Author Harvest ‘bales up’ Annie Seaton – romance author

 

Well, look who I have managed to pin down for two minutes! Don’t suppose you’ve managed to find time to bake for me, Annie — what with all your contract deadlines,  numerous editing jobs and generally being available to anyone who needs advice? (Ummm…like me!!)

I’ve actually made homemade banana bread for you, Jenn! Low fat of course.

(Low fat? What are you saying, Annie? Perhaps we will just move on…)

At home…

You know my mum used to say garden gnomes make a house a home! Are you loud and proud in your love of garden gnomes at home, a closet gnomer or with a strict ‘no gnomes’ policy at your place?

Love my garden gnomes. A home garden is not complete without at least one. My husband was known as a purloiner of garden gnomes to win my love when we were courting. (Love that word!)

(A purloiner of garden gnomes sounds a bit suss to me. Just as well I know hubby.)

What vegetable (or fruit) have you always wanted to grow at home?

Strawberries… with no luck. It might be because I forget to water the pots.

If I came to your home and looked in the refrigerator, what would I find? (As if I have to ask?)

Lots of fruit and vegetables and er…the odd bottle of Sauvignon Blanc

(Er…don’t forget the odd bottle of Champers – cold and ready to pop for those frequent ‘oh, look, another book contract’ moments!)

If you sorted your wardrobe by colour, what colour would stand out? (Ahh, do you sort your wardrobe by colour?!)

My husband loves the old advertisement… Do you have it in black? He says it was made with me in mind!

(Classically flamboyant black, of course!)

What are you wearing now? (Be honest!)

Jeans and slippers, and a raggy (black) cardigan

Whose home would you like to housesit and why?

David Bowie…because he might come home and I could meet my music hero!

Seriously, I need to meet either David or Peter Frampton as I am writing a time slip novel about a seventies rock star. A conversation would be very helpful in the creation of Hot Rock.

Country curiosities…

We love a sunburnt country (slip, slop, slap and all that). What’s your ideal hat? Or are you a boots person?

Hmmm. Don’t own a hat… and bare feet for me. Sorry… I’m a beach gal!

That’s why all of my books are set near the water… Holiday Affair-Whitsundays and Nambucca Heads, Italian Affair on a beautiful Italian island… and there is a crystal clear pool in Outback Affair as well as flooding rivers!

Dangerous Desire in the Whitsundays and there are more….

(More? Well there you go then! Crack that Champers!)

If you were a tree (or animal) what kind of tree (animal) would you be?

I would love to be a cat. They are clever, get to sleep in front of fires and are loved by their ‘cat people’ owners!

Now for the big question… Why did the chicken cross the road?

Oh Jenn… I am rolling on the floor laughing. I will have to Google it. Remember me? I don’t get jokes!

(I remember… So, what DID the fish say when he hit his head, Annie?  …  Dam!)

About you…

Your turning point: when was that point in your life that you realized that being an author was no longer going to be just a dream but a reality and a career?

When Holiday Affair hit the best seller lists and my solicitor asked for my autograph…and it wasn’t on a legal document.

What is the hardest part of writing for you?

Finding a writing/life balance…once I start I find it hard to stop and I tend to focus and ignore the rest of the world (this is probably why hubby has become a purloiner of garden gnomes — for the company!) until I have finished the current task in hand. I can spend days away from the real world. I just completed 46,000 words of Outback Affair in nineteen days. Thank goodness for online grocery shopping. (Is that hubby I can hear cheering in the background?)

If someone was to write your biography, what do you think the title should be?

Well, Jenn if you were choosing I am sure it would be the Amazon Queen or the Facebook Queen!

(One of those companies will own the other one before long. Then both titles will be yours!)

Seriously…I would say Determination Does It!

(Determination and a couple of super wonderful couple of friends who live up the highway. Right Elle Fynllay?)

What question have you always wanted to be asked in an interview? How would you answer that question?

Q: How does it feel to have toppled Nora Roberts from the top of the perch? (A girl can dream)

A: Pretty damn good!

Fun stuff …

If you could trade places with any other person for a week, famous or not famous, living or dead, real or fictional, with whom would it be?

Katherine Swynford. I would meet John of Gaunt and experience life in fourteenth century England. I love history and have a degree with a major in British constitutional history. I am sure I have lived there before in a previous life. When we visited Wales a few years ago, it was like going home. I was in awe and all my husband could do was look at me and complain about the rain. (And purloin gnomes?)

I have a historical novel lined up three books down the list!

Okay, now for Italian Affair (everyone should have one. I’m referring to the book, of course!)

Free-spirited sex therapist Brianna Ballantine has four days to find a fiancé so she can inherit her birth mother’s Italian villa. Commitment is not on the agenda. Writing her sex therapy book and signing legal papers are. And once all is said and done, she’ll return home to Scotland.

For finance guru Tomas Richards, relationships have been a bad investment—give him stocks and shares any day. When Tomas offers a marriage of convenience to help Brianna secure her inheritance, the sizzle between the sheets promises an affair to remember, despite family complications at every turn.

But Tom must convince Brianna to stay, and make this Italian affair a lifelong commitment.

And to find out more? http://www.amazon.com/Italian-Affair-Entangled-Indulgence-ebook/dp/B00CNTTEAI

Annie loves to hear from readers at: annieseaton26@gmail.com

Her website is http://www.annieseatonromance.com/

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