I have always known I am a writer. Always.  Here’s an example:

In third grade, I was supposed to write a book report. I hadn’t read any books worth doing a report on, so I wrote a book report on a book I would have like to have read. I made it up. All of it. All I remember about it was there was something about fairies and ponies in it. The teacher never checked on the title, the author, or anything else. I got an A+ on the paper, too.

How cool is that?

But the night before the last day of school, my conscience starting tweaking me. Badly. After my dad left for work that morning, I crawled in bed with my mom to tell her the awful, dishonest thing I had done. She told me I needed to tell the teacher. On the last day of school. Oh boy.

Except when I got up for school a little while later, I noticed my stomach was covered in red spots. Sure enough, I had the “three-day measles.” I couldn’t go to school and confess my transgression.

I have come to terms with what I did. You know why? I write fiction.

Today’s Work-In-Progress Wednesday guest is author Sophia Kimble. Welcome, Sophia. Can you tell us one thing most people don’t know about you?

SK: I like to eat my chocolate frozen. Seriously, I take my Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Kit Kat’s, and Ho Ho’s and stick them in the freezer until their frozen. I love chocolate, but hate the melt factor. 🙂

MJ: What is the top book on your TBR pile?

SK: I’m waiting impatiently for the third book in Jon Steele’s Angelus trilogy to be released. As soon as it’s out, everything else will take a back seat.

MJ: Name one thing you won’t leave home without.

SK: A bottle of water.

MJ: Is there a particular movie that you preferred over the book version of the story?

SK: All movies I’ve seen after reading the book. I have a teenage daughter and she’s the one I go to the movies with the most, so the most recent was The Fault in Our Stars. The book made me cry, the movie did not, although my daughter looked like a raccoon as we were leaving the theater.

MJ: What do you normally eat for breakfast, or do you skip it and get straight to work?

SK: I’m bad, I skip breakfast, but then devour lunch!

MJ: Describe your ideal/dream writing space.

SK: Large loft in a cabin with huge windows, and all I can see is forest.

MJ: Briefly describe your writing day/process.

SK: Up at 3 or 4 am, write until around lunch time, then catch up on social media, marketing, and such. By the time the kids get home, my creative brain is usually shot, and I concentrate on my family.

MJ: That’s a long day! What book do you wish you could have written?

SK: Elizabeth Kostova’s The Historian. My absolute favorite book!

MJ: Name three things on your desk right now.

SK: My feet, coffee, favorite pen. Yes, my laptop in on my lap.

MJ: Do you listen to music when you write? Explain.

SK: No. I like to have absolute quiet so I can see and hear the movie of my book in my mind, and then I type what I see/hear.

MJ: What do you love most about your WIP hero?

SK: Immortal, gorgeous, tormented, Highland warrior. What’s not to love?

MJ: What genre is your current WIP?

SK: Paranormal Romance

MJ: What is your favorite genre to read?

SK: Paranormal romance, and historical. If they’re combined-all the better.

MJ: How did you chose the setting for your current WIP?

SK: My current WIP is the second book in The Druid’s Curse series, therefore the setting of a castle in the Adirondack Mountains was already decided for me.

MJ: I love the Adirondack Mountains. Now it’s time for the lightning round. Wine: red or white?

SK: Red

MJ: Beer: can or bottle?

SK: Bottle

MJ Cinco de Mayo or St. Patrick’s Day?

SK: St. Patrick’s Day

MJ: Last movie you saw in a theater?

SK: The Fault in Our Stars.

MJ: Favorite TV show?

SK: Blacklist

MJ: Favorite band when you were in high school (Marching band doesn’t count)?

SK: The Smiths

MJ: Coke or Pepsi?

SK: Coke.

MJ: Introvert or extrovert?

SK: Introvert.

MJ: Favorite ethnic food?

SK: Thai.

MJ: And now for the headliner: your Work In Progress. Can you share the title and the first few sentences?

SK: Yes! This is from Avenge Her, part of the Druid’s Curse series.

Why can’t I be like everybody else?

Izzy Alexander stared at fish swimming in their virtual aquarium across her computer screen while she sat at her desk in Malcolm Campbell’s castle. The soothing scene didn’t calm her as it sometimes did. No, the poor creatures were forever stuck in purgatory, they’d never get anywhere, never accomplish anything. Kind of like her and her infatuation with Malcolm.

God, how had she fallen head over heels with a man who was in love with someone else and who couldn’t stand what she was? Why couldn’t she go through life with blinders on, not knowing what people were feeling, what people thought by touching them? Why did her life have to be so strange?

Well, let’s see. Maybe because I’m a witch and an empath, and fell in lust with a thirteenth century Highland warrior who’d been cursed with immortality by Lailoken, a Druid High Priest. Yup, that about summed it up and equaled weird as hell.

MJ: Oh! What a great hook. And you have a book out now? How can people purchase it?

 

SK: Protect Her is available at Amazon.

MJ: And how can your readers stay in touch with you?

SK: I have a website and a blog. I’m also on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Goodreads and Google+.

MJ: Thanks for joining me today, and good luck with your books!