Author Interview with Francette Phal by Kimmi
Hey Francette! Thanks so much for taking the time to answer a few questions today girl :)
We'll start off with the basic intro questions, and then I'm gonna needle you for the good stuff ;) Sound Good? lol, Just kidding!
1) Give me a brief
biography on yourself and tell me where the idea came from to create your
unique and awesome books.
-Beautiful Disaster was
a little bit of Cruel Intentions but with a twist. I wanted to write about a
teenage mother who went through a lot in her young life but was determined to
turn things around for not only her daughter but for herself as well.
2) What do you have in
the works for us right now?
-Two books. One is a
paranormal romance and the other one is another teen romance.
3) Can you name any
authors that influenced you to become a writer or influenced your writing
style?
-Maya Banks, J.R. Ward
(absolutely love her work!”) Kresley Cole and Christine Feehan.
4) While writing do
you set yourself an allotted amount of time per day, or do you just follow the
voices in your head?
-A little bit of both.
While I was writing BD I just waited for my muse to smack me with inspiration.
But now it’s me brainstorming and then setting up a time to write with a goal
of at least 4,000 words per day.
5) Do your characters
have a face before you begin writing them? Are they ever based on an
actor/actress? Or do your characters begin as a blank canvas that becomes more
clear and develop physically while you are writing?
-Sometimes I’ll use
certain features from actors or actresses but mostly the characters are just
blank canvas that I fill in while writing.
6) What is your most
favorite and least favorite aspect of writing a book?
-My least favorite
thing about writing would have to be the sex scenes! Sometimes I think romance
writers are the most perverted people. Lol. It’s really interesting how many
words for the male/female anatomy there are out there. My favorite part of
writing would have be building chemistry between the two main characters.
7) If you could have
any one of your characters be nonfictional and a part of your day to day life,
who would you chose and why?
-It would have to be
Sophie (Ellie’s daughter) especially now that she’s older, there’s a lot of me
in her.
8) If you could give
the new authors that are about to release their debut novel your shiniest pearl
of wisdom, what would it be?
-Don’t take things too
seriously, especially reviews because not everyone is going to love your story.
Thanks Love! It was a blast! Congrats of Undone too btw! I'm fixing to wrap this interview thing up so I can go submerge myself back into Undone and not come out until I have devoured and savored every last one of your words! lol :)
Muah! ~Kimmi
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