1.
What is your name, where were you
born and where do you live now?
I'm Jacqueline
Paige. I was born in Ontario, Canada and
I’m afraid other than living all over Ontario I haven’t strayed from my
original start very much.
2.
When did you first consider yourself
as a "writer"?
I think I’ve always
been a writer-even if it was only in my head.
Now, being an “author” was something that didn’t sink in until I
probably had four or so books published.
What can I say, sometimes I’m a little slow. J
3.
Do you work another job as well as
your writing work?
Yes, although there
are days I wished I could say no to that one.
I manage a very busy (open 364 days a year) cafe and eatery
franchise. I’ve been there for two
years, since the day the doors opened.
Most days it’s a great world to be in —surrounded by coffee, lattes and
sweets —other days I’d just like to sleep...
4.
Who is your publisher? or do you self
publish?
Until recently I
would have listed my three publishers, Eternal Press, Class Act Books and
Whiskey Creek Press – but in September I decided to give this self publishing
thing a whirl and brought out two books, two months in a row through Amazon and
Createspace. Let me tell you this, I
love my publishers and have a a new found respect for everything they do for us
authors!!
5.
How long does it usually take you to
write a book, from the original idea to finishing writing it?
That varies, a
lot. Some characters and plots
co-operate and if I ignore the rest of the world outside my writing realm I can
do a full length (50,000 words) in a little under a month. The longer stories, or those with characters
that absolutely refuse to behave it can take me six months to get it all out.
6.
What can we expect from you in the
future? ie More books of the same genre? Books of a different genre?
I’m always working
on something – however at this point I seem to have bitten off more projects
than the day has minutes for.
In the past week I
have signed three contracts – so there are some definite new releases coming
about.
Those would be the
first two books in the Magic Seasons series – From Beltane Magic and The
Solstice Heat. Here’s a little blurb on
that:
Step into a world of magic and passions....
Take a dash
of spice, heat it
Add a flash
of magic and watch the sparks fly
Toss in a
killer that's targeting women
Add
a handful of witches from all paths to stir it all together...
The other contract
is for the second book in The Hidden Senses Trilogy – Dream Visions and it so happens that I have a blurb for it right here:
Felicity has
spent her life alone, moving from one place to another hiding a part of her no
one has ever been able to accept, not even her own family.
For as long
as she can remember she’s had dreams that lead her to a person that’s somehow
connected with her. There are no answers
or cures only misery for her when she can’t get anyone to believe her.
When a child
reaches out to her, frightened and in the hands of strangers she forgets the
reasons why she shouldn’t tell anyone and goes to the police. She finds herself sent for a court ordered
psychiatric evaluation.
It’s not the
first time, it won’t be the last. She
packs up once again, ready to move as soon as she’s done with another so called
doctor. From the moment she steps into
the office everything changes and she finds nothing she expected.
Can the child
be found before it’s too late or is she facing heartache again?
I have four others that are either in the proof stage or have been submitted, so I could keep this blurb list going on for pages, but I won't. All that I'm working on is listed on my website, along with excerpts and partial chapters.
7.
What genre would you place your books
into?
When I tried to
think of a name for my blog / site I decided this one line summed it all
up. “All Things Paranormal” That’s what I write. All of my work is in the paranormal genre –
romance of course but I like to toss in some suspense from time to time. I think the only paranormal I haven’t tackled
yet is vampire and who knows maybe someday.
8.
Where do you get your book plot ideas
from?
Honestly, I don’t
really know. For the most part they just
come to me in the form of scenes (and rarely the opening ones) and it’s usually
just when I’m about to fall asleep. My
muse apparently never requires sleep!
9.
How do you come up with the Title and
Cover Designs for your book/books?Who designed the Cover of your books?
Most of the time
before I’m a quarter of the way into writing a book I have the title—it can
come from a line in the book, something that happens or even just the main
theme of the book will make a good title.
Coming up with a title that has never been used is a hard thing to do.
With my publishers,
I let their talented artists do all the work and so far I’ve been lucky to have
ones that can pull a picture out of my head and put it on a cover.
The two that I
brought out on Amazon I had Jared from Off the Wall Creations do them for
me. (I should mention Jared is one of
children as well.) For DREAMS I sent him
three pictures I really liked and told him to figure out a way to put them
together so they worked. I was in awe
and thrilled when the final cover pic came back! For CURSES I again made my son do his magic
with a slight change. The background
photo of the cover was taken by my husband on one of our short get-aways to a
peaceful cottage at a lake. When the
print comes out for Curses, it won’t be hard to see where the idea for the
second story came from – it started with the picture on the back.
10.
Which format of book do you prefer,
ebook,hardback, or paperback?
ALL of the
above! For reading I like both. Usually I start with an ebook and if it turns
out to be one of those books I’ll read over and over I buy the paperback. I used to buy all paperbacks and hardbacks,
but space became an issue – I would have had to buy a bigger house if ebooks
hadn’t taken off like they did!
As a writer, I like
all of them as well. Although now that
I’ve had to format the darn things myself, I really have a new fondness for the
paperback versions. Ebooks are complex
things to put together!
11.
What piece of advice would you give
to a new writer?
Keep writing! Regardless of which stage your at and if you
have submitted something or not – just keep writing. Eventually your conscience won’t let you
continue to stock pile stories or you’ll write that one that you have to share
with the world.
Your blog details? http://jacqpaige.blogspot.com/
Your web site ? http://jacqpaige.webs.com/
Thankyou for taking the time out of your busy schedule to take part in this interview!
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