Lucianne Rivers
Please make a very warm welcome to Ms. Lucianne Rivers, author of the Caldwell Sisters Trilogy –
HOLD ME, THRILL ME & ENTICE ME.
We have been very lucky to have Lucianne join us for an interview and giveaway of her first book in the Caldwell series, Hold me.
So go grab a coffee, sit back, relax and enjoy our interview, read my reviews of the Caldwell Sisters books and enter our giveaway for your chance to win!
Please, let me introduce you....
Lucianne writes romantic suspense for Entangled Publishing and Cobblestone Press. Born and raised in Ireland, she currently lives in New Mexico with her young daughter.
Formerly a stage and television actress, she now manages a non profit and is NM State Champion in her weight class for Olympic style weightlifting. Recently she has taken up Cross fit, Jiu Jitsu and boxing.
Interview with Lucianne Rivers
Hi Lucianne, thanks a lot for coming and joining us on our blog today for an interview. I thought today we could keep it light, and try and have some laughs along the way. So Lucy (Hope you don’t mind me calling you Lucy) let’s start with a simple question that always plagues me when I start a book, where do you even begin to come up with names of your books from
(HOLD ME, THRILL ME, ENTICE ME)....?
A pleasure to be here!!
A) I'm Irish, and the first part of the title was inspired by the music of a certain well-known Irish pop-rock band. I had to alter the ending to avoid copyright issues.
I ask this to every author I interview – and I understand if you don’t want to answer this. But keeping to the light side of things...Ms. Rivers, do you ever write naked? And where is your favourite place to write?
A) LOL. I have never written naked. I have an office desk with, most importantly, an ergonomic chair. I've tried writing while sitting on my sofa, and my body protested.
Do you like to listen to music while writing? And what is your favourite song right now? At the moment I’m listening to Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri. I love getting caught up in the words.
A) Generally, no. I need complete silence to write. However, while blogging I tune in to the Rihanna station on Pandora.
You were born in Ireland. I will start of by saying how jealous I am! I would love to travel to Ireland. Do you travel back often? And what made you make the big move to the New Mexico? (Should have come to Australia, we're pretty awesome down under)
A) I go back home about once a year if I can, to visit my parents. In 2006 I was really into pranayama, yogic breathwork, which is a type of meditation. There was a teacher in the US who lived in Los Angeles. I traveled over a couple of times for workshops, fell in love with the place, and decided to quit my job back home and spend six months traveling in the US. I ended up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, fell in love, and never wanted to leave.
If you could have a dinner date with any of your characters, male or female, who would you pick, where would you go and what would you eat?
A) Margo, from THRILL ME, because she's so much fun to be around and with her, nothing is sacred. I'm pretty sure we'd have a late dinner of tapas, then go clubbing...
You haven’t always been an Author, what made you decide to make the transition in the big world of books and did you have an experience or background in this area?
A) I trained as an actress in university and had some small success in Ireland as a television and theatre performer. I also taught drama for several years. When I was in my early twenties, I made a failed attempt at writing a romantic suspense. It wasn't publishable, but I did end up having a very nice email conversation with well-known literary agent Elaine English, who has Irish heritage.
If you had the opportunity to collaborate with another author, who would be your pick?
A) Susan Wiggs. We write in different genres, but her work is amazing. Her historicals are among the few books I like to read over and over. She brings truth, and real, palpable human emotion to each of her romances. I'm sure she'd have a lot to teach me.
Can you tell us any juicy new books that are in the works for you right now?
A) Just finished ENTICE ME--Allison and former navy SEAL, Robert's story--which wraps up the Caldwell Sisters Trilogy. I'm also about to embark on writing a full-length novel entitled, VICE & VALKYRIES (also the title of my blog, viceandvalkyries.blogspot.com), which is a gritty paranormal romantic suspense set in Viking City, USA. United States of Asgardia. Think Sin City meets Thor. The characters have been on my mind for months now. It's about time I let them loose to save the world as they know it.
Five Question Quickie!
Favourite alcoholic drink?
A) Tequila on the rocks with soda water and a dash of lime
PC or Mac?
A) PC
Favourite colour lingerie?
A) Black
Worst Trait?
A) Impatience
Best Trait?
A) An open heart
Thank you Lucy for joinging me today! Now, please read on for my review and giveaway of
HOLD ME, THRILL ME and ENTICE ME!
