wherever I go – my Kindle goes too.
Book Blurb
Where
most women would welcome love from a wealthy, good-looking man, Chicago-based
investment manager, Dallas Marcel, is not one of them. She will never let a man
control her life again. That includes handsome entrepreneur, Tyler Hollister.
Dallas is on track to making partner and she’s not letting anything or anyone
get in her way. But when her life is put in danger, and a Ponzi scheme ignites
a SEC investigation of her firm, she realizes the one man she'd banned from her
heart, might be the only one who can save her career and her life.
Tall, dark, and handsome, Tyler Hollister
can have any woman he wants, but he only wants one - Dallas. When he starts
talking marriage, she breaks things off between them, claiming she doesn’t want
a romantic entanglement to hinder her plight to making partner. A chance
meeting, six months later, brings them face to face and Tyler soon realizes the
intense sexual attraction they once shared is stronger than ever. But he swore
he was done with her. Except he finds out her life is in danger, and his
protective instincts take over. Can he save her life without losing his heart …
again?
Excerpt
“She threw what we had away, so why am I
standing here just to say hello?” He mumbled and slipped a piece of gum into
his mouth, not understanding his need to see her again.
His cell phone chirped twice signaling a
text message, and he pulled it out of his pocket, and scanned the screen. No need to come - postponed the rest of the
meeting until next week. Headed to Bradley Rd. to check on the guys.
Good.
One less meeting. Tyler
deposited his cell into the inside pocket of his suit jacket and adjusted his
tie. As a real estate developer, it seemed most of his days were spent in
meetings, reading over contracts, or dealing with building inspectors.
He pushed away from the building and rolled
his shoulders just as the light turned green, and Dallas stepped off the curb.
Finally, he’d be face-to-face with the woman he’d tried hard to forget, but
couldn’t stop thinking about. He took a few steps when suddenly their eyes met,
and a sensuous light passed between them. All of the sexual energy, passion and
love he once felt for her came rushing back to the surface, and his heart
hammered double-time in response. Damn.
Dallas’s pace slowed, but she continued
across the street, her magnetic brown eyes held his attention, immobilizing
him. Less than twenty feet from him and it was as if he were seeing her for the
first time. A raging fire grew in the pit of his stomach, his hands ached to
touch her, and all it had taken was that one look. This is not cool. He quickly pulled his eyes away and looked
everywhere but at her, feeling the need to regroup. I’m supposed to be over her.
After a long cleansing breath, he looked up
again just in time to see a car barreling toward her.
“Oh shit. Watch out!” he shouted, and then
sprinted in her direction.
Screeeeechhhhhh!
Boom!
“Nooo!” He yelled as her body bounced off
the hood of the car. He slid to a stop before he reached the corner, shock kept
him from moving forward. It wasn’t until the four-door dark sedan sped away in
the opposite direction that he moved into action.
“Excuse me, excuse me.” He pushed his way
through the swarm of people. An icy fear crawled up his spine when he saw her
lifeless body on the hard pavement, a puddle of blood painted the ground near
her head. “Oh my God,” he whispered and fell to his knees. “Dallas. Baby…” He
caressed her cheek, afraid to move her. His heart pounded against his chest,
and beads of sweat surfaced on his forehead as panic rioted within him. “Get
some help over here!”
Time ceased as a haunting sense of
foreboding wrapped around him when he checked and found her pulse was weak. He
needed to do something, but thankfully, in the far distance he could hear the
sirens. “Hold on, baby, hold on.”
Buy Links
Amazon -
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Roses-Reunited-Series-ebook/dp/B008J4NIKS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1342014098&sr=8-4&keywords=sharon+c.+cooper
Barnes & Noble
- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blue-roses-sharon-c-cooper/1112006251?ean=2940014604741
Smashwords - http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/180513
All Romance ebooks
(ARe) -
http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-blueroses-866846-149.html
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Thanks for having me, Dawn!
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