Tuesdays with Taryn
Please welcome with me- Teresa Reasor, fellow Kentucky writer, artist and teacher.
What book(s) most
influenced you as a writer?
I have a list. I loved Sandra Browns earlier works. And Kathleen
Woodiwiss definitely influenced my historical romance writing. One of the best
compliments I’ve ever gotten is a reader review for my historical Highland
Moonlight. She said anyone who enjoyed Kathleen Woodiwiss’s books would
love Highland Moonlight. I didn’t pattern Moonlight after Woodiwiss’s work, or
try to steal her voice, that would be impossible, but the love story does have
a similar feel to it.
I love reading male
writers. Michael Connelly has had an influence, Dean Koontz’s earlier works,
and, believe it or not, Steven King.
The writing craft
books having had an influence on my writing have been numerous. I try to read a
craft book at least once a month. I never stop learning, evolving.
The very first book
on writing I ever bought was one by Phyllis Whitney. I’d read all of her
novels, still have them. And I bought that book and— the rest was history. I
had to write. That was when I was in college, many, many moons ago. I still use
the same research process I learned from that book. Story by Robert McKee, Word
Painting by Rebecca McClanahan, Stephen King’s On Writing, Orson Scott Card’s
book on Characters and Viewpoint, and Johnny Payne’s on Voice and Style are
some of my favorites I still go back and revisit.
What book do you read
over and over again? That depends on what I’m working on at the moment.
While writing my Navy Navy
SEAL series I have a stack of reading material I revisit over and over. The
Warrior Elite, The Finishing School, and Down Range, all by Dick Couch and Lone
Survivor by Marcus Luttrell among a list of others.
When I’m working on other things I’ll choose reading
material germane to my subject matter. I have to immerse myself in the subject
to get a feel for the knowledge my characters will have. But it’s more than
that. It’s to understand what reactions my characters will have to the
conflicts I throw at them. I’m constantly reading male writers to try and
improve my MAN SPEAK.
Tuesday Trio-
1)
Movie-
Underworld the first one with Kate Beckinsale and Scot Speedman
2)
Music-
The Red Violin Soundtrack, Joshua Bell is fantastic!
3)
Decadent
Dessert- Death by chocolate. A chocolate brownie with chunks of chocolate baked
in, topped with vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, whipped cream and a grated
Hershey bar, (I’m serious about my chocolate)
What’s the most
interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a
novel? That George Washington’s physicians probably killed him trying to cure
him of something simple like a bad chest cold. They tortured him. They even
burnt the bottoms of his feet. I think he finally died to escape them.
Novel on your Nightstand:
Who/what are you
currently reading?
I have a stack of books in the floor next to my bedside
table. They’re my to be read books. The Wolf Gift, by Anne Rice, May Day by
Thomas Block, The Rope by Navada Barr, and Malice by Lisa Jackson are a few of
them. I also have the complete works of Jane Austin all in one volume. I think
it weights at least ten pounds. And though I’ve read several of them in the
past, I’m revisiting them this summer. By second book, Captive
Hearts, was a Regency Romance so what better way to review the premises
included in Regency than reading Jane Austen.
Whom would you cast
as your Hero & Heroine if your book became a movie?
Highland Moonlight
(Kevin McKidd and Kate Beckinsale)
Captive Hearts (Ioan Gruffudd and Sophia Miles)
Breaking Free (Eric Bana and Emily Blunt)
Timeless (Garrard
Butler and Michelle Williams)
Breaking Through (Chris Evans and Emma Stone)
Not that I’ve thought about it much!!!
Blurb: For Timeless
Archaeology student, Regan Stanhope, lands the chance of a
lifetime when she’s chosen to work on a summer dig in Loch Maree, Scotland. The
ancient monoliths hidden beneath the loch are the most important discovery
since Stonehenge. And for seven hundred years, they have been waiting—for her.
Saturation diver Quinn Douglas is contracted to recover some of the megaliths from the loch’s bottom. The job will breathe life into the struggling salvage business he and his brothers are building. But from the moment he arrives, Quinn is plagued by dreams and feelings from a past he did not live. Or did he?
Regan and Quinn are drawn to each other as they research the monoliths and the reason behind their shared visions. But both sense something mystical at work, delving into their minds, manipulating their emotions. And when they finally discover the monoliths’ extraordinary secret, they know they must seal them away from those who are desperate to unlock their power. Even if it means remaining caught in a timeless struggle between the past and present forever.
Saturation diver Quinn Douglas is contracted to recover some of the megaliths from the loch’s bottom. The job will breathe life into the struggling salvage business he and his brothers are building. But from the moment he arrives, Quinn is plagued by dreams and feelings from a past he did not live. Or did he?
Regan and Quinn are drawn to each other as they research the monoliths and the reason behind their shared visions. But both sense something mystical at work, delving into their minds, manipulating their emotions. And when they finally discover the monoliths’ extraordinary secret, they know they must seal them away from those who are desperate to unlock their power. Even if it means remaining caught in a timeless struggle between the past and present forever.
You can find out more about Teresa at her
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