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Mom Interview ~ The mother with no name

5/25/2017

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The moms are still here on my blog and there's still time to enter the giveaway! Today we have a rare opportunity to speak to a Doppelgänger mother from Susan Stec's novel, Purgatory.

Tell us about your kids. Do they take after you at all? 

I've had hundreds. Elders are the guardians of a fledgling until it reaches legal age. Doppelgängers all look the same, a shadow, smoke cloud, a demon's blunder with no name, no sex, no flesh, and no identity unless we wear one of you. However, we each have a will of our own. 

What is your proudest mom moment? 

I have none. Motherhood is a deplorable burden.

My mom used to say “I’ve had it up to here!” and “Who do you think you are?” a lot. What is your go-to momism?

"You're a demon's creation, not a human. Act like one!"  and  "Do you want me to find a bottle with an air tight lid?"

What is the most valuable thing your mother taught you?

Not to leave any evidence of our existence. I try to instill the importance of this as well. It's fairly simple. Kill the hosts. Wear the body until it is no longer fresh. Shed, and find another. My current ward is my only challenge in this respect. She insists on doubling up, while leaving the real human to continue on without knowledge of a carbon copy wandering about. She will be the death of both of us. 

What do you see as the most challenging aspect of motherhood? 

Keeping my wardrobe fresh during a heated disciplinary discussion.. 
 
How about some This or That?:

June Cleaver or Morticia Adams?
MORTICIA
Bacon & eggs or cereal & milk?
NEITHER. WE DON'T FEED.
Themed party or meet for drinks?  
I CAN BE QUITE FESTIVE.
Curlers to bed or lucky to remember a morning comb through?
I PREFER A WELL COIFFURED CADAVER 
Cosmopolitan or beer?
COSMOPOLITAN   
Mini-van or Cooper mini?
WE HAVE INSTANT TRAVEL TOKENS. 
Home cooked or take out?
TAKE OUT OF COURSE. 
Neiman Marcus or Walmart?
BOTH CAN BE AMUSING
Wash your mouth out with soap or pay the swear jar?
I TRY NOT TO USE FOUL LANGUAGE.
Seinfeld’s Estelle Costanza or Lorelai Gilmore?
I'LL TAKE BOTH. I BORE EASLY.
 
Thanks so much for joining us, Ms. Doppelgänger, it was enlightening! And now, here's more about PURGATORY, a place Down Under - A New Adult paranormal romance/humor:

They were outcasts...

The doppelgänger: a myth, a night fright, as singular as an individual's nightmare—a demon's blunder in search of a love that can never be.

The wendigo: a half-breed, an abomination that hides from his own race. They won’t let him forget what he did, he can't fight who he is and a desire that ends in disaster.

...until they met.

Can two very different creatures find love in a world where hope leads to disappointment, and relationships end in death? They’ll have to fight all that is Down Under to find out.

To Purchase:
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Book 2 is scheduled to release in July.


For more info about Susan and her projects:
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LANDING PAGE http://www.authorsusanstec.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html
TWITTER: https://mobile.twitter.com/suesan0814
GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4556170.Susan_Stec

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Susan Stec's Gaire

2/21/2016

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The herofest continues here on my blog! Today Susan Stec's hot hero, Gaire, is stopping by. Don't forget to enter the giveaway!



 
USA Today and Amazon bestselling author
 

An interview with PURGATORY'S Hunky Hot Guy, 

GAIRE

A Wendigo half-breed, an abomination,  Gaire runs from a race that wants him dead. He can't fight what he is—they won't let him forget what he's done.

What’s your idea of the perfect date?  

There is no perfect date for me. If I wasn't a halfbreed I would be allowed to mate with a Wendigo female, the only creature that would remain alive after becoming intimate with me.

If dreams come true, and you found the perfect love, what gift would you give he for Valentine’s Day & why? 

Loyalty, trust, undying love, and the freedom to be who she is. Because that woman, in herself, would be a very special gift to me. 

What’s your greatest flaw?  

The beast inside of me. It's dark, deadly, and hard to control.

What’s your greatest strength? Not being what I was born to be. 

Being able to isolate, carry on a human facade and live from day to day without giving in to the animal inside of me, begging to be released with every breath I take.

