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The IWJ Interviews Suzanne Brockmann and Kelley Armstrong
Friday, February 18, 2005 The January/February issue of The Internet Writing Journal features an exclusive interview with New York Times bestselling romance novelist Suzanne Brockmann. She is the recipient of the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Series Romance, seven Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards, sixteen WISH Awards, and two RITA Awards from the Romance Writers of America. Brockmann's latest book is Hot Target (Ballantine). Hot Target is an exciting romantic suspense tale, with -- in a first for a mainstream romance -- a gay romantic subplot featuring Jules Cassidy, a popular recurring character from previous books in the series. In this exclusive interview, Suzanne Brockmann talks about Hot Target, which she dedicates to her gay son Jason. Suz talks about the special challenges that this book posed for her and her family and how she made her decision to go public with Jason's story of coming out. She also shares her writing secrets regarding the use of Deep Point of View and the one thing that aspiring writers must keep in mind at all times if they want to get published. This month's issue also features an interview with Kelley Armstrong, a rising star in the publishing world. The Canadian author of the bestselling Women of the Otherworld Series has a worldwide readership which is growing by leaps and bounds. Her first book, Bitten, is set in urban America. Bitten introduced readers to Elena Michaels, the only female werewolf in existence. The movie rights have already been snapped up by Warner Brothers and a script has been written for the film, with Angelia Jolie attached to the project to play werewolf Elena Michaels. Kelley's latest book is Industrial Magic (Bantam Spectra), which focuses on fledgling witch Paige Winterbourne. The next book in the series, Haunted is due out in May, 2005. Kelley spoke with us about her move from computer programmer to bestselling author and how she created the Women of the Otherworld series. She also shares her secrets for juggling her parenting duties to three children with the demands of her writing career. This issue's articles include: "A Cool, Dark Guinness and Something About Adverbs" by British novelist Alex Keegan, "Danger and Opportunity: The Birth of Regina Cutter" by Cecelia Tishy, author of Now You See Her (Warner Books) and Nine Tips For Aspiring Romance Writers by Claire Delacroix, author of The Beauty Bride (Warner Books). The issue also includes book reviews in several genres: children's, fantasy/sf, mystery, nonfiction, romance and writing. The IWJ can be found online at: http://www.internetwritingjournal.com. The IWJ is a part of the Writers Write® Network of websites for writers and book lovers, which is produced and owned by Writers Write, Inc., a new media company based in Dallas, Texas. The Writers Write® Network, includes Writerswrite.com, Readersread.com, WriteJobs.com, Writenews.com, and WWForums.com. Each month, the Writers Write® network recieves over 3 million pageviews.
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