Ok, here is another author that I greatly wanted to showcase.
She has the same name as I do so that makes her cool already, but the great thing about Paige(Tink) is that she was the first person that I ever had interactions with on Goodreads. I was reading through some of the writing that was on the website and I saw Paige(Tink), and was interested to see what another Paige would write. So, I read her story, Soulfire, and I messaged her telling her how great I thought the story was and how I enjoyed it greatly. She then invited me to join a group called Write in 2009. Which is a great group, by the way. There are a lot of encouragements in the group. Anyway, Tink also has a Weekly Short Story Contest Group that I am a part of and I actually won a contest recently. YAY! There is great fun in that group as well. Unfortunately, she has taken Soulfire down as she submits it to Publishers, which is great. But she is writing on the second book in the series entitled Heartfire, which I would recommend to anyone. There are also other stories by Paige(Tink) on her profile.
Please visit her writing and let her know what you think.
INTERVIEW
P: Why do you write?
T: I write because it's the one thing that's mine and mine alone, the world I control. With a few words, I can change anything. I can believe in happy endings and I can be cynical. I can be whoever I want to be, and no one's there to judge me or to tell me that I'm not fooling anyone. Writing is also my release, my escape from the real world. I write, therefore, I live.
P: Who is(are) your favorite author(s)?
T: My gosh, so many, J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Rick Riordan, Alyson Noel, Cassandra Clare, P.C. Cast + Kristin Cast, Lisi Harrison, Michael Buckley, on and on and on. I could never pick just one.
P: What do you plan on doing with your life?
T: Well, right now Plan A goes something like, get Soulfire published, finish my trilogy, hopefully be successful, move to Seattle, write as a career, live happily ever after. Will I write more books after this trilogy? I don't know. I just let my fingers fly across the keyboard and go where it takes me.
P: What is your favorite type of writing to write?
T: I like urban fantasy, which is kind of like a blend of realistic fiction and fantasy. It's usually set in modern time, but has something in it that doesn't exist in real life, like say, people with paranormal powers. Or tough chicks who set things on fire. :)
P: What gave you the idea to write Soulfire?
T: I was actually sick when I started Soulfire and when an idea popped into my head, I just started typing. I finished nine chapters in one day, and then all of a sudden, I went Hey! This isn't bad! And then went on from there. My characters are very real to me, and it's hard to believe that they only exist in my mind. The always seem so alive.
Thank you.