If they were to make a movie of your life, what genre would it be? 

Paranormal Horror



                      
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An excerpt from the book:

 GAIRE: As she slowly walks toward me I can smell desire. Not human desire, a musky, animalistic desire—essential, dark, and demanding. Her blouse comes off first and she tosses it at my feet, steps out of her cutoffs, and stands before me in a triangle of black lace.
Our eyes lock. I feel hair on my neck prickle as my spine shifts and mouth salivates; heart hammering, jaw tightening, I bend and pick up her clothes. She's a breath away, waiting, feet parted, lace riding fingers as she runs them over her hips. I grit my teeth and place the clothes in between pink breasts framed in rich tanned skin; when my knuckles connect with soft creamy flesh my body tightens, prickles another warning, and it's all I can do to keep from taking her right there.
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A is a myth with no name, no flesh, no sex, and no identity... Unless I wear one of  you. 

DOPPELGANGER: (wearing CeCe) I can hear his heartbeat; I feel the heat of his gaze, the strength behind his touch. Crap! My head is spinning—my head, not the human's I'm wearing. I never do this. I amuse myself and let them do the dreaming, the what-if's, and get off on that. I don't contemplate commitment, relationships, love! I just get my high on. I trade them their lives for a quick fix.
Damn it, sex with this guy is not going to be a quick fix. I want...
I realize I'm grabbing for my clothes before they fall to the floor, and he's stepping back, shaking his head. What the hell?
Sexy laugh, body to die for, and eyes to get lost in, he intrigues me, attracts me, and churns up feelings I've never felt before. But Gaire turns out to be the ultimate bad boy.
 





 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I love laughing with my daughters, class B scary movies, fine cuisine and hamburgers from Wendy's. I'm addicted to electronics, dark chocolate, vintage eyeglass frames, and fuzzy warm socks.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead~~Oscar Wilde




There isn't just one thing I'm passionate about. I'm married to a wonderful man, have two adult daughters, three grandsons, and three dogs. I live on fifty acres, hunt and fish, and I will get up in the middle of the night to listen to the coyote sing. I sculpt stained glass, paint watercolors, make jewelry, but most of all I write. I write because I have to and because it amuses me to live vicariously through my characters.   






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Villain Visitations - with Susan Stec's doppelganger

10/30/2015

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Villain Visitations is winding to a close here on my blog. There's one more day to enter our giveaway, and one more villain to meet. Today a doppelganger from Susan Stec's novel, Purgatory, is here with us.

Tell us a little about yourself.


I am a myth with no name, no sex, no flesh, no identity...unless I wear one of you.


Interesting. Now tell us, what is your ultimate goal?

I am a doppelganger, a rogue on the run, and a serial killer. No one can destroy me but the oldest of brethren, and they are about to try. My goal is to stay alive and continue to feed my hunger.

What do you see as your greatest obstacle?


Another doppelganger, a mere fledgling, and her true love, Gaire, a wendigo.

I see. Now, more about you. Pick an historical figure and compare yourself to him or her– how are you alike and different?


Jack-the-Ripper. He was allusive—so am I. But he had a name, one modus operandi. I do not. I am an Otherworld creature living Down Under in Purgatory during the day, but at night I roam above the sewers in your world. Jack was human, or so humanity believes, and if that assumption is true, he lived in your world.

Name a song that would be played in the soundtrack of your life.


"The Hitchhiker"

You've given us some great insight into your kind. Thanks so much for stopping by. And now, more about Purgatory:


I spread out like a shadow on pavement under the feet of an unsuspecting woman working her corner in the seven-hundred block of South Orange Blossom Trail. Her name is Jane, and I will be wearing her by morning. As she drags me along, I watch, listen, learn . . . and I think about Gaire. Although I knew something was different about him, I'd never, for a moment, expected Gaire to be a wendigo. Damn, talk about having a penchant for bad boys. That little proclivity might chalk my 'no killing humans' rule up to multiple charges of aiding and abetting before this insanity ends. And it will end, badly, if I don't get Gaire out of my doppelganger head. I know I should just forget him—I'm sure he's forgotten me—but Gaire is the first and only being who has made me feel real, alive, and, well, human. I'll be damned if I'm giving up on that. As I stare up at Jane from the pavement, I'm thinking how perfect this chick would be. I could head back to Leesburg, she would stay in Orlando on her street corner, and our paths should never cross. Unless it's in a morgue somewhere—a street-walker's life is a hard one. In her early twenties, Jane is blonde and tan, wearing a lewdly short skirt and a lacy bra barely covered by a leather vest. Black boots with four-inch heels caress the undersides of her knees as she struts toward a car pulling up to the curb a few yards down from the streetlight on her corner.

