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URL:
www.lavadadee.com
Contact: Lsprout@woodlandcreek.net
ABOUT LAVADA
Lavada lives in the
beautiful Pacific Northwest. She is an avid reader, enjoying
almost all genres. She takes the advice to write what you enjoy
reading to heart and her goal is to write books that cross
genres, taking the reader on different paths with equally
enjoyable and captivating stories.
A dreamer, Lavada has a need to create. She worked in
the computer field designing and developing first mainframe
applications and later web sites. The art of writing has proved
to be a challenge but it gives her satisfaction beyond anything
she could have dreamed. When not writing, Lavada enjoys reading,
web development, and being with her husband and their very alpha
Jack Russell Terrier.
INTERVIEW
Q: Tell us what a typical writing day is like for you.
A: Typical? I don’t have typical days
writing or otherwise. I am organized, making lists etc. but
we have an open door policy so days have a way of being
unstructured around here. When I first started writing, this
question was always foremost on my mind and whenever I had a
chance I’d ask authors when they wrote, how many hours a day
etc. As you might guess, every answer was different.
What I’ve found works for me is to set daily and weekly
goals. I have two fellow authors who I exchange goals with
and it helps keep me on track.
Q: Do you plan your books or just
write?
A: A little of both. I’ve tried the seat of
your pants style and find it breaks down in about the middle
of the book. I’ve also tried the outline, character profile,
planning it out to the last degree. This didn’t work for me.
I finished the story in record time but it was flat. I put
it back and wrote another story, then went back and edited
life into it. What I do now is start with a work sheet. This
is a very short process, usually a day. Then I start writing
filling in the work sheet as new characters and or sub plots
evolve.
Q: What genre do you write?
A: I’ve written two contemporary romances and one romantic
suspense, and I am currently writing another suspense. I’ve been
advised against writing multiple genres, but I’m a huge fan of
Sandra Brown and Catherine Anderson and aspire to follow their
footsteps.
Q: What was the first thing you ever
wrote? A: Unlike many authors I
didn’t start writing in school. The main deterrent was doing it
over and I don’t mean revising. Growing up I was a perfectionist
and took it to an extreme. I would write and rewrite assignments
rather then have an eraser mark. I love to tell the story. I
don’t particularly like the mechanics of writing. I started
writing when I got my first PC. I think better at a keyboard and
monitor. I was fortunate to have the first story published but
then by that time it was on the eighth version of it.
Q: What do you like to read?
A: Almost everything. I love romance and find it in a lot of
books that are classified as other genres. I plan to add a page
of recommended reading on my web site. Hopefully I will get a
following of people that have the same taste in reading and we
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