Can you give us a brief overview of
your latest book? Is it part of a series?
FREEDOM
is the second book of the FEARSOME series, and it is a standalone novel.
FREEDOM starts where FEARSOME left off, except this time we see what happened
to Dylan Blackard. Unlike the first book, this one shows Dylan’s POV along with
that of Emma’s POV (his new love interest). In this story, Dylan has no choice
but to face his greatest challenge in life which is revealed in the first
chapter. At the same time, he meets his new colleague, Emma, who kind of turns
his world upside down with her own real life problems. They turn to each other
for support but their journey to resolve their separate issues becomes
intertwined as they both fall for each other. It’s a fast paced romance with
some mystery and a lot of humor thrown in.
Do you have a favorite character?
In
FREEDOM, Dylan is my favorite character. He’s had a challenging life, and now
he has to face an illness head on knowing that he has to manage it for the rest
of his life. I love his strength, loyalty, and wit. He’s not about to give up,
and he’s as sexy as hell.
Have you ever had a minor character
evolve into a major one? Did that change the direction of the novel at all?
Dylan was
originally slated to be a minor character in the first book, but then his role
became central to both Carson and Jessica. Some readers have refereed to it as
a love triangle but I never thought of it as one because there is no cheating
and the relationships take place at separate times. However, because Dylan was
critical to that storyline, many readers asked me to write his own story. He
had a resolution in FEARSOME, but readers wanted him to have a real HEA. I
decided they were onto something, and once I started writing FREEDOM - it only
took one chapter - I knew Dylan had a great story ahead of him.
If you used a graphic
designer/publisher’s designer, how involved were you during the creative
process for your cover?
Damon at damonza.com
designed both of my covers. He’s wonderful to work with and is very patient. He
had the synopsis of my novel and I described which character I wanted on the
cover. He then presented me with quite a few images to start with and from
there he tweaked it based on my feedback. He makes it pretty easy and painless.
The painting on the cover of FEARSOME captures a self-portrait of Jess
described in the novel. The image on FREEDOM is really how I envisioned Dylan
after he goes through rehab and transforms himself into a new person. His
physique is a reflection of the battle he faces in his mind, and I think the
huddled pose conveys the fear and anxiety that plagues him.
What is your writing process? Do you
listen to music or do you like silence?
When I
write, I listen to movie soundtracks that don’t have lyrics. For light comedic
scenes, I often listen to Under The Tuscan Sun, Little Miss Sunshine or
something similar. For dramatic scenes, I listen to Last of the Mohicans,
Vikings (TV theme), or Revolutionary Road. If I have a dance scene, or location
scene that requires some action, I’ll listen to certain songs, rock or
alternative rock, as long as the lyrics don’t distract the writing process.
I
generally write in blocks of 3-5 hours, and I work best late at night. I try to
write everyday and once I reach the 50% mark of the story, I’m usually in so
deep, I write day and night, only stopping to throw some awful meal on the
table for the family.
Do you outline your story or just go
where your muse takes you?
I do a
rough outline with major plot points in a 3-Act structure. I add in where I
want twists or reveals, and then I flesh out particular scenes and placement.
However, it’s very loose. Once I start writing, I allow myself to detour if I
feel it’s warranted and the character needs to go in a different direction. All
I know is the ending - the middle is constantly in flux.
Did you hire an editor to review
your manuscript before publishing?
I have a
wonderful editing team that I hired. They both read and edit the book
separately and then merge their notes and edits when they present it to
me. Once I go through their edits and do the revisions, we often have
discussions on content and grammar. Editing is hard work for me because sometimes
I do lengthy revisions multiple times. After the editing is done with them,
then it goes to a third person, the proofreader. So after two editors and a
proofreader, then I sit with the book and read and revise a little more, often
asking my editors to check my work.
Besides Amazon, are there any other
sites where your books are for sale?
Besides
Amazon, my books are on Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, iTunes, Kobo, and the
other places Smashwords distributes to.
What kinds of marketing [twitter,
facebook, blog, forums] are you involved with for promoting your book(s)?
