{"id":24010,"date":"2020-01-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=24010"},"modified":"2019-10-18T14:32:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T19:32:04","slug":"wotr20-authorspotlight-marie-piper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=24010","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR20 #AuthorSpotlight &#8211; Marie Piper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69877744_2408101289473212_4647245031923515392_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23789 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69877744_2408101289473212_4647245031923515392_n.jpg?resize=474%2C247\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69877744_2408101289473212_4647245031923515392_n.jpg?w=960 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69877744_2408101289473212_4647245031923515392_n.jpg?resize=300%2C157 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69877744_2408101289473212_4647245031923515392_n.jpg?resize=768%2C401 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Marie Piper. I live in Chicago with my husband, kiddo, and three cats. I'm fascinated by American History, especially the parts we didn't learn about in school.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Marie Piper. I live in Chicago with my husband, kiddo, and three cats. I&#8217;m fascinated by American History, especially the parts we didn&#8217;t learn about in school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;When you are writing, what are some go to's that you needs? IE Foods to eat, noise level, place to sit.&quot;}\">When you are writing, what are some go to&#8217;s that you needs? IE Foods to eat, noise level, place to sit.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Coffee or tea and (lately) atmospheric and moody instrumentals playlists. &quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Coffee or tea and (lately) atmospheric and moody instrumentals playlists. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you favorite things about attending signings?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;I love meeting readers and seeing what interests them!&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">I love meeting readers and seeing what interests them!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;What author would you love to meet (Who is your unicorn author)? &quot;}\"><strong>What author would you love to meet (Who is your unicorn author)?<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;I've been fortunate to have met a bunch of my all-time favorite authors at signings and events, but I've never been in the same room as Lisa Kleypas.... Yet, anyway.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">I&#8217;ve been fortunate to have met a bunch of my all-time favorite authors at signings and events, but I&#8217;ve never been in the same room as Lisa Kleypas&#8230;. Yet, anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>When you are writing, do you have a consistent schedule where you write every day at the same time or are you a sit and go on different days to get it done kinda person?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;I homeschool my son, so my free time is all over the place. I tend to write early in the morning before anyone else wakes up while everything is quiet and dark.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">I homeschool my son, so my free time is all over the place. I tend to write early in the morning before anyone else wakes up while everything is quiet and dark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;What is your favorite memory so far as an author?&quot;}\"><strong>What is your favorite memory so far as an author?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;I was fortunate to be a signing author at RT in Atlanta. There were so many romance fans there, it was really incredible!&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">I was fortunate to be a signing author at RT in Atlanta. There were so many romance fans there, it was really incredible!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your social links?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MariePiperBooks\/, https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariepiperbooks, https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mariepiperbooks\/&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MariePiperBooks\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MariePiperBooks\/<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariepiperbooks\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariepiperbooks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mariepiperbooks\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mariepiperbooks\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your buy links? (You can list individual or links to your Amazon\/ibooks\/Koko\/etc Author Home Page.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Marie-Piper\/e\/B015PALG34?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1570481900&amp;sr=8-1\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Marie-Piper\/e\/B015PALG34?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1570481900&amp;sr=8-1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself. Marie Piper. I live in Chicago with my husband, kiddo, and three cats. I&#8217;m fascinated by American History, especially the parts we didn&#8217;t learn about in school. When you are writing, what are some go to&#8217;s that you needs? IE Foods to eat, noise level, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=24010\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#WOTR20 #AuthorSpotlight &#8211; Marie Piper<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[611],"tags":[1015],"class_list":["post-24010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-author-spotlight","tag-marie-piper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/wotr-attending-author.png?fit=1600%2C900","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-6fg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24011,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24010\/revisions\/24011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}