I cozy up closer as Jane leans toward the black sedan, filling the window with the contents of her lacy bra. I slither upward off the pavement, over the front tire, another moving shadow on a street accustomed to shadows.

For more about Susan and her books:

https://twitter.com/Suesan0814
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Susan-Stec/113043665460273
https://plus.google.com/100832701976536983931/posts?hl=en
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4556170.Susan_Stec Amazon Author Page
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/susan-stec/6/a41/354

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3 days, 3 quotes Day 3

7/3/2015

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Today is the grand finale of my contribution to the “3 quotes, 3 days” challenge. I was challenged by author Elizabeth Fountain to post one favorite quote a day for 3 days, and tag 3 other bloggers. My final quote is from JOHN LENNON. It speaks volumes:

 “Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.”
 
And now, to tag the last of three other bloggers for the challenge: Tag, Susan Stec. You’re it! Be sure to check out Susan’s blog for some fun features of her work and others’!


Starting tomorrow, Character Interviews...
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Interview with author Susan Stec

6/7/2015

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Book #4, Fall, 2015



  http://www.amazon.com/Susan-Stec/e/B004H6YF7M/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1430336503&sr=1-1

 

Author Susan Stec tells us why she uses humor in her writing:


 Audra: Do you think humor can be incorporated into any genre, Susan? Or are there genres in which it doesn't work?

Susan: I believe it can be used, and is often necessary, to break up the tension of graphic subject matter. I try to use humor in everything I write.

Audra: How do you incorporate humor into your novels? Do you ever draw inspiration from real life?

Susan: Yes, I often draw my humor from real life. This is especially true in my Grateful Undead Series. The crazy vamp chicks are inspired by the women in my family and that series is all about humor, because that's what our relationships thrive on. I just give those characters a mission and a preferable ending. Then cut them loose. They write the story for me while I laugh out loud at their antics. I never know what to expect.

My Dark and Deadly series is a perfect example of incorporating humor where the reader would never think to find it. Even with a spine chilling character like 15th century sadist, Erzsebet Bathory, in Mirror, Mirror, a comedic break from the murky depths of her travesties is a necessity. I use the police investigator's to give the reader that much needed break, often.

Audra: Who is your favorite author and why?

Susan: I have several favorites, but since this is about humor I'll give you two:
Stephen King, who can horrify me and amuse me within the same paragraph.
Janet Evanovich; no other author has made me laugh hysterically through 22 books in the same series. They just get better and better. (I swear, I could be related to Stephanie Plum.)

Audra: Which of your characters cracks you up the most, and why?

Susan: That would have to be Christopher in The Grateful Undead series. One of the few characters not modeled after anything in my real life. 

Come on, a one-hundred-and-four year old immortal in a five year old body with a terrific sense of humor, the mind and needs of an adult, and fangs. Now put him in a church, a bar, a boat full of good ole boys during a bass tournament, a hippy pad with stoners, Gatorland with a drunken curator, and well anywhere with my girls, and you have a humorous situation.

Audra: This or that, Susan?

Brooklyn Nine or Big Bang Theory?
Big Bang Theory.
Much Ado About Nothing or Midsummer Night's Dream?
Midsummer Night's Dream.
Garfield or Peanuts?
Garfield.
Bugs Bunny or Wood Woodpecker?
Bugs Bunny.
 

 



 


 


In book one, THEY'RE SO VEIN, the women in the Stech family went from dentures to fangs, Depends to thongs, Dr. Scholl's® to stilettos, and bumbled their way into an undead lifetime of Critter Control when one of them inadvertently turned a raccoon into a vampoon.

