Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Dangerous Pursuit by Margaret Daley. Margaret, an award-winning author of eighty-five books, has been married for over forty years and is a firm believer in romance and love. When she isn’t traveling, she’s writing love stories, often with a suspense thread and corralling her three cats that think they rule her household.
Find Margaret Online:
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Bea: Welcome to the Nook,Can you please tell me a
bit about yourself?
Margaret: I retired about five years
ago from teaching for twenty-seven years. I've been writing and selling for
thirty-three years. I now write full-time and enjoy my four granddaughters. I
have three cats that adopted us, and I love to go to lunch with a friend then
see a movie.
Bea: According to your website,
you taught special needs children; what was your specialty? Do you think your
teaching has influenced your writing in any way?
Margaret: My teaching and working
with children with special needs has most definitely influenced my writing.
I've written books about being blind, disabled physically, autism, children
with Downs, traumatic brain disorder, ADD, and the list goes on. I worked many
years with children with mental disabilities and then later children with
learning disabilities. There are few disabilities I haven't dealt with.
Bea: Please tell us a little
about your new release?
Margaret: Dangerous
Pursuit is the first book in The
Protectors Series. Its blurb:
Reading about danger never prepared Samantha Prince for the desperate
phone call from her brother in Brazil that sent her from the safety of her New
Orleans bookstore into the rugged, inhospitable Amazon in search of him and a
hidden treasure. And reading about romance never prepared Samantha to resist
the mysterious appeal of Brock Slader, a guide she hired to help her in her
quest.
Alone with Brock in an alien world of orchids and anacondas, primitive
headhunters and very up-to-date gunmen, she struggles to keep their
relationship strictly business. Will Samantha survive the dangers in the jungle
only to have her heart broken by a man who lives on the edge—no strings
attached?
Bea: What’s coming up next for
you with your writing? Are you working on your next book? Can you tell us a
little about it?
Margaret: I've already have the
second book in The Protectors Series out: Dangerous Interlude.
Also the third book in the
series was just released: Dangerous Paradise.
Each one in the series is
a sweet romance with suspense and mystery elements in it. They stand alone but are loosely tied to each
other.
Bea: What’s a typical day of
writing for you? Are you a planner or do you wing it?
Margaret: I start writing after I
have gone through my emails in the morning. I write throughout most days with
breaks when I need them. In the evening, I often work on promotional
activities. I write usually at least 6 days a week. I'm in the middle between a
planner and winging it.
Bea: What would you say is your
most interesting writing quirk?
Margaret: Checking my spelling
whenever I get a red line under a word.
Bea: What prompted you to start
writing? Would you continue to write if you were no longer published?
Margaret: I loved to read and as a
child loved to make up different stories. I went through an eight year dry
spell after selling 20 books. I couldn't walk away and since then I've gone on
to sell 72 more books.
Bea: What is your favorite part
of writing? What is your least favorite part?
Margaret: Figuring out the story is
my favorite part of writing and writing description is my least favorite.
Bea: You switched to writing
Christian romance a few years back. Why Christian romance instead of clean
romance? Would you write a romance or mystery that’s not Christian?
Margaret: Yes, in fact, the stories
I'm self publishing are my out of print sweet romances. But I love writing
Christian romance and romantic suspense, too.
Bea: Who are some of your
influences? Some of your favorite writers?
Margaret: James Rollins is my
favorite author--he writes suspense and adventure. He transports me to another
place.
Bea: What genres do you enjoy
reading? Do you have any favorite authors?
Margaret: Suspense, romantic
suspense, and adventure are my favorite genres. As I said above, James Rollins
and others like Julie Garwood and John Stanford are favorite authors of mine.
Bea: Was there someone who was,
or is, particularly helpful to you? Was there someone who inspired you in your
writing? In what way(s)?
Margaret: I have a critique group
that will give me feedback. That has been helpful.
Bea: Do you think that social
media is important for an author to be involved in?
Margaret: Yes. It's an opportunity
for us to connect with our readers.
Bea: Does your family read your
books? What do they think?
Margaret: My husband is very
supportive but hasn't read my books. He loves non-fiction. My mother when she
was alive did and my mother-in-law does. My older granddaughters are starting
to read them, too.
Bea: Do you prefer to read
paper books or ebooks? Why?
Margaret: Paper because I work at
the computer all day.
Bea: Tell us what you’re
reading at the moment and what you think of it.
Margaret: Beneath a
Navajo Moon by Lisa
Carter and I wrote an endorsement for the story. Very good romantic suspense
that kept me turning the pages.
Bea: What book on the market
does yours compare to? How is your book different?
Margaret: It is like Romancing the
Stone--suspense with adventure thrown in.
Bea: If you could be a
character in a book, which one would it be, and what part would you play?
(Romantic lead, sidekick, etc)
Margaret: Elizabeth from Pride
and Prejudice.
Bea: I noticed you have some
recipes on your site; do you enjoy cooking or is a necessary evil?
Margaret: I like to cook when I have
the time.
Bea: Margaret, thank you for answering my questions. Is there anything that you want to
add or say to your readers?
Margaret: I love hearing from
readers. You can connect with me at:
Twitter: @margaretdaley
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Blurb from the author ~
Reading about danger never prepared Samantha Prince for the desperate phone call from her brother in Brazil that sent her from the safety of her New Orleans bookstore into the rugged, inhospitable Amazon in search of him and a hidden treasure. And reading about romance never prepared Samantha to resist the mysterious appeal of Brock Slader, a guide she hired to help her in her quest.
Alone with Brock in an alien world of orchids and anacondas, primitive headhunters and very up-to-date gunmen, she struggles to keep their relationship strictly business. Will Samantha survive the dangers in the jungle only to have her heart broken by a man who lives on the edge—no strings attached?
Dangerous Pursuit is the first book in The Protectors Series
Coming Soon Dangerous Interlude and Dangerous Paradise
Publisher: Margaret Daley
Release Date: July 28, 2013
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Great interview! Sounds like a great book.
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