Bio:
My name is Ashley Johnson and I live in Lake Charles, La with my fiancée and our three year old daughter. I graduated high school in 2003 and graduated college in 2008 with an associate’s degree in Criminal Justice
.I have a serious addiction to Amazon and iTunes
. I love to cook and eat but I guess that’s what I get for living in Louisiana!I’ve always loved to read and write and that’s what I do
1.Why do you write?
*I write because I love it. I love bringing characters to life and being able to share them with someone.
2.What was the inspiration behind your book?
*My best friend and I went to the Houston Rodeo
in March of this year mainly to see Luke Bryan. We had good seats but
they were pretty high. I’m terrified of heights so I stayed glued to my
seat the entire time.
We watched every event and the idea of a girl meeting a cowboy and
possibly falling in love attached itself to me and I thought on it for a
while before making it reality.
.
We watched every event and the idea of a girl meeting a cowboy and
possibly falling in love attached itself to me and I thought on it for a
while before making it reality.
3.Where do you write?
*I write mainly in my home.
4.Who is your writing inspiration?
*My writing inspiration is grandmother. From the time
I was little, she always instilled in me a love of books and reading. I
don’t think I’d be doing this today if it weren’t for her.
5.What inspires you while you’re writing?
*I’m
easily inspired, it’s mainly music I’m listening to or just seeing
something in the store or as I’m driving down the road. I can see the
perfect situation and be inspired.
6.Where do you see yourself in five years with your writing?
*In five years, I see myself improving more and more. I see myself putting out books with characters that people will love to read about.
7.If you could cowrite with anyone, who would it be? will love to read about.
* I’d love to cowrite with Abbi Glines or Teresa Mummert. They are two of my favorite authors.
About the Book:blurb for Ashley’s upcoming book Spurs & Stilettos planned release is release in early December
· Hope
Trahan has everything she wants and everyone she needs…except her
sister and someone who really is deserving of her. Who knew two separate
events would turn everything completely upside down? When her best
friend drags her down to the rodeo to help clear her head the last thing
she expects is to meet a sexy, sweet talking cowboy. That’s not what
she came for but fate had other things in mind.
Wesley
Tyler owns two national titles and is riding his way to the next. The
day he meets Hope, he knows there’s no going back. He soon learns Hope
carries ghosts with her she can’t quite shake. She holds things she
wishes she could let go of. Wesley just may hold the key to helping her
overcome it all. Can he win her over and help mend her broken walls or will her past hold her down?
her over and help mend her broken walls or will her past hold her down?
And A teaser:
“His
lips brush lightly against mine. His free hand rests against my
stomach. My stomach flutters at his touch as my lips meet his fiercely. A
moan escapes my lips as his body presses against mine. “I love you so
much Hope, you and our little baby. Nothing on this earth could make me
happier. There is nothing or no one on this planet that could take me
away from you. If I wasn’t happy you would be the first to know. I’m not
that guy who will pull you along for the ride Hope. I thought you knew
that.”
I’m so looking forward to this book !!!!!
Go check out Ashley
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amjohnson84
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ashmarie84
Author
Spotlight: Olivia Luck
1.
When did
you first begin to write?
I wrote my first romance novel at
ten. The main characters went on a date to the beach, it was captivating stuff.
2.
Why do you
write?
Writing fulfills a creative itch and
takes me away from daily life. I get completely enthralled by my characters,
they become apart of my life. I write because if I didn’t, I would go insane
dreaming up stories in my head without giving them proper resolutions.
3.
What was
the inspiration behind your book?
Like every other novel I’ve started
writing, the initial concept behind In Pursuit came to me one night before I
fell asleep. The next morning I woke up and pulled out some pen and paper to
outline the first book in by hand (I had some serious cramps!).
4.
Where do
you write?
Anywhere that has an outlet for my
laptop.
5.
Who is
your writing inspiration?
I don’t have a particular person
that inspires my writing per say, but the names of my characters come from people
that have touched my life.
6.
What
inspires you while you’re writing?
Reading
other indie authors made me decide to take a stab at selling my own work. I’ve
dreamed of being a writer for as long as I can remember, seeing some of my
peers gain success from self publishing has encouraged me to take the plunge.
7.
