Can you give us a brief overview of your latest book? Is it
part of a series?
READY FOR WILD is the third book in my Grand Valley series
of contemporary romances. In this book, the hero Braden is a grumpy game warden
who likes his quiet, solitary life just the way it is—only to have his world
turned inside-out by Amber Regan, a woman whose life as the star of a TV show
about hunting, is anything but quiet
and solitary. It’s an opposites attract love story with a dash of
enemies-to-lovers, set in the great outdoors of Colorado.
Did you try the traditional route to publishing, i.e.
querying agents/publishers?
Securing a contract with a
traditional, royalty-paying publisher was my goal, so my path did include
querying agents and having my manuscripts go out on submission to publishers.
It’s definitely a nerve-wracking process but I didn’t feel self-publishing was
the right choice for me at the time, so I stayed the course with my original
plan. But now that I have a few books under my belt, self-publishing is
something I’m considering.
How long before you got your offer of representation/your
first contract? Was it for your first novel?
The first book I sold to a publisher was actually the third
book I’d written—and from the time I originally submitted a completed novel to
agents, to the time I secured representation, it was an almost ten year
process. Yup, ten years. Granted, writing certainly wasn’t
my full-time gig during that time and I wasn’t working on writing very
consistently, but it was still a long process for me.
What factors influenced your decision to go with a
particular agent or publisher?
I was able to choose between a few offers for my first
series and one of those was from my dream publisher. I had tremendous respect
for all of the books they were publishing, which was the biggest factor in my
decision.
Are you currently under a traditional publishing contract
for future books or do you have manuscripts that you will self-publish? Are you
doing both?
I’m not currently under contract for future books. For now,
I have a few works in progress and once they are finished, I’ll decide whether
to go traditional or self-pub with them.
Do you belong to a critique group? Have they helped improve
your writing?
I don’t belong to a critique group, mostly because I’m a
little too introverted to thrive in those settings. But I realize that it’s
important to get feedback from someone who doesn’t have my feelings at stake
(like my husband), so I’ve occasionally worked with a writing coach, which has
proved beneficial.
What is your writing process? Do you listen to music or do
you like silence?
I’ll take background noise of any sort. A TV show, talk
radio, or one of my iPod playlists. Silence leaves too much room for my brain
to get off track.
Do you outline your story or just go where your muse takes
you?
I used write without an outline, but writing under the time
constraints of a publishing contract eventually made using an outline a must.
And now that I’ve written a few books that way, I can’t imagine going back to
writing without one.
Besides Amazon, are there any other sites where your books
are for sale?
The books in my True series (TRUE NORTH, TRUE DEVOTION, and
TRUE DIVIDE) are only available as e-books, but they are for sale available
across all the major sites (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, BAM, iTunes, Google
Play). The books in the Grand Valley series are available as e-books at the
same sites, and in print at larger retailers.
Some fun facts about you, which do you prefer – dogs or
cats? Chocolate or vanilla? Coffee or Tea? Talk or Text? Day or Night?
Dogs. Chocolate. Coffee. Text. Day.
Ready for Wild
Liora Blake
Published by: Pocket Books
Publication date: October 31st 2017
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Featuring Liora Blake’s signature “funny, endearing, and more than a little hot” (Library Journal) style, the third novel in the Grand Valley series features a rough-talking game warden going toe-to-toe with a TV star who unexpectedly turns his life upside down.
Braden Montgomery is certain about three things: one, luck is for suckers; two, time spent outdoors is what keeps him sane; and, three, when it comes to sharing his bed, there’s only one female he’s willing to put up with—his Chesapeake Bay retriever, Charley. Braden’s constructed his life on these beliefs, and he’s quite content with the status quo.
But when a moment of bad luck lands Braden toe-to-toe with a blonde bombshell with her own television show, his stubbornly structured reality begins to unravel.
As for Amber Regan, her brand has been built on camo, cut-offs, and cleavage. With her own hunting show on the foremost sports channel and enough social media followers to garner her plenty of endorsement deals, Amber’s come a long way from the tomboy in a small Texas town she once was. Unfortunately, ratings are down and her contract for next season is in limbo, so she’s in desperate need of a reboot to save her show—and filming a rough and tough archery elk hunt in Colorado might be the way to do just that. Too bad the local game warden grunts more than he speaks, seems determined to despise her—and makes her heart race in all the most inconvenient ways.
Author Bio:
Liora Blake is a contemporary romance author living in Colorado.
When she isn’t writing, she’s likely baking cookies she shouldn’t eat, inventing elaborate excuses to avoid going for a run, or asking the nice barista to sell her another quad-shot Americano.
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