Savage Angel
by Stacy
Gail
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~So tell us about yourself. What got you interested in
writing?
SG: I used to rewrite all the Trixie Belden endings so that
Trixie and Jim Frayne wound up kissing. I loved doing that so much eventually I
began making up my own characters…who wound up kissing at the end. :D
~Do you prefer hot or cold weather and why?
SG: Cold! I am a
figure skater, after all.
~How do you come up with a title?
SG: The title, SAVAGE
ANGEL, book 2 in The Earth Angels series, is a bit of a take-off on the
heroine’s name, Sara Savitch. Sara is a
descendant of the Seraphim, warrior angels created to guard the throne of God,
also known as the Burning Ones. Sara’s
character is true to her Seraphim heritage, so the title really fits.
~ Of all the modern conveniences, which one would you most
likely say you couldn't live without?
SG: Computers. Hands
down. It’d be tough without
refrigeration and modern plumbing, and I’m probably underestimating how I rely
on the modern system of food supply, but I seriously don’t see how I could do
as much as I personally accomplish in a single day without my computer.
~Out of all the stories you’ve written which one are you
most proud of?
SG: Ha! Whichever one
I’m currently writing! ;)
~ Who’s your favorite horror villain and why?
SG: Stephen King’s
Randall Flagg from The Stand and The Dark Tower series, closely followed by Tom
Riddle/Lord Voldemort from the Harry Potter series. Randall Flagg for his versatility—he can
appear as almost anything, and Voldy because he’s the epitome of just how bad a
human can go. JK Rowling once said that
he’s the only character who had no redeeming qualities about him, because he’d chosen
to be the way he was. Just like Harry
Potter, Voldemort was the product of his choices.
~ What has been the toughest criticism given to you as an
author? What has been the best compliment?
SG: Toughest comment to swallow came from an editor when I
was still in my teens (yes, I tried to get published EARLY!). She said there was just “something wrong”
with my project, though she wasn’t sure what.
While it was nice getting a personal critique from a NY editor, the
nebulous comment still bugs me—how was I supposed to fix what couldn’t be
described? Best comment—my mom sharing
the deep, dark secret with me that not only has my dad read every one of my
books, but the last one he read made him cry. <3 font="">
~What would be the one single piece of advice you’d give a
new author?
SG: WRITE. Don’t talk
about. Don’t say you want to be a
writer. Sit down and DO IT.
~Do you work an evil day job, lol? And if so, how do you
find the time to write?
SG: Ha, I absolutely
LOVE my EDJ! I’m a figure skating pro,
so I get to play on the ice for a living, isn’t that great? :D I write before I go to work, and I take a
journal with me to write at a bookstore in between shifts, so I can usually get
around 1.5K to 2K words in a day. Talk about the best of both worlds!
Thank you so much for allowing me to pop in and chat a bit
about writing and my latest release, SAVAGE ANGEL!
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BLURB:
Feel nothing. Sara Savitch's personal mantra has been hard to live by
ever since her torrid one-night stand with army doctor Gideon Mandeville.
Descended from the Seraphim, angels known as heaven's soldiers, Sara may be an
expert fighter, but she's an amateur when it comes to relationships.
Physically unharmed, but still battle-scarred, Gideon has returned to
Dallas in the hopes of regaining his faith in humanity—and in himself. Instead
he's walked into a nightmare. His father is on a serial killer's hit list, and
has hired a personal bodyguard—the very woman who has haunted Gideon's dreams
for a year.
As Sara works to build an impenetrable fortress around her client, she
yearns to tear down the one around Gideon's heart. With his bitter rejection of
warriors, will he ever be able to accept her true nature? Sara must find a way
to trust Gideon with her secret as the killer closes in…
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Excerpt:
“Let’s make this quick,” she announced without preamble,
heading over to the desk and gesturing an invitation toward the chairs on the
opposite side of it. “I have a meeting waiting for me, along with about a fifty
other things that need to get done before noon. And in future, I’d appreciate
it if you would call and make an appointment the next time you want a
face-to-face.”
“An appointment? For me?” Refusing to even look at the
chairs she’d indicated, Gideon kept his distance and stayed by the windows, his
expression so remote he looked as unapproachable as the moon. “Do you insist
all your lovers do that, or is it just me?”
She hoped her swift intake of breath was something only she
heard. “You’ve made it apparent we don’t have that kind of relationship and
after yesterday, I’m forced to agree with you. You’re not my lover, or
boyfriend, or even acquaintance. We’re strangers, and I have no problem keeping
it that way.”
“Except for the small fact that strangers don’t usually have
mind-blowing sex up against the garage wall, do they?”
Her fingers curled into her palms, and she wondered if her
face looked as neon-red as it felt. “And here I was, thinking you’d forgotten
about that.”
“Something that hot is hard to forget.”
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
A competitive
figure skater from the age of eight, Stacy Gail began writing stories in
between events to pass the time. By the age of fourteen, she told her parents
she was either going to be a figure skating coach who was also a published
romance writer, or a romance writer who was also a skating pro. Now with a day
job of playing on the ice with her students, and writing everything from
steampunk to cyberpunk, contemporary to paranormal at night, both dreams have
come true.
Stacy Gail
–Website: http://stacygail.blogspot.com/
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