For the new readers, #TNTConfidential is the spot I reserve on Tuesday's and Thursday's for all authors to come by for a visit and share their latest news. There are 3 different versions, #TNTConfidential Author Spotlight, #TNTConfidential Character Interview and #TNTConfidential Author Interview.
Today, author Michaela Rhua is stopping by and answering my questionnaire. Please welcome her and her latest release, Moon Dance.
Welcome to In A Dream Beyond, Michaela! I hope
you had a wonderful end of 2014 and beginning of 2015! You’re our first guest
of the year! Wohoo! *rubs hands evilly* No, no, don’t be scared. I’ll start
with the easy questions:
When did you start writing and why?
I think I have always scribbled here and there.
Even as a teenager I used to write short romantic stories for my friends but
then real life took over and I forgot about writing. It was only a few years
ago that I met a group of writers online and was pushed and pulled into penning
something myself. We blog as The Nuthouse Scribblers.
Are you a plotter or a pantser? What’s your
usual writing style?
I think I am a bit of both – a Plontser. I tend
to start with a blank page and just start writing until it begins to form. Then
I get to a point when I have forgotten where I am going so start making notes
to help push it on to the end.
How did you come up with the inspiration for
Moon Dance?
I wanted to write a paranormal FF book again. I
loved writing Mated Forever but inspiration would not come at all in anyway
shape or form. So I left it all. It was September 2014 when this story began to
form in my mind and then I began writing it.
It soon developed a life of its own and a series sprang up.
Moon Dance. I love the title. How do you
normally come up with novel titles?
Sometimes the titles emerge as the story forms.
At other times I know the title before I start writing. I did with Moon Dance
and I knew the title of the next one in the series – Moon Bound.
Did you have to do any research to write Moon
Dance? If yes, tell us about it.
One of the characters is a witch so I bothered
a good friend who is a very knowledgeable about the Craft and is a Wiccan. She
helped with understanding the moon phases and getting the language right.
What’s been the most difficult part about
writing this story? And the easiest?
The hardest -Sending it off to the publisher.
The self-doubt and nerves took over until I received their reply – R&R
(Revise and Resubmit) I had made some errors on the formatting and chapter
headings. You know, really silly errors that had me palm facing - lots! Then I
sent it off again and the wait began. Fortunately it was a YES.
The easiest – when I began the story flowed and
just ran its own course. That was fab.
This blog is big on dreams… so tell us one of
yours:
To find one of books in a book shop!
January Oh, January
Christmas blues?
Yes – for the first
time in a long while I feel a little blue. I have some changes to make with my
everyday job so that is exercising my mind. My children are getting older and
on the cusp of making decisions that will affect their futures so lots going on
that I feel anxious about.
If yes, tell us how
you get over it
Hmmm….I’ll let you
know when I find how to get over it!
A New Year resolution
- Live life fully, enjoy laugh and love.
Best cure for the cold
weather -Rest, liquids and food you like to eat.
Favorite warm drink
-Earl Grey tea
A book for this month
– It’s probably a bit cheeky to say mine – Moon Dance! I want to read Stardust by Neil Gaiman and I have a few Jean
Plaidy’s on my TBR pile. That’s not counting the dozen’s on my kindle. All I
need is time!
If we looked under
your bed right now, we’d find… Apart from dust, a pink string shopping bag that
I like and my kindle.
A quick pick up and a night of sex was just what
Raya was looking for. Only meeting Amari set her insides on fire and she had to
have more of this Indian beauty. Witches and shifters aren’t meant to bond only
Raya and Amari can’t ignore the chemistry flowing between them. Trouble strikes
the lovers when a past trauma hits Raya and Amari’s mother could be to blame.
Finally Raya has a chance to get even with the old witch, who destroyed her
life. When that revenge reveals that Raya’s
past holds secrets she wasn’t aware of, it throws into question
everything she believes in. Can the lovers unite to help Raya find her true
self or is it all too late?
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About Mik:
Michaela Rhua
always dreamed of writing but this never happened until she met the lovely
group of ladies known as UCW. Their passion for writing and encouragement
inspired her to see if she could do it too. Now she is multi published and loves
writing!
She has teenage
children who also keep her busy. However, it is whilst travelling into work
that she has time to create her characters and imagine other places in which
they exist as her world skims by the window. Conversations overheard often lead
to the birth of new ideas that she scribbles down in her trusty notebook.
Stalking Links:
~~~ EXCERPT ~~~
"Good
morning Amari. Sorry I couldn't wait," Raya said. She pulled off her
sneakers one by one, followed by her sports socks.
Amari held out
her hand, inviting her across. Raya's eyes lit up and she began to walk across
the shallow water. Suddenly she stopped and looked down at her feet, confusion
written across her face. Raya backed away, out of the water.
"You
okay?"
"Err…