I’m on
Twitter but I’m not very good at it. I engage with readers mostly on Facebook.
I love getting messages and posts from readers there. I also have a newsletter
that I send out about once a month. That's where I’ll send excerpts of my
upcoming release and I offer giveaways to my subscribers that I don’t always
post on Facebook. So aside from Blog Tours, I spend most of my marketing time
on Facebook, and I also post about other author friends and their books.
What’s next for you?
Currently
I’m working on the third book in the Fearsome series, and then I plan to start
a series based on characters from Brooklyn, NY.
Book & Author details:
Freedom by S.A. Wolfe
(Fearsome #2)
Publication date: April 7th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
(Fearsome #2)
Publication date: April 7th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
*This is a stand-alone sequel to Fearsome. No cliffhanger!
Dylan Blackard is back in town and certain everyone knows his secrets.
Putting away his notorious reputation as the wild guy with a womanizing past, he’s now on a new path, wanting to be the good guy his brother can stop worrying over. As long as he gives up his old vices—including women—he can keep himself on the straight and narrow and finally live up to everyone’s expectations.
However, obsessing about his lack of self-control is making Dylan one humorless, cranky hermit. That all changes, though, when his brother hires a new employee, the stunning Emma Keller, who will be sharing an office with him and all of his tightly wound nerves.
Emma, a spunky young woman from New Jersey, isn’t about to feel sorry for Dylan and his situation. She is beyond distracting to him, and that is enough to turn his emotional balancing act upside down. Not only is she intelligent, and a smart aleck, she’s also very determined to pull the sexy Dylan Blackard out of his self-imposed isolation.
From the moment he meets her, he feels alive again, but Emma doesn’t come as a gift with a pretty bow; she comes with major baggage—a family embedded in its own tumultuous history.
Will Emma be the tipping point that causes Dylan to regress into his past destructive behaviors…or will he actually pursue her for keeps?
*Due to adult language and sexual content, this New Adult Contemporary Romance is intended for readers over the age of 18.
Dylan Blackard is back in town and certain everyone knows his secrets.
Putting away his notorious reputation as the wild guy with a womanizing past, he’s now on a new path, wanting to be the good guy his brother can stop worrying over. As long as he gives up his old vices—including women—he can keep himself on the straight and narrow and finally live up to everyone’s expectations.
However, obsessing about his lack of self-control is making Dylan one humorless, cranky hermit. That all changes, though, when his brother hires a new employee, the stunning Emma Keller, who will be sharing an office with him and all of his tightly wound nerves.
Emma, a spunky young woman from New Jersey, isn’t about to feel sorry for Dylan and his situation. She is beyond distracting to him, and that is enough to turn his emotional balancing act upside down. Not only is she intelligent, and a smart aleck, she’s also very determined to pull the sexy Dylan Blackard out of his self-imposed isolation.
From the moment he meets her, he feels alive again, but Emma doesn’t come as a gift with a pretty bow; she comes with major baggage—a family embedded in its own tumultuous history.
Will Emma be the tipping point that causes Dylan to regress into his past destructive behaviors…or will he actually pursue her for keeps?
*Due to adult language and sexual content, this New Adult Contemporary Romance is intended for readers over the age of 18.
Purchase:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1i6ZxmV
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Smashwords: http://bit.ly/1hQP6lT
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AUTHOR
BIO:
S. A. Wolfe lives with her very loud, opinionated children
and husband. She is a voracious reader and passionate about writing, and
when those two activities don’t keep her locked away in her room, she
loves roaming the streets of New York City. Sometimes she even hikes
mountains, but most of the time she finds excellent ways
to procrastinate.
Author
links:
Giveaway:
Tour wide giveaway
--4x ecopies of Freedom (INTL)
--2x Signed Paperbacks of Freedom (U.S. only)
--2x $50 Amazon Gift Card (INTL)
--2x Signed Paperbacks of Freedom (U.S. only)
--2x $50 Amazon Gift Card (INTL)
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