I am honored to welcome guest author Sondrae Bennett to my blog today. Let's find out more about her and check out her book "Worth Fighting For: All's Fair In Love and War."
1-How long have you been writing?
Well, I’ve always loved to write, especially fiction, but it
wasn’t until a few years ago that I ever considered making it more than a
hobby. The idea never entered my head until I started writing more frequently
while unemployed for a few months. Then, once the idea took hold, I wondered
why I hadn’t considered it earlier. I’ve always been an avid reader, and I
loved to tell stories. So I decided to try and write professionally and never
looked back. One of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
2-What is your favorite genre to write?
As both a reader and a writer, romance is my favorite genre.
Pairing people up and watching them fall in love is such an amazing feeling.
It’s like falling in love myself over and over again as I go through the ups
and downs with my characters. Although, I also love to read urban fantasy and have
a few ideas for an UF series. I’m
looking forward to writing it once the idea has fully matured.
3-What are you working on now?
Right now I’m in edits for the fifth book in the Alpine
Woods Shifter series, Cover Desires, which will be coming out the third week in
December, and I’m also working on writing Kalindra, which is my contribution to
a collaborative series I’m working on with Renee Rocco, Silke Juppenlatz, and
Annie Nicholas. It’s going to be a really fun series, so look for the first
Gatekeeper book early 2013!
4-When you start a new story do you begin with character or
plot?
Usually a little bit of both. The story needs a little bit
of plot to get it going, but my characters also need to be well rounded from
the beginning to get emotional depth. Especially when writing novella length
stories, both the characters and the plot need to hit the ground running, so to
speak.
5- Tell us about your latest/upcoming release, what inspired
it?
Worth Fighting For, the fourth book in the Alpine Woods
Shifter series, just came out this past May, and this story really holds a
special place in my heart. Although this book is the fourth in the series, all
of them can be read as standalones, although I always recommend reading them in
order. The hero was first introduced in the first book, and as soon as I wrote
him, I knew he needed his own story. It took me a few books, but I finally found
him a heroine worthy of him in Misty, and boy was she a hoot to write!
Together, the sparks definitely started to fly.
Here’s the
blurb:
All’s fair
in love and war.
As leader of
a fox skulk, Cody is used to feeling protective. But when his best friend,
Misty, gets attacked, his panic has nothing to do with duty. Suddenly, he’s
noticing Misty as a woman instead of the girl he grew up with. But pursuing
those feelings would risk their friendship, something he's unwilling to do.
Misty's
tried everything, without success, to convince Cody she's not "one of the
guys". Yet now that he's looking at her like she always dreamed, he pulls
away every time she gets close.
Danger lurks
in the background, waiting to pounce. Someone plots against the foxes, leaving
them all in jeopardy…especially Misty. Will Cody overcome his fears in time to
save the woman he loves?
Excerpt:
The first thing Cody heard when he
approached Misty's front door was laughter. The kind of laughter that came
straight from the gut, borne of pure joy. A sound he'd come to associate with
Misty. He smiled as he opened the door and strode into her living room.
The text he'd received earlier had
said to come right in, but his confident steps faltered as he saw the cause of
her giggles. Misty in human form, sat on the floor with a beaver puppet,
playing with a fox. The kit's eyes were open, but he still possessed his black
baby fluff. It couldn't be older than a couple weeks.
"What is that?"
Apparently unaware of his presence
until he spoke, she jumped at the sound of his voice.
"Oh, hi Cody." She looked
at her wrist as if expecting a watch to be there. Why she did that when he
could count the times she'd worn a watch in the past two years on one hand,
he'd never understand. "Is it time for training already? I'm not dressed,
yet."
Cody looked down at her clothes.
Skin tight jeans that looked way too appealing and a black t-shirt with the
words Foxy Lady spelled in big pink letters across her breasts. Perky breasts
that would fill his hands perfectly.
Way too tempting. Those clothes had
to go. Wait. He mentally back-pedaled, rephrasing his last thought. She had to
change into different clothes, more clothes. Some nice baggy sweats would be
perfect. Something to hide her figure. And tennis shoes, he thought as he
watched her bare toes curl into the carpet, the bubble gum pink polish peeking
out from under her jeans.
Cody shook his head and refocused
on the problem at hand. "You can change in a minute. What is that?"
he asked again, pointing to the animal at her feet.
"What's what?"
She looked down, as if unaware
anything abnormal was going on. Apparently in Misty's world, playing with a fox
on the living room floor was business as usual.
"That's a fox. You know, one
would think the Premier of fox shifters would know that."
The teasing tone almost brought a
smile to his face, but his curiosity wouldn't let the subject go. "I know
it's a fox. What is it doing in your living room?"
"I adopted it," she said.
"Adopted it?" Cody looked
down at the animal again. There was no humanity in its scent, but the boy was
still a baby. He hadn't been around enough newborns to know the difference
between a shifter baby and a fox baby. "It's a shifter, then?" He
hadn't realized Misty was considering adoption. But the more he thought about
it, the more he realized Misty would be a great mom.
"No, it's a fox." She
spoke slowly as if to a simpleton. "I feel like we've been here
already."
BIO:
One of my favorite things is picking up a new book and sinking into the story, immersing myself in the emotions between the characters. I hope someday to inspire readers the same way my favorite authors have inspired me.
When not writing, I can usually be found curled up on the couch with a good book, taking my dogs for walks, or spending time with my family.
It always makes my day to hear from my readers.
http://www.amazon.com/Worth-Fighting-Alpine-Shifters-ebook/dp/B0080E4P68/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1336161862&sr=8-13
Thanks so much for having me today!
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