 

 
GATOR BAITIN' (book 2) begins as the team is dispatched to destroy a vamp-gator wreaking havoc at Gatorland in Orlando, only to get sidetracked by a serial killer investigation, a vamp-bull at a rodeo in Kissimmee, and a colorful demon named Rafael. Between bronco busting, dragon riding, Jesus-freak chasing, gator hunting, demon summoning and dead bodies popping up everywhere, Susan's finding it hard to fit in a little romp time.


   


BLOOD, SWEAT, AND DEMON TEARS (book 3) finds Susan's sister is in one hell of a mess (literally); confined to servitude with the demon, Rafael. When Rafael gifts JoAnn with an Earth-to-Abyss cellphone so she can communicate with her sister, Susan soon finds JoAnn has gone from servitude to concubine, and is lovin' it! With time moving like Hell in the Abyss, JoAnn's frequent calls are driving Marcus and Susan batty. In their attempt to retrieve her, THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD team ultimately finds themselves knee-deep in vamp critters, demons, rogues, and a host of new and colorful characters, when the mission takes them from their home in Florida to the streets of New Orleans.

 
 
I love laughing with my daughters, and class B scary movies. I will get up in the middle of the night to listen to the coyote sing.  I'm addicted to electronics, dark chocolate, vintage eyeglass frames, and warm socks.
There isn't just one thing I'm passionate about. I have a wonderful husband, two daughters, three grandsons, and three dogs. I live on fifty acres, and hunt and fish. I sculpt stained glass, make jewelry, and paint watercolors. Most of all, I write because I have to, and it amuses me to live vicariously through my characters.
  


Check out my addictions:
http://thegratefulundead.blogspot.com/
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A visit from Susan Stec's Granny... with GIVEAWAY!

10/19/2014

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Toni's grandmother is a psychopath.
Her sister is a ghost.
Her boyfriend is possessed.
And she has no idea who she is.

Summer vacation is ruined when Toni's twin sister, Sara, dies. Instead of walking into the light, Sara stomps directly away from it, totally pissed she didn't die in her skinny jeans. That's when Sara finds out their grandmother has a gift for talking to dead people, and two spritely spirits and a nasty soothsayer named Bartholomew are all working their angle with Toni's future caught in between.

Dear old Granny's determined not to be the last necromancer in the family, but with the death of her promiscuous granddaughter, her only option is Toni, who must remain a virgin until her eighteenth birthday without any ghostly interference from Sara.

Sara's not having any of it; especially since the guy Granny's conspiring with is the same guy that assisted in Sara's demise. Toni needs help! But protecting her sister is complicating all the ghostly fun on the other side!

Can death stop a twin? Maybe not, but Granny knows Dead Girls Never Shut Up.




Let the evil cackling commence! 



Today Antoinette Maestro (Granny), the villain of Susan Stec’s novel,

is my guest.





1. What is your ultimate goal?
I'm a necromancer and my ultimate goal has always had the best interest of my granddaughters--front and center--to carry on the family gift of talking to the dead. Unfortunately, my younger grandchild was a casualty early on, so my only option was Toni, my daughter's oldest twin.

2. What makes you so driven to accomplish this goal?
Well, that's a simple question. When I die it will the end the family's legacy if Toni does not accept the gift of necromancy.

3. If you could choose anyone from the literary world as your partner in crime, who would you choose and why?
Why, Edgar Allen Poe, of course. The man knew the underworld, the value of my gift, and with his knowledge and assistance I could have stayed at my condo in Florida, and sipped sherry and watching the sun set on the Atlantic. Then again, with my ability to conjure ghosts, we would have made quite a team; Poe and I.

4. Describe yourself in three words or less.
Focused. Capable. Determined. (I really should add OLD)
 


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From USA Today Bestselling Author Susan Stec,
I love laughing with my daughters, class B scary movies, fine cuisine and hamburgers from Wendy's. I'm addicted to electronics, dark chocolate, vintage eyeglass frames, warm socks, and would kill for a really good cup of cappuccino. I'm a wannabee gamer--Zelda is my fave, but I'll play Nintendo with my grandson for hours.
My favorite all-time television series are Twin Peaks and Dark Shadows. Best movies ever, 1943 A Christmas Carol and Soylent Green.
There isn't just one thing I'm passionate about. I'm married to a wonderful man, have two adult daughters, three grandsons, and three dogs. I live on fifty acres and hunt and fish. I will get up in the middle of the night to listen to the coyote sing, sit under a tin roof in the middle of a rain storm, stare at barren trees and revel in the white show surrounding them. I sew, do stained glass, paint watercolors, make jewelry, but most of all, I write. I write because I have to, and because it amuses me to live vicariously through my characters.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead~~Oscar Wilde