Where do
you see yourself in five years with your writing?
My dream of dreams is to write as a
full time career. Indie publishing works just fine for me.
No
disrespect to my fellow authors that I admire greatly, but I prefer to write by
myself. I guess that’s just the introvert in me.
About Olivia Luck
Olivia Luck lives in the middle of America with her loving
husband and her overbearing obsession with writing. When she’s not reading,
editing, or drafting, you can find her cooking in the kitchen. Her debut novel
In Pursuit is coming to an e-reader near you in January 2014.
Get in touch with Olivia, she loves messages!
TEASER from In Pursuit, coming
January 2014 (subject to change)
“I think I’ve been waiting for you
my entire life,” he admits.
Me
too, this time I respond silently.
“There’s been so much bleakness for
so long but something told me not to give up, something pushed me to keep
going. Some part of me deep down knew that you were waiting for me before I
even met you.”
I wish I could say the same to him,
but truly he was the best gift I never saw coming. Now here I am, feeling
cherished for once in my life. It’s a surreal feeling that I don’t dare to let
go of, at any cost.
Author Spotlight:
Amber Skye Forbes
1. When
did you first begin to write?
I first began to write at eight,
when I was in second grade just journaling. I had this voracious need to start
writing stories, and I can't even tell you why. I guess it was just in my
blood. I have a relative who is published, so perhaps I got it from him. My
brother also used to write stories, but his passions began to move elsewhere.
But I didn't start seriously
writing until I turned fourteen, which is when I seriously began considering
publication and researching how to go about doing it, like finding agents,
publishers, writing query letters, and all that jazz. Of course, my first book
was a wreck, which is the sequel to When Stars Die, The Stars Are Infinite.
Obviously, TSAI is much better than it was, as I've matured as both a person
and writer.
2. Why
do you write?
I write because I have to. I love
it, but I really just have to write. It's in my blood, it's probably the only
art I'm truly good at (well, I am getting better at ballet), and life would
feel pretty dull if I didn't write. I think all people should take up some
artful endeavor because, let's be honest, the world as it is, all full of
consumerism and crap, takes the life out of just about everything, but art adds
life back into this world, which is why I think it's so important that the arts
are funded. For example, schools don't need to cut art programs. They need to
cut spending for sports teams. But that's just my opinion.
3. What
was the inspiration behind your book?
I get asked this a lot, so I'll
just sum it up and say there was no one inspiration behind this book. I will,
however, talk about why my book is unique compared to other paranormal romance
books with witches, vampires, whatever.
First off, the romance is not your
typical romance. You'll have to read the book to find out why. At first, it
seems the romance is, but as you near the end, it isn't what you expect at all.
Many readers, in fact, were surprised by the ending, so I hope it surprises you
too--in a good way.
Second, my witches are not your
typical witches with spells and potions and familiars and all that. No. My
witches are a blight upon the world--or so the religious text, The Vulgate,
says they are. Fire does not exist as magic for them. It exists as a mark that
they are witches, and once a witch's fire is discovered, the only outcome is
death. But fire is special, don't get me wrong, and you'll have to read When
Stars Die to figure out why. Fire is also very, very special in the third book,
but I'm getting ahead of myself.
Third, this paranormal romance is
much darker than many paranormal romances others have read. In fact, I'd argue
it's probably the darkest PR book you may ever read.
4. Where
do you write?
I write primarily in my bed with my
electric blanket, but I'll also write in geography class because if I had to
pay attention to that lecture, I would stab my eyeballs out. Seriously, the
class is that boring, so I have no other choice but to write. In short, geography
is a GREAT incentive to write, or to do anything else but pay attention to that
class.
5. Who
is your writing inspiration?
I would say John Green and Libba
Bray.
6. What
inspires you while you’re writing?
My own imagination inspires
me--and, of course, external life circumstances. Books can inspire me too, as
well as video games. I was in a psyche ward twice, so, trust me, that is going
to inspire A LOT of YA contemporary books to come, as well as a Victorian drama
I'd like to write, a story about a boy who gets raped by a girl (because this
is inconceivable in our society), among a plethora of other things.
7. Where
do you see yourself in five years with your writing?
