My Review
A new and exciting paranormal series. The premise for this book is very unique along with some other aspects of the story. Hailey works at a dairy farm milking chinchillas! I really like the heroine. She is smart, sassy and full of snark. I found myself smiling and chuckling while reading this book. The Coursodon are "people" from another dimension, and while it doesn't give a lot of back story as to what they really are, I didn't feel like I missed anything. The book flowed really well and I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next. There is some light romance, but that is not the main focus of the story. There was one or two mistakes in editing, but believe me, it doesn't take away from the story! I really enjoyed this book and I am looking forward to the next!
GREAT BOOK!
Interview
Where did you come up with the idea for Special Offers? I
had just purchased my full-priced Kindle when I saw Amazon was selling less
expensive versions that came with “special offers.” For some reason, my warped brain thought it
would be amusing if what made the cheaper Kindles special was that they came
with some fiendish spirit. Originally, I
imagined something like a havoc-wrecking poltergeist, but that quickly changed
into the annoying, yet ingratiating Sebastian Kess.
Chinchilla milking, how did this come
about? Much as I am reluctant to admit this, I
personally have experience milking rodents.
Not chinchilla, and not for cheese, it was in the name of nutritional
research. But I decided to make Hailey a
chinchilla-milker because I didn’t think anyone would believe there was a
market for rat-milk cheese.
Can you explain a little about the
Coursodon? The Coursodon are the inhabitants of a
dimension that exists parallel to ours.
They are much like us, except they all have varying degrees of magical
aptitude. There will be much more
information about them in the next book, which I hope to have out in the late
fall. I haven’t decided yet on its title;
maybe your readers can give me suggestions?
Do you have any hidden talents? Well,
I was a fantastic rodent-milker. World-class,
in fact. Not that it’s all that
difficult; the hardest part is getting the tiny stool underneath them.
Cat or dog? Both!
We have four cats and two dogs. I
think having both allows people to learn two of the most important life lessons – dogs teach us the beauty of unconditional
love while cats instruct us how to not show it under any circumstances.
How long have you been writing? I’ve
been making up stories in my head for as long as I can remember, but Special Offers is my first attempt at
actually writing one down.
If you could visit any place, where would
it be? Outer
space. Unfortunately, I get motion
sickness just thinking about flying, so my dream of becoming an astronaut is
just that, a dream.
Favorite food? Yellow
cake with dark chocolate frosting.
What jobs did you have before you became
a writer? I still have a “day job” - I’m a
scientist who studies gastrointestinal diseases – but I write at night and on
the weekends. Before I received my
Ph.D., I worked as a picture-framer, a dog groomer and an apartment manager.
What is one book you could read over and
over? The Harry Potter series; I’ve read each
book many times.
What do you do in
your free time? I
like to read other people’s paranormal romance – urban fantasy novels and I
play soccer on two different women’s recreational-league teams. I also like to spend as much time as possible
with my fabulous husband and son.
How do reviews, good or bad, affect you? Good reviews make me feel like all the
time and effort I put into my work is worth it.
Not that I write for other people, but it is rewarding when you realize
others enjoy what you’ve written. As for
bad reviews, I haven’t really gotten one yet.
Well, at least not from an reputable source that is. One of my fellow faculty members stopped me
in the hall one day and said he had started to read Special Offers, but couldn’t finish because it was “really not very
good.” As he went on to detail all the
negatives, I realized that because the book was written in first-person
narrative, he thought the main character was me. So much for higher education…
When writing, do you plot and organize, or do you write then fit
it all together? I have a general idea of where I want things
to go when I start, but that’s about the extent of my organization. I don’t outline chapters, or develop
intricate character profiles. I like to
see where the characters take me.
What is one thing you absolutely cannot do without while writing? My first thought, being an irrepressible
smart-ass, is air. But besides my laptop
and a relatively quiet spot, there isn’t anything I have to have in order to
write.
I really appreciate you taking time from your schedule to answer
these questions.
Visit M.L. Ryan
Webpage: The Coursodon Dimension
Twitter: @MLRyan1
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