Author Kourtney Heintz dropped by to answer a few questions! And she's made book one, The Six Train to Wisconsin free for the month of October!
Amanda,
thank you so much for having me here on your blog today!
Name your go-to author for a good
read.
I have
several, so these are my two favorites right now.
Richelle
Mead: I was sucked into her Vampire Academy series. I forgot to eat and sleep
until I finished her book.
John
Green: He always tells a beautifully crafted tale. Guaranteed laugh and sob out
loud moments.
What draws you to the genre you
write?
My
novels tend to cross genres mixing paranormal with mystery/suspense and love
story. I believe in the unbelievables—telepaths, telekinesis, ghosts, curses, and
spells. I think they are all possible and it makes life much more interesting when
you have that possibility. So many things in life remain a mystery—I can’t seem
to write a story without a mystery/suspense at its core.
Do you write full-time or
part-time?
I
write full-time. I spend about 5-6 hours per day writing. I spend another 3-4 hours
promoting. Before a book launch my promo time is using 6 hours a day. I have a
part-time teaching gig and I do school visits as well. Book sales can be up and
down, and it take months to see the royalties, so it helps to have some
constant income without sacrificing my writing time. Life’s all about
tradeoffs.
Stand-alones or series, what is
your preference?
I
prefer series to read and write. I like getting to go back to a place and hang
out with characters more. For me, it’s also exciting to see how the pieces of a
book’s arc and a series’ arc come together.
Though,
I am playing around with a standalone concept just to try something different
and be “one and done” for a change.
What advice would you give to
aspiring writers?
Every single
No is one step closer to a Yes. You never know what day or what person will say
Yes. So you must keep trying until you get that Yes. If you stop when someone
says No, that’s all you will have. You will make the No permanent. If you keep
going, a No is simply a bump in the road to Yes.
If you decided to give up writing
(please don’t!) what would your next choice career be?
I’d
probably go back to working on Wall Street. It wasn’t my passion, but if I were
going to give up my passion, I’d go back to what I did before because I found
joy in it and the perks were really amazing.
I also
wanted to let your readers know, the first book in the series, The Six Train to Wisconsin, will be free
on Amazon in October. So if they’d like to try the series out, they can read
the first book free:
http://www.amazon.com/Six-Train-Wisconsin-Book-ebook/dp/B00CJIXKG2
Back Cover Summary:
His
secrets almost killed her. Her secrets may destroy them both.
Kai is
recovering from a near-death experience when she realizes something isn’t
right. Her body is healing, but her mind no longer feels quite like her own.
Her telepathic powers are changing, too. She can’t trust herself. The darkness
growing inside of her pushes her to use her telepathy as a weapon.
Oliver
clings to the hope that he can save their marriage, even though he was the one
who put her life in jeopardy. As his wife slips further and further away from
him, he becomes increasingly obsessed with bringing the man who ruined his life
to justice.
The
sequel to The Six Train to Wisconsin is a genre-defying tale of love and
consequences. Once again, award-winning author Kourtney Heintz seamlessly
weaves suspense and paranormal intrigue into a real-world setting, creating
characters rich in emotional and psychological complexity.
Bio:
Kourtney
Heintz is the award-winning and bestselling author of The Six Train to Wisconsin (2013), the first book in The Six Train
to Wisconsin series. She also writes bestselling young adult novels under the
pseudonym K.C. Tansley. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America,
Sisters in Crime, Romance Writers of America, and Society of Children’s Book
Writers and Illustrators.
She has given writing workshops and author
talks at libraries, museums, universities, high schools, conventions, wineries,
non-profits organizations, and writing conferences. She has been featured in the Republican American of Waterbury,
Connecticut; on WTNH’s CT Style; and
on the radio show, Everything Internet.
She
resides in Connecticut with her warrior lapdog, Emerson, and three quirky
golden retrievers. Years of working on Wall Street provided the perfect
backdrop for her imagination to run amok at night, envisioning a world where
out-of-control telepathy and buried secrets collide.
Author Links:
Buy Links (Preorder Links right
now):
A huge thanks to Kourtney for visiting! And make sure to check out her books and website!
Happy Reading!
~!~ Amanda, Novel Addiction ~!~
~!~ Amanda, Novel Addiction ~!~
1 comment:
Thanks for having me here for the interview! It was really fun to work on the Q&A with you! :)
Post a Comment