I would love for it to be full
time, but I'm one of those authors who has to start out small. I'm not an
instant success like Stephenie Meyer or John Green, and I'm okay with that. I
aspire to be like them, though, and I know that with hard work and dedication
and building up my fan base along with my publisher's help, I'll get there. I
dream big, and I-will-get-there.
John
Green, hands down, or my publisher, Raymond Vogel. John Green and I could work
on a contemporary literary book, and my publisher and I could work on fantasy
or something, and he can write ALL the action scenes since those are my least
favorite scenes to write.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmberSkyeF
Webpage: http://amberskyeforbes.com
Bio: Amber Skye
Forbes is a dancing writer who prefers pointe shoes over street shoes, leotards
over skirts, and ballet buns over hairstyles. She loves striped tights and bows
and will edit your face with a Sharpie if she doesn’t like your attitude. She
lives in Augusta, Georgia where she writes dark fiction that will one day put
her in a psychiatric ward…again. But she doesn’t care because her cat is a
super hero who will break her out.
Blurb: Amelia
Gareth's brother is a witch and the only way to save her family from the
taint in his blood is to become a professed nun at Cathedral Reims in the
snowy city of Malva. However, in order to become professed, she must
endure trials that all nuns must face.
Surviving these trials is not easy, especially for Amelia, who is being stalked by shadowy beings only she can see. They're searching for people they can physically touch, because only those they can touch can see them. Amelia soon learns why she is being stalked when she accidentally harms her best friend with fire during the third trial. Fire is a witch's signature. The shadows are after witches.
Now Amelia must decide what to do: should she continue on her path to profession knowing there is no redemption, or should she give up on her dream and turn away from Cathedral Reims in order to stop the shadows who plan to destroy everything she loves?
Surviving these trials is not easy, especially for Amelia, who is being stalked by shadowy beings only she can see. They're searching for people they can physically touch, because only those they can touch can see them. Amelia soon learns why she is being stalked when she accidentally harms her best friend with fire during the third trial. Fire is a witch's signature. The shadows are after witches.
Now Amelia must decide what to do: should she continue on her path to profession knowing there is no redemption, or should she give up on her dream and turn away from Cathedral Reims in order to stop the shadows who plan to destroy everything she loves?
Excerpt: The sound is a dagger
scraping crosshatches on a frosted windowpane, its echoes loud in this
insensible room I’ve been locked in for the past few days. I want to remedy my
fears over the sound, but I’m more terrified of the impending trials that will
determine my readiness to be professed in the Order of Cathedral Reims. The
trials are the reason I have been locked in here.
Colette sits beside
me, lost in knitting a scarf she has been working on for a week—the amount of
time we’ve been trapped in here with minimal food, water, and sanity. Her
ability to shut out the world with a click of the needles is something I have
always envied. For her, the world is nonexistent.
But not for me.
The sound strips my
nerves raw, so I tighten my shawl and rise from the creaking mattress. My
boot-clad feet meet the floor, and in spite of my stockings, cold still shoots
through the soles, hibernating in my bones. Pulling in a deep breath of biting
air, I tiptoe over to the door and press my eye to the keyhole that overlooks a
bright hallway. The air freezes in my chest. I knew I heard those blasted
shadows, the eerie, almost impossible sounds they make whenever their black
cloaks trail along the cobbled floors of Cathedral Reims. Sometimes I wonder if
they’re witches, people born of the Seven Deadly Sins and considered worse than
murderers in the eyes of the law. Then I remember my little brother is nothing
like them. They are mere shadows. Mere shadows.
Two of them stand
outside the room. I recognize them. The tall one is Asch, and the little one is
Sash. I don’t know where I heard their names. Here, in my dreams, in
nightmares, or somewhere else.
I wish they would go
away. I wish, I wish, I wish. I close my eyes. Open them. They are still there.
Why must they be here? Theosodore, our Mother Superior’s lackey, could gather
us any moment for the first trial, a trial that will test everything we are
made of, and here are Asch and Sash teasing my nerves with their cold, white
fingers. But I don’t know what it is about them. They haven’t done anything in
the two months since I’ve started seeing them, but their presence makes sharp
fear burrow into my muscles and knot them. I believe I’m the only one who can
see them. This frightens me. Perhaps waiting for these trials has made me
mad.
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