Beast
by
J.A. Wynters
Genre:
Fairy Tale Retelling, Paranormal Romance
Falling
out of a window didn't hurt as much as falling for her.
Tove
Savage.
When
the most beautiful girl in the world treats you like her dirty little
secret, you’re reminded that beasts are meant to live in the dark.
Tove
used me to get back at her boyfriend, breaking something inside that
left a scar far deeper and uglier than the one marring my face.
Three
years later Tove arrives at my hospital broken and without her
memories.
So, what am I
meant to do? Try to forget how much I love
her or exact my revenge?
BEAST
is a twisted Beauty and the Beast retelling.
Beauty
is more than skin deep.
Jane
Wynters doesn't quite know how to answer the question of "where
are you from?" She's moved from place to place like a snowflake
on the wind always searching for a safe place to land. She loves
meeting new people and exploring new places. She loves reading,
writing and conjuring new worlds from her imagination.
GUEST POST
What are your top 10 favorite books/authors?
Oh god there are
too many
What book do you think everyone should
read?
The Alchemist by
Paulo Coelho
How long have you been writing?
Since I first
held a pen in my hand.
What kind of research do you do before
you begin writing a book?
Depends on the
content of the book – I always try and stay true to medical
conditions and the like to ensure realism and authenticity – if I
have particular places or areas I make sure I capture them – it
depends.
Do you see writing as a career?
That would be the
dream
Do you read yourself and if so what is
your favorite genre?
I like suspense,
thriller and romance but also loads of dystopian and speculative
friction.
Do you prefer to write in silence or
with noise? Why?
Silence – it’s
the only way I hear the voices
Do you write one book at a time or do
you have several going at a time?
One book at a
time – I would like to give each book my full attention.
Pen or type writer or computer?
Pen or computer –
depends where I am and if the muse hits – phone sometimes too – I
have a portable keyboard for my phone.
A day in the life of the author?
Wake up
Corral the kids
Check on the
sales from the previous night – shed a few tears
Coffee
Drop the kids off
Coffee
Sit in front of
the computer – get sucked into social media for a number of hours
Swear
Coffee
Look at the blank
screen and question every decision you ever made
More tears –
they fall into your coffee
You write –
sometime a lot sometimes a little – either way you hate all of it
and hope it will burn in hell
Coffee
After a break you
read over things again and think you may have a hope and it doesn’t
ALL suck – not all of it.
You grab the kids
– cause no one else wants them – chaperone them around to sports
– seems you gotta feed them and shower them too.
You eat
More coffee
You put everyone
to bed and look at what you wrote before – this time you don’t
cry – you keep that pain inside and use it to write something you
can work with.
You check the
time – it’s waaaayyyy to late
You get sucked
into Facebook again
More swearing
You go to bed and
read for an hour – cause you know – research and also you love
it.
You[‘re about
to fall asleep and your brain remembers that plot twist you were
going to write that afternoon.
Fall asleep with
the phone in your hand and your pillow stained with tears.
Advice they would give new authors?
Write write and
write some more - I know it’s easy to fall into the cookie cutter
crowd – yes we want to make money so taking a story already written
and writing it again and again and again cause that’s what popular
– you can do that – or you can feed your soul break the mold and
write stuff you love cause guarantee the stuff you love to write will
always be a million times better than the stuff you think you need to
write.
What makes a good story?
Good solid
characters that you want to root for, or hate or, love a story that
makes you feel anything at all – that’s what makes a good story.
What is your writing process? For
instance do you do an outline first? Do you do the chapters first?
Panster or die –
I tried the whole plotting thing – I guess some things are just not
for me.
Do you try more to be original or to
deliver to readers what they want?
I think you need
a fine balance – be as original as you can but try and fall into a
genre that people like reading. I’, not a fan of the cookie cutter
crowd – retelling the same story over and over – I know some
troupes are more popular than others but I feel like once I read one
I don’t need to read another hundred. Of course, that is all
personal – some people love reading the same type of story.
If you could tell your younger writing
self anything, what would it be?
Start earlier –
be braver.
What’s the most difficult thing about
writing characters from the opposite sex?
The fact that you
will never really truly know what they are thinking or feeling. You
can guess – and some people are better at that than others – but
you will never truly know.
How long on average does it take you to
write a book?
About a month,
Do you believe in writer’s block?
Of course.
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