Can you give us a brief
overview of your latest book? Is it part of a series?
Primal Instinct is book one
of the Prowler Series. Prowler shifters have their humanity tethered to an
evolving wolf glyph. When their marking completes they turn rogue. Their only
chance to survive is to find the one female strong enough to leash their beast.
Prowler books carry a theme of tortured heroes, imperfect heroines and a
journey where even tarnished characters find a place to belong.
More about Primal Instinct,
book one of the Prowler series…
Freedom has been a pleasure
denied to Mackenzie for the last five years. Forced to do the bidding of a crazy man to keep both her
sister and herself alive, she is sent on a mission. Her objective? Infiltrate a
group of people and their compound.
The problem? No one mentioned they weren’t human. Or, that she would be drawn to a
certain sexy, addictive male.
Which will she decide, her
heart? Or her freedom?
In a world filled with
despair, Jaxx’s only chance to save his humanity is tethered to a woman he hasn’t
met. Finding her in an underground
facility with his kidnapped protégé, was the last place he thought to find his
savior. In a web of corruption, he
will have to find the truth and convince his mate, she is his.
Before it’s too late.
Find out more here mybook.to/primalinstinct
What factors influenced your
decision to self-publish your book(s)?
During my author journey I
realized I’m a bit of a control freak, lol. What appealed to me about
self-publishing is that I get to pick my covers, book names, how frequently I
publish and what I get to write about. I decided at the very start that I
wanted to publish with the standard of a traditionally published author – but
with all the control.
What is your writing
process? Do you listen to music or do you like silence?
As much as I’d like to write
to music, I can’t. I get easily distracted. The times I’ve tried to write to
music and I find myself dancing away and singing along to whatever song is on
instead of writing. Unfortunately, I need to limit the bright and shiny things
that will snag my attention.
Do you outline your story or
just go where your muse takes you?
In the book world you often
hear the terms plotter (someone who writes down the plan for their book) or panster
(someone who sits and writes by the edge of their seat). I’m some kind of mix
and often bounce between both options depending where I’m at in the book. For
instance, if I’ve hit a road block I like to write down five different
directions the story can go and I follow my favorite with a chapter outline
until I get back into a rhythm.
In saying all that, at the
moment I’m in the midst of experimenting with hardcore plotting to see if it
speeds up my writing process… time will tell.
Did you hire an editor to
review your manuscript before publishing?
Primal Instinct has been
through the wringer. Lol. It’s had developmental edits, copy and line edits to
make it shine as bright as it can.
What have you’ve learned
during your self-publishing journey?
What haven’t I learned? I
went into this knowing nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
I often laugh at myself
because I remember thinking at the very start of my author journey… ‘Writing a
book can’t be that hard.’ Snort. Needless to say I’ve experienced a very steep
learning curb—one that I’m still coasting along. There are so many aspects that
I’ve had to learn… writing craft, story structure, writing voice, graphic
design, website managing/design, and marketing amongst the list.
The biggest thing I’ve
learned on a personal note is perseverance. I know that I’m not going to get
everything right the first time or even the tenth time, but sticking it out,
keeping my focus on my own grind has paid off, and now I can finally share
Primal Instinct with everyone.
Do you find it difficult to
juggle your time between marketing your current book and writing your next book?
Hell yes! This is part of
the learning curb I’m trying to master. I had no idea the effort that goes on
behind the scenes for authors. I’m a big list writer. I jot down all the things
that need doing on my to-do and list and get through them the best I can.
Sometimes I win… sometimes I have to say to hell with it and put on my big girl
panties the next day.
What advice would you give a
new author just entering into the self-publishing arena?
Hmm, where to start…
There is a lot to wrap your
head around in the beginning, it can be overwhelming. Breaking things into
segments helped me. For example; craft (showing vs telling, pacing, plotting,
voice, conflict etc.), design (teasers, website), marketing (ads, social media
content, groups, pages, newsletters etc.), technology (how to upload a book
onto Amazon), and time management (set measurable goals, plan how to achieve
them, and review if they worked using data you’ve collected). Having tasks in
bite sized potions made things a teeny tiny bit less daunting.
Write. A lot! Then write
more. It’s obviously one of the most important aspects to your business. You
can learn all the other parts to authoring, but if you don’t have a book, what’s
the point? Find your tribe—those people that will have your back and support
you through thick and thin. Stay focused on your own grind—don’t lose sight of
why you wanted to write to begin with. When you first start out there is so
much to learn. The road is bumpy so you may as well wind down the window and
enjoy the breeze in your hair every chance you get.
Some fun facts about you, which
do you prefer?
dogs or cats? Dogs
Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate
Coffee or Tea? Coffee
Talk or Text? Either
Day or Night? Night
What’s next for you?
Prowlers, prowlers, and more
prowlers. I’m working on the next instalment of the Prowler series at the
moment. I’m aiming for Primal Night—book two to be released around the end of
November or beginning of December 2019, Primal Need in early 2020 and Primal
Possession mid 2020.
Primal Instinct
Ally Parker
(Prowlers #1)
Publication date: September 16th 2019
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Freedom has been a pleasure denied to Mackenzie for the last five years. Forced to do the bidding of a crazed man to keep both her sister and her self alive, she is sent on a mission to infiltrate a group of people. Payment; their release.
The only problem, no one mentioned they weren’t human. Or, that she would be drawn to a certain sexy, addictive male.
Which will she decide, her heart? Or her freedom?
In a world filled with despair, Jaxx’s only chance to save his humanity is tethered to a woman he hasn’t met. Finding her in an underground facility with his kidnapped protégé, was the last place he thought to find his savior. In a web of corruption, he will have to find the truth and convince his mate, she is his.
Before it’s too late.
Author Bio:
Paranormal romance author, Ally Parker brings you dark, dangerous, and deadly tortured heroes and the women strong enough to save them. Her action packed writing will keep you turning the page until the very end.
When not writing her heart pumping paranormal romance, Ally is a nurse by day and a mother twenty four seven. If she’s not working on her next book, you’ll find her practicing archery (in case of a zombie apocalypse), chasing her kids or storms to capture amazing lightning shots. In her down time, she normally is reading a vampire or shifter book, hanging out with her family or feeding her social media addiction.
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