I’ve been tagged by the amazingly talented author Eva Scott to take part in this fabulous author’s blog tour! This is something a little different and fun. This tour is about introducing the writer who tagged you, answering a few questions about yourself and your writing, and tagging more authors to keep the train going. Here’s Eva’s blog. Now, let’s find out a little something about Eva!
Eva Scott – she writes contemporary and historical romance!!
I live on the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane in Queensland Australia. I settled here a few years ago when I returned from living and working overseas, where incidentally I met my husband in our own Great Romance.
I studied Anthropology at University with visions of living with wild tribes in the jungle and ended up working in adult education and patient experience within the Health service. You’d be surprised how wild that can be!
I have written both formally and for the sheer joy of it. I found writing helps me manage the situations life has a way of throwing at you. For while I dabbled as a freelance jounalist writing articles for magazines. Somewhere along the way I found I prefered telling colourful stories much more than imparting useful information.
My chance came when our son joined our family, allowing me to take the time off work to look after him and write in the spaces between nappy changes, feeds and fun time.
Books and reading have always been integral to life. Our wall of books is full of diverse subjects both fact and fiction, with the oldest text having been published in 1807.
Eva’s latest release is A Season To Remember, a Christmas-themed short story anthology.
It is coming out in late November and it’s free!
A Season To Remember – our gift to you this Christmas.
Here’s a little something about me!
1) If you were beginning your writing career today, what would you do differently?
Develop a better understanding about POVs and approach my writing with a bit more confidence.
2) What’s the one thing about you that might surprise readers?
I drove fast cars, smoked cigars, drank hard liquor and fired guns. I may still do some of these things. ;)
3) Tell us a little about your main character in your latest book.
I’m lucky enough to have two who are complete different
Warrior’s Surrender is a medieval romance set in 1077. The heroine is Lady Alfreya of Tyrswick. She has been forced by circumstances to lead her dead father’s Saxon army against Baron Sebastian de la Croix, the Norman Baron who now owns her lands.
Alfreya is a delightfully complex character. A series of disappointments has left her distrustful and her devotion to her family and to duty has forced her to make some hard decisions on her own.
Warrior’s Surrender is out on October 17. STOP PRESS: Official confirmation that we’re back again to November 7.
In Three Ships my Christmas short story as part of the A Season To Remember Anthology, Laura Winter is different, she is a sweet girl-next-door who would like a romance, not realising her suitor would wash up on shore!
Laura is the daughter of a lighthouse keeper and Three Ships is a fun adventure set in 1806 Devon. It has smugglers, explosions, a surprise proposal and two cats called Admiral and Whiskey.
4) What are some of your favourites?
Colour – Red
Food – anything Indian or Thai
Place – anywhere with my darling husband
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