Fab Writer Friday

Welcome to  Fab Writer Friday!! Please contact me at courtney@courtneycorcoran.com if you're a published author wishing to pop up here! I'm hoping to feature a writer a week so we can get to know each other.

The debut author is Donna Steele, a fab fellow Rebel Ink writer!
 
Tell us a bit about yourself. Who are you as a person?
Yeah, ask something easy. I was a secretary for 50 years – went to work in the family business when I was 12 so I'm organized and efficient (read that lazy) and arrange things so I can get 'er done with the least physical effort. Part of that stems from the fact I was born with EB (a genetic skin disorder where any friction takes my skin off – like gripping the mop to clean the floor) – which I think made me more introverted and made the people in my imagination more fun than 'real' people. That's why I like to hang out with them more.
 
How did you know you wanted to be a writer?
When I started I didn't even know to label it. I've written stories since I was a little kid – finished my first novel at 16, just never stopped writing. Finally got the courage to share what I'd written. I'd been married to Hubby over 20 years before I let him read the first word.
 
What is your favorite of all the things you’ve written?
Like picking my favorite child… I really like “Dance Partner.” It's short but it hit the right notes with me and I liked the way I felt when it was finished. That said, creating the worlds I have in my science fiction books thrills me.
 
What are you working on right now?
Well, I write sci-fi paranormal and small town romance. Now I'm combined the two in a story I'm calling Before You – a woman gets stranded in a small town while on vacation and finds out a lot about the past of the town and herself.
 
What is your best memory from your childhood?
Christmas mornings with the family – Daddy had these big lights you used for 8 mm films and that added magic to going into the living room. He used those just for the ambiance long after he quit using the camera – LOL!
 
Tell us about a book you’d recommend. Why do you love it?
I really enjoyed Cyn Hadyn's Candles on the Beach – it's historical but not the England history everyone's come to expect – Japanese/Brazilian captain with New England young woman. I like that kind of surprise.
 
How did you end up writing for Rebel Ink Press?
Sheer unadulterated luck! I searched for small print editors and saw the genres they were accepting. I sent the manuscript in for Rth Rising and E liked it!! The best part is she accepted it before the rejections from other places arrived so I really did sell my first book on the "first" try! Met Cherry Adair the next day at a conference and she jumped up and down as excited as I was – I'll never forget that.
 
Describe a perfect writing day.
Home alone, total silence in my office with whatever friend I'm writing that day – Hubby gave me a great office chair that swivels and has a footstool – I love it!
 
Describe a terrible writing day.
I start getting group texts from my friends – each person answering and sending to everyone. I can't not check because it might be important but the distractions drive me batty. It's hard to get back into a scene then be interrupted again five minutes later.
 
Do you ever make public appearances? Where can we meet you in person?
Haven't yet. With eBooks it's harder to have a "signing" but I think I'd like to someday – that introvert thing immediately comes into play.
 
Where can we find your titles?
I'm at Amazon and Barnes & Nobles, AllRomance, and Dance Partner is also an iBook!
 
 
 

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