Gideon and the Den of Thieves in the anthology Gambled AwayPublisher: Indie Published
AISN: HB01FCYQ3V8
THE STORY BLURB:
London, 1793 – Soldier of fortune Gideon Gage has come home from halfway around the world, fully prepared to face down a ruthless gang to save his sister. But there’s one member of the gang he could never have been prepared for: fascinating Aimée, driven from her own home by the French Revolution and desperately in need of his help.
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Meet Joanna!
Joanna lives in the foothills of the Blue Ridge with her family, a medium-sized mutt and a faux Himalayan cat.
She writes Historical Romances set in England and France during the Napoleonic Wars. She's fascinated by that time and place - such passionate conviction and burning idealism ... and really sexy clothes.
Lara: How often to
you get lost in a story?
Joanna: One I’m
writing? All the time. I just fall into
the scene I am putting down in words. I see all around me in detail in
full color and exact detail. I live the scene. If it’s something funny, there I
am smiling. And sometimes I’ll be there crying at the keyboard because the
scene is so sad.
Lara: What was the
first story you remember writing?
Joanna: We wrote
stories in school, I know. I imagine I still have some of them, written out on wide-lined paper. But
I started writing stories I wanted to sell someday when I was about fourteen.
The first one I remember was a science fiction story about a
fourteen-year old girl detective in the future.
Lara: What is your
biggest vice?
Joanna: I get
distracted. I’ll be working along and I think of another story altogether and
my mind goes scampering down that primrose path or I’ll decide I should go make
chicken pot pie for dinner or -- this is the worst -- I’ll wander onto Twitter. [Lara: I can empathize with you--I'm very easily distracted as well!]
Lara: Is writing or
storytelling easier for you?
Joanna: It’s hard
for me to say because I don’t make a distinction between the two of them.
Writing is just capturing the details of the story in my head.
I started out storytelling. I used to line my dolls and
fluffy toys up and tell them stories. Or I’d build a little world all across
the floor with blocks and mirrors and scarves and have my dolls act out a story
inside that world I’d literally built.
The word-wriggling part of writing doesn’t have much to do
with a story at all. I mostly consider it the editing.
Lara: Do you write
while listening to music? If so what kind?
Joanna: Now here
I differ from a lot of writers. I don’t particularly want music, especially
music I like, in the background when I’m writing. Noise is okay. It actually helps me
concentrate. Good music distracts me.
Lara: Which of your
characters would you most/least to invite to dinner, and why?
Joanna: Okay.
I’ll admit it. I’d like dinner with my character Hawker. I think he’d be fun to
talk to about most anything. He is insatiably curious. [Lara: Hawker is one of my all-time favorites!]
Lara: What three
things are, at this moment, in your heroine’s purse, satchel, reticule, weapons
belt or amulet bag (whatever she carries)?
Joanna: Oh.
Leesee. Right now, in the story I’m writing, my heroine Sèverine is headed
across town to look at the scene of a murder/kidnapping. On various parts of
her person she’s carrying a magnifying glass, a measuring tape, picklocks, a
large white handkerchief, some empty muslin bags, a notebook and pencil,
tweezers, and a knife. [Lara: She sounds like a intriguing woman!]
Lara’s GOTTA ASK:
What are the next five books on your ‘to be read’ pile?
Joanna’s GOTTA
ANSWER: These are scattered all over for when I have a spare minute. By my
bed, by the bathtub, on the kitchen counter, on the dining room table, in my
knapsack ... Some I’ve started a little. Some are still waiting their chance.
The Game of Kings,
Dorothy Dunnett. (This is actually a re-read)
Mirror Kingdoms,
Peter S. Beagle
The People of Paris:
An Essay in Popular Culture in the 18th Century, Daniel Roche
Thomas the Jaded
Gentleman, Grace Burrowes
Why Kings Confess,
C.S. Harris
Where can you find Joanna?
What's next for Joanna?
My
next release, after Gideon and the Den of
Thieves in Gambled Away, will be
the Sèverine Story. Sorry I don’t have a date of release or cover for that.
It’s still in progress.
Joanna's previous releases:
GIVEAWAY ALERT!
I’ll send somebody a copy of one of my books, their choice.
Only US, though.
Thanks so much for joining us today, Joanna! I love your covers--readers, which one is your favorite?
