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My Interview with Paranormal Romance Author Sedonia Guillone


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Q: Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you from, what is your background?

A: I'm orignially from Walpole, Massachusetts but I grew up in South Florida. I studied French and Political Science in college, have done some French teaching, and I studied in Israel for a while to be a cantor in the Jewish synagogue but I was too homesick and truthfully, not a high pressure kind of person for grad school so I came home. I've worked as a newspaper writer, housecleaner...I've done so many things!
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Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to be a writer, and What was it that inspired you to start writing?

A: Sedonia: I first discovered my love for writing when I was about nine. I started writing a short story and then into high school I started wanting to write a romance novel. I can't say that anything in particular inspired me to write because it seems to be part of my being.
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Q: When did you write your first book?

A: I wrote my first short stories in college and then my first book a little over ten years ago. It was a sweet romance with no sex in it but it eventually became eroticized into The Maiden's Voyage which ended up being my first published erotic romance under the pen name Vivian Hart. 
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Q: How many books have you written? Do you have a favorite?

A: Sedonia: Oh my, All together I've written over forty books since 2004. I would say that I don't have one favorite book but my White Tigers series is my favorite set of books I've written. I actually go back and re-read these from time to time.
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Q: When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A: Sedonia: Aside from wanting to be a teacher, I wanted to write. In high school, I started my first romance novel and in creative writing class, loved writing short stories.
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Q: How long does it typically take you to write a book?

A: Sedonia: Depending on the length it takes more or less. I can write a short story in basically a few hours. But a novel can take anywhere from a few months to a year.
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Q: Where do the ideas for your books come from?

A: Sedonia: From various places. Sometimes I'll see a film whose theme inspires me like Behind the Lines with Jonny Lee Miller about soldiers in World War One suffering from shell shock. Two of my books came from that - Lady of Two Lairds and The Completeness of Celia Flynn. Other times a person will inspire me for a character or a setting will. I never know what will come next!
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Q: Where is your favortie place to write, where do you feel most creative?

A: Sedonia: My favorite place to write used to be the home in Maine we had - on the coast there was an unbelievable view of the Bay of Fundy, Campobello Island Canada and the sea beyond. Our backyard was a giant field of flowers - I haven't had quite the inspiration since that place - it was dramatic. However, I find our place now outside of Savannah Georgia to be inspiring - those huge live oak trees dripping with moss and rivers and swamps - definitely stirs my creative flow.
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Q: Do you have any role models? Have there been any other writers that have inspired you?

A: Sedonia: Well, the primary roldmodel has been the man in my life. He's the main inspiration for all my romances. However, as far as other writers, yes : Mary Renault, Jade Lee, Saul Bellow, Qiu Xiaolong, Laura Joh Rowland and now, John Burdett, brilliant author of a great mystery series that takes place in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Q: When you're not writing, what do you like to do for fun?

A: Sedonia: I love to read and walk around in Savannah. I'm a quiet kind of person really. Writing is the thing I enjoy most aside from cuddling with my boyfriend. : )
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Q: Do you have anything that you'd like to say to your readers?

A: Sedonia: Just that I appreciate every single reader who enjoys my books. There are so many choices out there and time is limited. So when someone spends their precious time reading something I wrote, I'm honored and hope they enjoyed it.
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Q: What kind of advice would you give to new writers?

A: Sedonia: A few things actually. Definitely find someone who is ahead of you in skill and get their feedback - truly be open to this with critique partners and editors - you will become a better writer for it. Write from the heart - if something doesn't stir out enthusiasm and imgination, writing about it will be a chore -then for your readers, reading it will be a chore. Oh, and don't get caught up with praise and reviews - enjoy a good review and only take from a negative review what can help improve your writing and then move on. There are so many different tastes and opinions and sometimes a reviewer can be having a bad day. Don't let it stop you. Then again, if you let it stop you, then writing is not the occupation for you in the first place.




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