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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
A GOOD STORY IS A GOOD STORY with Host Marsha Casper Cook
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Spending the day with Author Mike Woody... 06 March 2012
Mike Woody is a friend and fellow Author at Rebel Ink Press. I am very pleased to have him here:
Nine fifty eight...My watch still read
nine fifty eight. It’s amazing how slowly time moves when you’re waiting for
something. A cashier at Felds Market, my favorite part of the day was ten a.m.
when Shelly Morgan arrived to begin her shift in Lane twelve, two across from
mine. Every morning I woke up anxious to go to work and experience the blessed
moment when she passed by on the way to her position and said, ‘Hi, Andy.’ It
probably meant nothing to her, just two simple words uttered on instinct
without any thought. But it was my moment of glory.
We’ll begin with some
questions to learn a little more about you….
Would you Prefer…to never
have sex, only foreplay Or to be able to have sex but only in your least
favorite position? I suppose any sex is better than
no sex, and it would be very ummm…HARD to stop at just foreplay so I would
prefer to endure my least favorite position.
Would you Prefer…to rip your
pants in public Or to wet your pants in public? I’d
prefer to rip my pants over the smell from wetting myself.
Can you describe an
embarrassing moment from your life? There’s been so
many it’s hard to think of one. I embarrass easily. But the first to come to
mind is I had tentatively scheduled a belly dancer to come be interviewed for
an article in the newspaper I write for. She hadn’t confirmed the time so
thought she wasn’t coming. Meanwhile, I dressed up as a woman for a charity
event, and she showed up. So I had to interview this beautiful woman, who I’d
never met before, dressed as a woman. And the hair from my blonde wig kept
getting stuck in my lipstick and she’d pull it out. She was a really good
sport. And we actually became friends and still keep in touch.
What movie title best
describes your sex life? 8 Seconds.
Now we’ll get to the real
reason we are here….
What is the most challenging
part of writing for you? To actually do the writing.
I have so many stories all composed in my head, but the struggle is to force
myself to actually get them transcribed onto paper.
What aspect of writing would
you most like to improve on? I’d like to pick up the
pace. To write one page is an accomplishment for me. I think too much, and do
too little. Other authors talk about writing 4K a day. That’s like a months
worth for me. Which is probably why I’ve been working on a novel for about 10
years.
What attracted you to the
romance genre? While I am a hopeless romantic, and my
stories usually included a touch of romance, no matter the central genre, I
kind of landed here by accident. A friend, Staci Brush, suggested I submit my
stories to Rebel Ink and here I am. I hadn’t really thought of them as purely
romance stories.
What have you learned the
most from being in the writing business? That the
real work starts after the book is completed. I had no idea of all the
networking & promoting that must be done. It’s opened up a whole new world
for me and introduced me to a lot of wonderful people.
Tell us about your most
current release…. ‘Twisted Hearts Tales’ is four stories of romance, in which the path
towards love is filled with twists and turns. An awkward teen gets caught up in
the fantasy of an online love affair which he wants to delete. One woman’s
heart will stop at nothing to win the affection of her dream man, who is
married to her sister. More than the waves are turbulent when an engaged couple
go sailing with an old friend. And a teen makes the ultimate sacrifice to earn
a young beauties attention.
How do you most identify with
the leading character? One of the stories comes from
an experience in my own life. For those who read the book it should be pretty
obvious of which one could really happen, but I’m not going to give it away. In
about all of the stories is a common theme of trying desperately to achieve
love and I unfortunately can relate to that.
How are you most different? My characters are much more brave and daring than I am.
An excerpt from his book Twisted Hearts Tales…
Nine fifty eight...My watch still read
nine fifty eight. It’s amazing how slowly time moves when you’re waiting for
something. A cashier at Felds Market, my favorite part of the day was ten a.m.
when Shelly Morgan arrived to begin her shift in Lane twelve, two across from
mine. Every morning I woke up anxious to go to work and experience the blessed
moment when she passed by on the way to her position and said, ‘Hi, Andy.’ It
probably meant nothing to her, just two simple words uttered on instinct
without
Never had a girl struck me as much as
Shelly but of course, being a junior in high
school several had caught my eye. None who wanted anything to do with me. The
closest experience I’ve ever had to a date was going out to dinner with my
grandma.
Nine fifty nine still one more minute, my
legs started to tremble.
It had
been almost a month since she started at Felds Market and it was on her first
day that she pulled the strings of my heart. There was a glow of angelic spirit
around her that I’d never witnessed before. While in her presence I felt a
harmonious peace around me and had visions
of
our future together.
The sound of her sweet, tender voice nearly
melted my heart and the spark in her bright blue eyes lit up my soul. After
hearing, ‘Hi, Andy,’ I always felt alive, and like everything was right in the
world.
Most days along with the ‘Bye,’ at the end
of the shift, they were the only words we shared. There were other
opportunities for conversation, especially during the slow times, but it was
hard for me find the courage to talk to her.
She spent most of her free time with Luke
Johnson, Lane thirteen. Every girl and even most women in Phillips County
adored Luke and Shelly was no exception. He was everything I wished I could be.
He had it. Whatever it is. All he had to do was enter a room and the females
were drawn to him.
Ten…My heart racing and palms sweaty, I
turned and saw her glide through the door, her light blonde hair
glistening in the morning
sun.
I tried to swallow the lump in my throat,
but my mouth was too dry. The moment I’d anxiously awaited and also dreadfully
feared had arrived. This was no ordinary day, but today we would expand on our
usual exchange of greetings.
It was a pleasure having you today:) And you can find Mike and his book at:
It was a pleasure having you today:) And you can find Mike and his book at:
Purchase Links: Amazon
All Romance Bookstrand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/mikewoody1
Monday, March 5, 2012
A GOOD STORY IS A GOOD STORY with Host Marsha Casper Cook
9 PM EST- 8PM CST -7PM MT - 6PM PST as she welcomes YA authors Margie Gelbwasser and Fran Orenstein. Bethany Cross will be opening the chat room and the phone lines will be open. To find out more about these authors go to -
http://franorenstein.weebly.com/
http://www.michiganavenuemedia.com/
http://bethanycross.blogspot.com/?zx=70a53dca205a5bc7
Friday, March 2, 2012
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