Deanna Dee
Preorder Finish Him
This year Deanna contacted me to review one of her books "One Fling to Rule Them All" and I'm so glad I did! It was so different from your normal romance and I absolutely love it! Now she is releasing the last companion novel to her series "Finish Him" and I couldn't be more thrilled. She was kind enough to let me Interview her! Thank you so much Deanna I had so much fun reading your responses! It's always so fun working with you.
1. In your own words,
please describe the book.
Finish Him is the third
book in my Games of Love series. It’s about two twenty-somethings (Sonya and
Jaxon) who find love through gaming and some other stuff. It’s also about
Sonya’s relationship with her older sister and her quest to find herself. And
there’s some geek references thrown in there for good measure.
2. What genre/genres
does your book fall under?
Excellent question. I’m
still figuring that out myself. The age of the characters puts it at new adult,
but the heat level is low for what new adult romance usually has. I enjoy
calling it “geek romance,” but that’s not quite its own thing yet. So if anyone
has any suggestions, let me know. J
3. What was your
inspiration behind your book?
I read Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline and loved it. The geek references spoke to me. Combine that
with never feeling like I’d found a romance written about “me” (the quirky
sidekick), and I wanted to take the geek of RPO and combine it with the romance
about the girls usually cast as the brainiac sister or spunky best friend. Ta-da,
Finish Him and its siblings were born.
4. So far, what has been
the greatest moment in your writing career?
Hitting “publish” on the
first book in the series. I’ll never forget the feeling of knowing I’d seen the
project through from start to finish and actually put it into the world for
people to read.
5. How did you come up
with the title of your book?
Finish Him focuses a lot
on video games. The phrase” finish him” is one used in a lot of arena fighting
games as the signal for one player to finish off another. “Completing” someone
is a common thing in romance. “Complete” and “finish” are similar. Geek
romance, complete, finish…Finish Him. Done.
6. How long does it take
you to finish a novel?
I can write a rough
draft in a month if I really motivate myself. The entire process (chapter 1 to
publish) is usually between 3 and 6 months—draft, two or three rounds of edits,
beta, edits, editor, final edits, format, upload.
7. If there was one
thing you could tell your readers, what would it be?
I’d welcome them to my
corner of insanity and thank them for stopping in.
8. How can readers
connect with you?
I can be found at the
following haunts.
Goodreads
Join me at these various
locations for book stuff, geek stuff, and romance stuff.
9. What advice do you
have for aspiring young authors?
Two things. First, keep
writing. You can’t edit a blank page. Second, get some kind of training,
whether it’s a workshop or reading how-to books. Lots of people have natural
talent, but natural talent only goes so far. Put the extra initiative into your
career. It will pay off.
10. Can you tell us
something about the writer behind the book?
She likes to talk in the
third person. Also, she lives for good times with good people, 65 degree sunny
days, and blue skies.
My Review For One Fling to Rule Them All
-SandraTheBookWorm
Thanks so much for hosting me! :)
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