Meet the characters--view the trailers:
http://thegratefulundead.blogspot.com/

Connect with Susan Stec on:
Facebook, Goodreads, Pinterest, Google and @Suesan0814 on Twitter

Find all of Susan's books on Amazon.
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My Writing Process - Blog Hop

4/24/2014

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Thanks so much to Kenneth Schultz for tagging me in on this blog hop challenge!

The Challenge Questions:

1. What are you currently working on?

I have several projects going right now! I’m prepping my sequel to Watcher for publication, I have a romantic comedy that I expect to publish next fall, and I am currently writing the final book in my Watcher of Anthelion fantasy series, as well as a sequel to my paranormal thriller, Hitchhiker.

For this hop, I’ll focus on Abomination, the sequel to Watcher. A seed of destruction is sprouting in Forest End, but the kingdom is in too much of an uproar trying to locate their missing princess to notice. Princess Willow has been kidnapped by the enemy. Her mother, the Fauna Queen known as Watcher, is the only one who can reach Luminar and rescue Willow before the winter snows come. While the queen finds a way to save her daughter, the princess is able to plant seeds of change in the enemy kingdom. But if Watcher doesn’t make it back in time to stop the abomination that has been growing in Forest End, Willow’s seeds will never take root.

2. How is this novel different from others in this genre?

I’ve kept my fantasy world fairly simple. You won’t find any made-up languages or a lot of mythical creatures. Only a few people possess magical abilities, ones that come in handy for trying to overtake or save the world. The result is a story that focuses on the characters, and they are a lively bunch.

3. Why do you write what you do?

I enjoy the escapism of fantasy, the creepiness of thrillers, and the laughter comedy provides. I write whatever I’m in the mood for, and it always revolves around the flawed characters I’ve had running around in my daydreams.

4. Writing Process:

I’m a “pantser,” as opposed to a “planner.” I get these characters going in my head, put them in a dramatic scene, and let them take it from there. It’s a wild ride, but in the end the plot always works itself out.

Abomination will be available next month. For a sneak peek at chapter one, CLICK HERE. The following are the buy links to my two published books:

Hitchhiker - A humorous paranormal thriller

Watcher - A fantasy novel

I’ve tagged C. Lee Brown & Susan Stec
to continue this hop.

About Susan Stec:

"I've always been weird, even as a child. I might've been influenced by all those fairies and trolls living around Grandma's house. Today it probably has something to do with five crazy vamp-women, the fanged tyke, fairy, troll, werewolf, demon, ghosts, doppelgangers, and several sexy immortals living in my head.
In reality I live with my husband and my three King Charles Spaniels on 50 acres of woods, fields, and streams in upper Michigan; hunt deer with my Ruger or crossbow, paint watercolors, sculpture stained glass, and chase fairies with my dogs." ~~Susan
One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead~~Oscar Wilde
Check out her books here:http://www.amazon.com/Susan-Stec/e/B004H6YF7M/ref=sr_tc_2_rm?qid=1398550324&sr=1-2-ent

Meet the characters--view the trailers & Check out her answers to these blog hop questions next week here:
http://thegratefulundead.blogspot.com/
Connect with her on:
https://twitter.com/Suesan0814
https://www.facebook.com/GratefulUndead
www.goodreads.com/author/show/4556170.Susan_Stec
https://plus.google.com/100832701976536983931/posts?hl=en
And now, about C. Lee Brown:C. Lee Brown, creator of Methanasia and Tales of the Bard, is a lover of all different sorts of secrets, myths, legends, and adventures. Born in Illinois, he was an only child. He had three children from his first marriage and is a proud grandfather of seven. Formerly a military veteran with over twenty years work in intelligence and a world traveler, he now resides just south of Savannah, Georgia. Lee worked in Law Enforcement as a Police Captain for several years after retiring from the Army; then went on to work for the Georgia Department of Labor as a Local Veterans Employment Representative, LVER, for over thirteen years. An active veteran, he co-founded a local American Legion Post in the late 90's as the first commander and also published documentaries as the historian. Twice retired, he now spends most of his time painting and writing.

