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Originally published February 5, 2013 for the Read Your Writes
1) Edie and the CEO is your first step into the Contemporary romance genre. Did you find it easier or harder to write?
Easier by far. There’s no world building to do so there are fewer explanations dragging the story down.
2) I read an excerpt on your website for the book. It actually left me with my mouth open... Oh my gosh.. What was your inspiration for the book?
Thanks for the kind words :D The short answer? The story is my own experience as a child of the 60s finding a job in the 80sthe humorous clash of hippies meeting the material world. Edie’s passionate about workers’ rights, which gets her in trouble with sexy CEO Everett Kirk.
The longer and more serious answer is that I was the youngest in my family, so was aware of the 60s (and early 70s) through my older sibs. It was a time of protest and change, of dreams and conflict and most of all environmental awareness and grassroots uprisings. But by the time I went for my computer degree in the 80s, that had about-faced to the world typified in Madonna’s “Material Girl”. I personally faced the struggle of my grassroots ideals versus feeding my family and getting ahead in my career. Just as Edie does in the story, I had to go through a lot of conflict to find the right balance.
3) What three things should we know about Edie and Everett?
-Edie is brash and crusading and cares deeply about her people.
-Everett is more complex, having weathered corporate infighting. But he wasn’t always a suit and has a number of secrets, including his discreetly siding with Edie in the employee-management corporate tug of war.
-Edie and Everett’s bickering is the squabbling friction before the physical flames ignite. ☺
4) What do you want readers to take away from the book, besides sore cheeks, because they laughed so hard?
You’re too kind! The best thing about writing is touching another person’s life. I feel that if my stories take readers away from their troubles for a little while, I’ve done my job. ☺
