So today, I get the pleasure of having the Harvest Treats tour here with me on Ali's Bookshelf. Today I have author S.A. Jones with me chatting about being an author with a Author Interview. Enjoy.
First of all, thank you so much to Ali for having me!
Can you tell us something interesting about your writing process?
I have to have a playlist that matches the mood of the scene I’m writing. Not only that, I also start every writing (and editing) session with the Linkin Park/Jay-Z CD Collision Course. It just gets me amped!
What part of the writing process is the easiest/hardest for you?
The hardest part of the writing process for me is keeping a character’s life on track. I’ll start writing a story, but then I’ll remember there is this key point in the character’s life that made them do or say something, and I feel like it needs to be told. When that happens, I tell it right then. I could probably lengthen my stories by an extreme amount if I told the beginning, at the beginning!
Who is your favorite character (that you’ve written)?
My favorite character that I’ve written thus far was actually a joke character, not in a piece to be published. A friend and I decided we were going to participate in Script Frenzy last year, and we used their Plot Machine for it. The plot was that a struggling student became a pirate in a world run by chickens. We started on it, and it was filled with so much seriousness in the characters, but the overall plot was just hysterical.
Is there anything you’re working on now?
Renaissance Romance Publishing just published “Harvest Treats” which features my debut piece, “Love Something Fierce”. As of right now I have a lot on my plate, so I’m inconsistently working on a Steampunk piece, hopefully to be published some day.
Where did the idea for your book come from?
“Love Something Fierce” actually features minimalistic details of some things I’ve experienced in my own life, but primarily it just came from my head and good music. I wanted to give hope and yet reveal some of the real life things that you see in today’s society that are sometimes forgotten about.
Are any of the characters inspired by someone in real life?
There actually are three characters mildly inspired by people in real life. Hope is very loosely fashioned after my oldest son, Aiden, in the demeanor area. (Spoiler alert: There is an Aiden at the end of the book, who is also a tribute to my oldest son, but also a tribute to the birth of my youngest. What can I say? I love them so much!) Seeley also is loosely based off of the boys’ godfather, a very near and dear friend to me. If there ever were a movie to be made, I would totally cast their godfather to play the role as well! Then of course, there’s sweet, charming, albeit originally confused, man that is my husband… Uh… I mean, Dawson!
