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Please
tell us a bit about yourself:
Hi Pippa. I’m an English lady, transplanted
to New Zealand a few years ago. I have to say the weather is better here * grin
*. I write contemp and paranormal romance, with a tendency toward the darker
side of life, and have just embarked on a time travel series.
Tell
us about Lila’s Wolf: This is book 1 in the Out of
Time series. The action moves from 500 years in the future, back to Dark Age
Britain, with my time travellers searching for a fugitive – a time runaway.
What
inspired you to write this particular story? I have
a love of the period, and liked the contrast between the two times, but the
story emerged after re-reading a historical novel I’d loved as a teen: The
Lantern Bearers, by Rosemary Sutcliff. In this, a young Roman soldier deserts
from the army when they’re pulling out of Britain, and he is captured and
enslaved by the Saxons. That story stayed with me, and inspired me to write
Lila’s Wolf.
Please
share a favourite snippet from your book:
“Flavius came
looking for Jared, wanting to speak to him urgently. There was a rumour of
Saxons raiding on the east coast, and Flavius wanted to head west, taking as
many with him as he could. I knew from the Archives that there were no
significant raids for weeks, not until after the Romans had left Britain, but
Jared didn’t believe me. We argued.”
I’d never seen him
so harsh before. The dear friend who showered me with affection vanished with
the morning mist. This new Jared looked tough and uncompromising. For the first
time, I could imagine him settling in this time period, living alongside
Flavius and his friends, fighting for a worthy cause. It worried me.
“The Archives
aren’t infallible, Lila. What if they’re constructed on flawed data? Flavius
saw the messenger riding through town—‘as though the devil were on his heels,’
was how he described the man. He’s taking the warning seriously and we should
too.”
“The Archives are
constructed on data that historians like us provide.” I was stung by his
suggestion. “We’re not the first historians to be here, so how come we’re the
first to hear about this supposed raid? And even if there is one, it’s minor.
Not. Significant. We wouldn’t even notice it.”
Which
comes first for you – a character's looks, personality or name?: Usually the looks. I’ll spend hours on Pinterest looking at faces
before I find one that calls to me, and then the name falls into place.
Any
tips for aspiring authors?: When you’re happy with
your work, be brave. Find a writing group, and open yourself up to honest
criticism. It hurts when they tell you what’s wrong with your beloved
manuscript (it feels like they’re saying you have an ugly baby * cries *), but
it’s a hundred times worse when it’s readers and reviewers tearing it to
pieces.
Questions
for fun:
If
you had the power of time travel, is there anything you would go back and
change? Why/why not?:
Oohhhh... so tempting... I’d love to go
back to July 1985, and get tickets for the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium.
I watched it on TV, but would have loved to be
there in the crowd.
What
super-power would you choose?:
Ha! We talked about this in the office
recently, one slow Friday afternoon. I chose to travel anywhere instantly. On a
side note, one of my nicknames is the Goddess of Cat Summoning, because I have
6 cats. So I already have a kinda super-power...
If
you could have three wishes, what would they be?: Eeep!
I’m useless with this question. I feel like I should pick something worthy like
world peace, but in reality it would be:
To earn enough money writing, to be able to give up the day job
To get a fantastic book contract with one of the big publishers
To have a branch of Marks & Spencer open here in New Zealand. And IKEA. And a branch of Costco
Coffee,
tea or wine?: Coffeeeeeeeee! But tea first thing.
And wine in the evening. Can I have all three?
What
is your favourite book? (aside from one of your own!):
There’s a few, but my constant favourites
are:
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
The Bronze Horseman, by Paullina Simons
After You'd Gone, by Maggie O'Farell
Favourite
genre and why?: Eh, that’s like asking me my
favourite chocolate! I adore PNR, but I also love contemp. And historical. And
sci-fi. I guess they all have to have some
romance in them.
Favourite
colour?: Pink! I drive my hubby and son crazy with
my pink netbook, phone cover, Kindle cover, iPods, Tablet, laptop case...
earbuds... external speakers...
Upcoming
news and plans for the future?: Right now I’m
editing 2 novellas for a collection due out in October – Return to Emerald
City. This has 4 novellas inspired by the Wizard of Oz, but set 40 years or so
in the future (better tech!). The second book in the Out of Time series is half
written, and I’ve got 2 shifter novellas coming out in 2 separate Christmas
anthologies.
Thank
you so much for taking the time to talk to us! It
was a blast, thank you J
Lila’s Wolf (Out of Time #1) is
available 4 September 2014, from Hartwood Publishing
Genre: Dark
time-travel romantic suspense
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The only way to save him, might be to leave him behind
Blurb:
Finding him captured and enslaved by the Saxons
changes all her assumptions. Now it’s a fight for survival, but the only way to
save him, might be to leave him behind.
Buy Links:
Bio:
Romance author Sofia Grey spends her days managing projects
in the corporate world and her nights hanging out with wolf shifters and alpha
males. She devours pretty much anything in the fiction line, but she prefers
her romances to be hot, and her heroes to have hidden depths. When writing, she
enjoys peeling back the layers to expose her characters’ flaws and always makes
them work hard for their happy endings.
Music is
interwoven so tightly into my writing that I can’t untangle the two. Either I’m
listening to a playlist on my iPod, have music seeping from my laptop speakers,
or there’s a song playing in my head – sometimes on auto-repeat.
Check
out my playlists on Pinterest
Catch me
blogging with Allyson Lindt at www.GeminiGirls.com
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Sofia.Grey.Romance.Author
Pinterest:
http://www.pinterest.com/sofiagrey1/
Twitter:
@SofiaGreyAuthor
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