Author Spotlight:
Nancy Haddock
New Book Releases:
- La Vida Vampire, a paranormal romance in trade paperback from Berkley Publishing Group, released on April 1, 2008!
Recent/Upcoming Book Signings:
- Dallas, TX area: The Dreamin’ in Dallas multi-author book signing is April 4, 2008 at 7pm, at the Southfork Hotel Ballroom, 1600 N. Central Expressway, Plano, TX. On Sunday, April 6, 2008, Nancy will be at the Barnes & Noble in Lewisville, TX, 2325 South Stemmons Frwy from 3-5 pm.
- Tulsa, OK: On Saturday, April 12, 2008, Nancy will be signing from 1-3 pm at Steve’s Sundry, Books & Magazines, 2612 S. Harvard. On Sunday, April 13, 2008, she will be at the Barnes & Noble at 5231 East 41st Street from 3-5 pm.
- St. Augustine, FL: Nancy will be signing on Friday, April 18, 2008 at the Starbucks on Anastasia Island, 1059 A1A Beach Blvd, St. Augustine Beach, from 7:00-8:45 pm. On Saturday, April 26, 2008, she will be at the Barnes & Noble at 1930 US 1 South, from 12-3 pm.
Questions We Asked Nancy...
What is your favorite place to write? Usually my favorite place is in my office. All my research books and maps are there!
Are you a typewriter, Mac, or PC person? I'm a PC user.
How many full-length novel manuscripts did you complete before selling? I believe there were five or six.
Can you give us a quote from one of your best (or worst) rejection letters? I don’t have one. I read and digested rejection letters, contest comments, and critiques, applied everything I could, and forgot them. Why? Because Judith McNaught once told me never to believe my own press, and the advice is sound! If the press is bad, you risk being weighted down by the negative. If it’s good, you risk thinking you’re the hottest stuff on the planet. Worse, you risk acting like you are. I’m thrilled with all the fantastic reviews La Vida Vampire has received, and with the kudos I’ve had, but I keep everything in perspective.
What would you say is the most valuable writers' training course you've taken? Oh, gosh, that’s a whole list of courses, including each of Margie Lawson’s courses! I’ve taken as many workshops as I could over the years, and applied tips and techniques as much as I could each time I wrote. I still learn each day, and still have to layer – especially emotion! And, of course, the very best training is to write!
What is your reason for writing? I write to entertain and be entertained. It’s my way to let the ideas, and the people and their stories in my head come out to play. Do I have something to say, some message? Yes, I do – but mostly I write to entertain.
What would the hero of your latest book say if he met you on the street? I hope he’d give me one of his smoldering looks and thank me for getting him together with Cecsa!
What would he DO? Hmmm. I think we’d go to the restaurant downtown that sells heavenly gelato and he’d treat me to anything I wanted. (I’m a woman of simple tastes. *grin*) Then, while ignoring the drooling looks from other women, he’d lay out for me all that will happen in the next books!
What advice would you give to other aspiring writers? Write, write, write, and submit, submit, submit! Keep learning, keep stretching your “boundaries,” and realize that the majority of your boundaries are self-imposed!
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Still have questions?
If you want to know more about Nancy, visit her website at
www.nancyhaddock.com.
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