Well today is the last day of the Blogger Book Fair. I hope you are ready for my last guest author from the fair. Today I have with me Michelle Birbeck.
Dawn:Michelle, it is
great to have you with me today. First
tell us a little about yourself. Your
likes and dislikes, your favorite foods, your special pets? What makes you…you?
Michelle: Pizza! And chocolate. Or
even better, chocolate and marshmallow pizza, with sliced bananas on top. And
now I’m hungry… Anyway! About me, well, I got married when I was 18 and
everyone told me it would never last. Twelve years later, and my husband and I
are still happily married, with our newly toothless cat, Loki, and our adorable
bunny rabbit, Poppy.
I love my book collection, which
spans the whole house, and my faeries, which also span the entire house. Things
I hate are thunder, but only when I’m inside. If I’m outside, then I’m fine
with it, and I love watching for lightning.
And that’s me! Well, part of me,
anyway.
Dawn: What is the title of your
current work and what is it about?
Michelle: I have a couple of books
out at the moment, both in the same series. The first is called The Last
Keeper, and its sequel is called Last Chance. Both are available for all
ereaders and in paperback, and are paranormal novels.
Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/MichelleBirbeck/e/B00800FYQ2/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1363107267&sr=8-1
B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/michelle-birbeck
iBookstore: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michelle-birbeck/id518091551?mt=11
B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/michelle-birbeck
iBookstore: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michelle-birbeck/id518091551?mt=11
Excerpt:
The Last Keeper
Serenity Cardea's race has been
hunted to near extinction. She's a Keeper, with the ability to influence
others, including those immortal beings who want dominance over the world. Ray
Synclair is a history professor in training with a passion for times past. Fascinated
by Serenity, he has no idea that the world is filled with immortals, most of
whom want him dead. Because the only way to kill a Keeper is to kill their
partner...
Last Chance
With her race saved from the brink of
extinction, Serenity’s life could not be better. Married, finally, to Ray, and
back in London for the first time in a century, retirement isn’t coming easy.
Being a housewife was never in her make up.
But when Lizzy calls to say the
Keepers’ records have been stolen, retirement is preferable over the danger
they now face.
Targets once more, Serenity’s isn’t
inclined to sit back and let her brothers and sisters face the losses she
witnessed, but the order to move an entire race comes at a price.
Whoever is behind the threat, they
show none of the mercy The Seats once did. No broken families left to suffer
the loss of parents, aunts, uncles. This time they’ve gone too far, and when
they take the lives of the race’s children, Serenity’s mind is made up.
This time they will be no threats, no
mercy.
This time there’ll be no survivors.
Dawn: How long did have you been
writing and when did you know that writing was what you wanted to do? What kind
of writer are you, a plotter or a pantser?
Michelle: I started writing when I
was in school, just daft little bits and pieces, but then when I got married,
work took up most of my time, and it wasn’t until I left work that I really
took it up again. That was six years ago now, and ever since then, I have been
writing as often as possible.
As for what type of writer I am… a
bit of both. If I have a very tight deadline, then I like to have an idea of
where I am going, because otherwise, I keep thinking I’ve forgotten to include
one of the plot points. But for the most part, I like making it up as I go
along. And no matter which way I write, there are always a high number of
little bits and pieces that will pop us as I’m writing and take me by surprise.
Dawn: Share your social profiles with
us. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest…where do you spend your cyber-time?
Michelle: I spend a lot of time on
twitter, and even more time than I should on Tumblr. You can find me here:
Dawn: If you could travel to any-where
or any-when…when and where would that be? What would you do when you got there?
Michelle: I’ve seen a lot of people
answer this question with Hogwarts or Narnia, but though I love Narnia, neither
of those really appeal to me. If I had the choice of absolutely anywhere, I
would have to choose the holodeck of Star Trek. Not because there is any
particular person there that I want to me, but because everyone I ever wanted
to meet could be there. I could input all the books I love and all the times
and places I want to visit and go be part of them.
That, and the whole travelling
through space sounds like so much fun!
Michelle: I adore the paranormal
genre. Vampires, witches, wereanimals… there are just so many things that you
can do with them. So many little changes that alter their whole dynamic. I love
that I can take any time period, any country, and throw in some paranormal and
supernatural creatures and have a whole new story. The genre, to me, seems to
endless with the things that you can do with it.
Dawn: Who is your favorite author and why? Which book speaks to you the most?
Michelle: My favourite author is
Richard Laymon. I have all of his books, and I love every single one of them. They
have their own shelf in amongst my books, and I have a whole load of first and
signed editions, too.
If I had to pick one book of his that
I love the most, it would be The Lake. I adore the way all the bits and pieces
of the plot twist about and come together in the end. Seeing the past influence
the present in the way that it does was fantastic, and I have read the book
several times since I discovered it.
Michelle: I have to have my music on.
Doesn’t matter what, as I have an eclectic selection to choose from, but it has
to be music. The TV distracts me and makes my mind wander, and silence is even
worse for doing that. So for me, it has to be music. For some reason it focuses
my mind and helps me keep at it longer.
Also, I love to sing. I’m not any
good at it, but I still love to do it, at the top of my voice.
writer?
Michelle: Early and late evening are
the times for me. Mornings and I don’t get along very well. Mornings like to
try and wake me up when the sun is still attempting to rise, but I fight back
most of the time and lie in as long as I can. That way I can stay up later and
get more writing done. Although, I prefer summer mornings to winter. At least
in the summer the mornings are light and bright. I can’t stand having to get up
on a winter’s morning when it’s still dark and cold.
But for editing and interviews and
blog posts, it has to be late morning and early afternoon. That seems to be my
work portion of the day, the time when I get all the non-writing bits out of
the way. Then I get to spend the rest of my night in my own head making things
up.
Dawn: Tell me about any promotions or contests you are running? Where can we go to sign up
and what are the rules?
Michelle: There are a couple of
promotions that I am part of at the moment. The first being the Smashwords
Summer/Winter sale. My short stories are now all free to download for this
month only, and my second book, Last Chance, is half price!
You can also check out https://www.facebook.com/writercmwright to see when her big 1000 like
giveaway is, as there will be a chance to win a copy of my first book, The Last
Keeper, as well as some signed bookmarks! There will also be chances to win a
whole host of other goodies from other authors.
Dawn: Michelle, I want to thank you
for being with me today. I enjoyed
learning about your book and look forward to reading it.
Thank you all for joining us on the Blogger Book Fair and thanks to everyone who voted in the Reader's Choice Awards. Please check out our winners at http://bloggerbookfair.blogspot.com/p/readers-choice-awards.html
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