{"id":31370,"date":"2024-01-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=31370"},"modified":"2023-10-07T12:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T17:16:27","slug":"wotr24-attendingauthor-authorspotlight-lainey-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=31370","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR24 #attendingauthor #Authorspotlight -Lainey Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Author<\/p>\n

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

I’m Lainey Davis and I live in Pittsburgh with 3 feral sons, 2 rescued rabbits, and 1 tired husband. I’m obsessed with the steel city and set all my books here. I write steamy contemporary romance that’s hot, heartwarming, and often hilarious. I’m excited to figure out how much coffee is too much. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

First book is so difficult! You need to hook readers into the new world. It’s really hard. <\/span><\/p>\n

When writing a series how do you keep things fresh, for both your readers and also yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m usually writing right up until deadline, so a lot of my books pull from current events or things happening around me. That always feels really fresh to me. When a sink hole opens up in Pittsburgh and swallows a city bus, that will show up in a book a few months later. <\/span><\/p>\n

Writing can be an emotionally draining and stressful pursuit. Any tips for aspiring writers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t write every day or even every week! I build mental rest into my schedule so I have time to calm down in between books. <\/span><\/p>\n

On a typical day, how much time do you spend writing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

On writing days, about two hours of actual keyboard clicking but a lot of time pondering, walking around my living room, talking to my pets about plot points …<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you have a favorite character that you have written? If so, who? And what makes them so special.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ty Stag is just a perennial favorite of mine. He’s a huge teddy bear and he LOVES his June-bug.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

A reader emailed me a photo of a tattoo she got inspired by my book. That’s pretty much the pinnacle of success for an author. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

I’m @authorlaineydavis on YouTube, Insta, and FB. I’m on tiktok rarely @laineydavis.author<\/span><\/p>\n

What are your buy links? (Provide links to your Amazon\/iBook’s\/Koko\/etc Author Home Page if you have quite a few. Also include audible links if applicable.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

My books are everywhere! The best place to get situated is laineydavis.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Want tickets to Writers on the River #2024?<\/p>\n

They are available starting November 6th at Writersontheriver.com<\/a><\/p>\n

$75 VIP Plus – 11-12 Lunch with the Authors , 12-1 VIP hour, 1-4 General Admission time. You get a filled VIP bag and admission to the after party is included. *Limited Quantity expected to sell out first day*<\/p>\n

$50 VIP -12-1 VIP hour, 1-4 General Admission time. You get a filled VIP bag and admission to the after party is included. *Expected to sell out first day*<\/p>\n

$25 Early Access – 12-1 VIP house, 1-4 General Admission time. You also get a filled VIP bag but NO admission to the after party. *Expected to sell out opening day*<\/p>\n

$10 General Admission – 1-4 General Admission time. You can purchase a bag but it is not filled with VIP swag. There is no admission to the after party included.<\/p>\n

$35 After party – 7-11 After Party with food and cash bar. Dj with a photobooth is also included in the fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself. I’m Lainey Davis and I live in Pittsburgh with 3 feral sons, 2 rescued rabbits, and 1 tired husband. I’m obsessed with the steel city and set all my books here. I write steamy contemporary romance that’s hot, heartwarming, and often hilarious. I’m excited to … Continue reading #WOTR24 #attendingauthor #Authorspotlight -Lainey Davis<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29434,"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":[590],"tags":[1647],"class_list":["post-31370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writers-on-the-river-attending-author","tag-lainey-davis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Facebook-Cover.png?fit=796%2C431","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-89Y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31370","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=31370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31371,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31370\/revisions\/31371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}