Today we bring you an exciting episode with newbie Stacy Dawn, who’s selling her wares like hotcakes over at The Wild Rose Press. Welcome, Stacy!
Okay, on with the main event!
1. What is your favorite word?
Just. Just a minute! Just leave me alone! I have just enough time to get these edits in! If you would just give me a second! Man, that is just wrong. Did you just call me a procrastinator?
I have to do a major search and destroy mission for it on every manuscript.
2. What is your least favorite word?
Unacceptable. I cringe just saying it. I remember ages ago a boss said this word to me about my sales quota. It made me feel so small and ugly inside. It’s a vile and cruel word. Just as a side note, I was in that job for another ten years, she was not, so don’t take everyone’s opinion to heart.
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Pure emotion. Like when a child laughs, can you not help laughing with them? It is so free and unencumbered by the weight of worry. When I’m in a restaurant or park and see an older couple looking at each other like they were still eighteen. When my husband looks at me in just that way. Unfortunately, it also includes deep sorrow as those suffering the loss of a loved one.
It’s only a brief moment but when I’m fortunate enough to witness that glimpse of true, pure emotion, I can’t help but be deeply affected by it on all levels. It’s what I strive to bring into my work.
4. What turns you off?
Insincerity–those who are so fake, you literally want to upchuck. I hate being lied to or worse yet seeing people being taken advantage of.
5. What is your favorite curse word?
Crap. I know, I’m such a prude but I grew up in a house where swearing wasn’t allowed under any circumstances. Even ‘crap’ was a no-no. I’m not saying I don’t swear on the right occasion just very rarely.
6. If you could live in any time period other than this one, who would you sleep with in that time and why?
Robin Hood. Maid Marion fantasies since childhood. No, no, no. I take that back. I’d want to be Guinevere then I get two hotties. Yeah, I’m a medieval lush.
7. If you were stranded on a deserted island, what three books would you like to have with you?
The Complete Works of Shakespeare, I Will Survive by Samantha Connolly, and One For The Money by Janet Evanovich. Shakespeare gives me everything from tragedy to comedy and the other two are just great stories.
8. What is the ugliest rejection you have ever gotten from a publisher/editor/agent?
I don’t even want to count the number of rejections I’ve had over the year but there haven’t been any really ugly ones. What I hate though are the photocopied form letters. Seriously, at least print me off a new one for the effort I made and the price of the stamp on the SASE.
9. What sound or noise do you love?
My kid’s laughter. It’s highly infectious. I also write better when they are around. Odd, I know. Most people like quiet but when I know that they are close and okay, it’s one less worry and I can focus better on my writing.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
“Oops, go back home.”
Book Pimpage (a 2-fer for today!):
The Theory of Love
The Wild Rose Press
Available Now
Short Story–Contemporary
The Theory of Love is a fun, flirty first meeting story after a set-up date turns into a no-show dud.
Shadows of Moonlight
The Wild Rose Press
Available Now
Sensual Paranormal
Over the centuries, Rick Shayne has loved and lost the same woman four times. Her reappearance only deepens his guilt and he refuses to risk her life or his heart again. Liz Greyson isn’t about to let him off that easy, but will her secret be his saving grace or cast him back into the shadows of moonlight forever.
11. Your website or blog.
Website: www.stacydawn.com
Blog: http://stacyholmes.blogspot.com –where I have a weekly gameshow, ESCAPE the Mondayn, every Monday. Contestants get a chance to win a gift from the prize wheel spun by a half-naked celebrity spinner.
