I want to welcome Kathryn
Jane. First I’d love you to introduce yourself.
Tell us about your
latest release.
Voices is Quinn and Rachel’s story. Rachel has a few quirks—like
she hears voices, and she also had a healing gift she doesn’t quite understand.
Quinn is a psychologist who works with people suffering from PTSD. When his
wife, who’d disappeared two years earlier, shows up needing his help, he’s
determined to hang on to her this time, but she’s determined to get him and his
family’s security firm involved in solving a bizarre string of accidents with
racehorses that’s left their handlers dead. They begin with an adventure, and
discover there’s much about each other they didn’t know. Details that may
prevent them from ever having a life together.
Now I have a few
questions for you – I have found readers do like to know fun things about us
writers.
1.) Who is your
favorite villain – it can be from a book (even one of yours), movie or TV show.
And why?
I don’t like villains, so this is a hard question for me.
Hmm. Ah, I’ve got it, Sylvester the cat who’s always trying to capture Tweety-bird.
2.) Who is your
favorite character out of your books? Why?
Oh but I love them all! I suppose Cass, from Do Not Tell Me No, because she has so
darned much gumption, and she’s funny. But then there’s…Rachel, Grace, and Liz,
and I can’t wait to write Angie’s story…But wait! There’s the men. And well,
what’s not to love J
3.) What genre do you
write? What made you pick that one?
Romantic suspense/adventure/paranormal/humor. I always sat
down to write a mystery, but a romance would creep in. So now, I celebrate both
by writing romantic suspense with side dishes of ESP and humor.
4.) What are you
working on now?
One of the first full length books I wrote. I absolutely
adored the story so it deserves a rewrite for publishing.
5.) What got you to
start writing?
I’ve always written to purge pent up emotions. A few years
ago I dug some of it out to see what it looked like and oh my, the sad and dark
writings of a teenager should never see the light of day!
As for books, well, I confess, I was about to turn fifty and
thought, my goodness, what have I got to show for fifty years? I’d always said
that one day I’d write a book, so I sat down at the computer, and in less than
two months, I’d done it—felt like I’d just scaled Everest and I wanted that
feeling again so I wrote another book. And another, and so on. I’d written six
before a friend read them and asked why I wasn’t getting them published. That’s
when the next adventure began.
6.) Where do you get
your ideas from?
I have no idea. My stories always begin in my head with a
character. I see and opening scene and begin to write so I can find out what
happens next.
7.) What would people
who read your work be surprised to find out about you?
I don’t like to be the center of attention. Unless I’m
teaching, that’s different.
8.) Do you have any
special talents?
For over fifteen years I made my living training racehorses.
I had an affinity for, and great success with the ones others had given up on.
9.) What was the one
piece of advice you received when you were an aspiring author that has stuck
with you? Why?
You can’t fix a blank page, so just write…it’s true. As long
as you put words on the page, you can always fix them later.
10.) If you could talk
to any famous figure (present, past or fictional) who would it be and what
would you talk about?
Oprah, and I’d ask her what she knows for sure.
11.) What song would
you say describes your life?
If you’re goin’ through hell, keep on moving, don’t slow
down, if you’re scared don’t show it…
12.) If you could come
back as any animal – what would it be?
A cat – I adore cats, their attitudes, their supple bodies,
their freedom, their confident ability to seek attention, or shun it as they
please.
