{"id":26335,"date":"2021-01-30T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=26335"},"modified":"2020-11-25T18:14:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T00:14:20","slug":"wotr21-authorspotlight-marie-piper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=26335","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR21 #AuthorSpotlight – Marie Piper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m Marie Piper. I live in Chicago with my husband, kiddo, and three cats. I write historical romance set in America, and I’m a big history nerd. <\/span><\/p>\n

When you are writing a book, which is harder? The first book in the series or the others after it?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I find the subsequent books in a series way harder to write than the first, actually. Something about having all the wide open space in the world for the first book makes it easier than when I have to work within the confines of what exists for books to follow.<\/span><\/p>\n

What comes first? The plot or characters <\/strong><\/p>\n

Since I write historicals, the idea usually comes from some sort of moment or image. For my Salem Witch Trials novella, A STRANGE AFFLICTION, I had been thinking about the time period and I had the idea for a woman skipping a stone over a pond…and the book was born from there. <\/span><\/p>\n

What author would you love to meet (Who is your unicorn author)? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve had the good fortune to meet a lot of my romance writing heroes at conventions and events, so I would actually choose Sarah Vowell. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you could ask that author three questions about their writing, writing process, or books, what would they be?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. How do you keep all the dates straight? 2. What time periods\/events in American History would you love to write about? 3. When can we expect a NEW Book?<\/span><\/p>\n

What is harder? The blurb writing, naming the book, or naming the series. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I. Hate. Writing. Blurbs. <\/span><\/p>\n

What is your favorite memory so far as an author?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Probably my first trip to RT. It was the best kind of whirlwind for a newbie author and I met so many amazing people. <\/span><\/p>\n

What is your definition of success?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Writing my weird little books and having some people enjoy them. I don’t need to be a bestseller to be happy as a writer. <\/span><\/p>\n

What are your social links?<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MariePiperBooks<\/a>, https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariepiperbooks<\/a>,
\nhttp:\/\/www.mariepiper.com\/<\/a>,
\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mariepiperbooks\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

What are your buy links? <\/strong><\/p>\n