Lee's answers to the blog hop questions are below:Thanks for joining me on this challenge, Lee. So tell me...

1. What are your current works in progress?Secret of the Druids - Book II in the Tales of the BardStoryhole 1 - A Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror anthology for 2014.  
2. How is your work different from others in this genre?My work is defined by its perspective of the Bard. In my fantasystory, the storyteller takes an active part. Cable Hornman is seen asboth the storyteller and as the hero or main character. Unlike the feeble minstrels looked down upon in fantasy games, this "Bard" isan accomplished swordsman with magical powers to rival any mageor wizard in the realm. 
3. Why do you write what you do?I do not write for profit. I write for family and friends in the hopes ofleaving them a legacy when I'm gone. 

For a look at Lee's books, click here:www.amazon.com/C.-Lee-Brown/e/B004H3RLBW/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1368078068&sr=1-2-ent



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Susan Stec interview #3, with giveaway!

1/18/2014

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Crime month continues here on my blog. I’m interviewing two authors of crime novels each week, so be sure to catch them all!  

Today I’ve invited Susan Stec, author of Day-Tripper, a Dark and Deadly novella, volume 2, to be my guest again. Don't forget to enter her giveaway for a chance to win a free ebook copy of Day-Tripper. Welcome back, Susan!

Who is your all-time favorite writer, and why?

First let me thank you for having me, Audra. I always enjoy being a guest on your blog.

There are so many, but if I have to pick one author it would be Stephen King. His works are original, diverse, and always hold my attention. I love to start a book and have it stay in my mind during the day, making me eager to get back to it. His books do that. Just finished Doctor Sleep. OMG!



How do you get in the mood to write a grizzly crime story?

Research is a big part of writing, especially a crime or horror story. 

I only began to delve into dark horror/crime writing in the last year or two. The rest of my work has been humor with criminal plots, but never scary-grizzly, and always funny. A couple of years ago I was gifted a historical fiction about a notorious serial killer from the 1500's. The woman intrigued me so much that she consumed my dream-world for months before spurring a more horrific story than I normally write. I started researching psychopathic behavioral patterns, and the childhoods of some of the most infamous serial killers of my time. I soon found my dreams deep in a character of my creation, the fifteen year old deaf girl in Mirror, Mirror; the first novella in the Dark and Deadly series. 

A story comes to me first in a dream, or a thought, and if it grabs me and holds on tight, I have to write it. Viola Fisher, my Day-Tripper, stepped into my dreams even before I finished Mirror, Mirror.


What gave you the idea for a psychotic senior citizen as a protagonist?

My mother. LOLOLOL Okay, so for the record, my mother was NEVER a psychotic murderer, but she was a zany, fun, and terribly amusing senior citizen. So I used some of her botched lyrics in Viola's songs, her off the wall comments, quirky actions, and some of her memory hiccups. A few trips to bingo with my mother gave me my nursing home characters. 

Tell us about Day Tripper in 25 words or less.

Here is Day-Tripper's back cover blurb:

A demented mind? Or a mind with dementia? 

Viola Fisher may be in her eighties, look a bit zany, and pop out with an amusing rendition of a favorite song in the middle of a sentence. But tread lightly, because if you happen to resemble the antagonist in her last murder mystery or television show, or sound like a suspect in a recent news article, you may end up her next victim.

THIS or THAT?

This

Janet Evanovich or Agatha Christie?

Evanovich

Monk or Psych?

Monk

Murder by Poison or by Weapon?

Weapon

Silence of the Lambs or Psycho?

Oh, hard one, sheesh.....um, Silence of the Lambs.

Where can we learn more about your books?

More about me, my characters, and my books:  http://thegratefulundead.blogspot.com/
My Amazon page: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=susan+stec&x=14&y=15
Connect with me on: https://www.facebook.com/GratefulUndead www.goodreads.com/author/show/4556170.Susan_Stec https://plus.google.com/100832701976536983931/posts?hl=en http://pinterest.com/stecsusan/
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