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<\/a><\/p>\nSo if after this amazing interview you are thinking about checking her out, don’t wait!! \u00a0Grab Bullet for FREE on Amazon right now and you too can be a fan girl like I am.<\/p>\n
Bullet Amazon US<\/a><\/p>\n Not a fan of rockers? \u00a0Then grab her Nicki Sosebee series and get started. \u00a0Book 11 releases tomorrow!! \u00a0Nicki is one sassy and feisty chick who you will totally wish was your real life Bestie!! \u00a0Book one is 99c!!<\/p>\n Got the Life Amazon US<\/a><\/p>\n Tell us a little something about yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n I was born and raised in Colorado and still call it home. I\u2019ve been married to the same man forever and we have four lovely children. I\u2019m probably overeducated (a bachelor\u2019s degree with a double major, a master\u2019s degree, and a master of fine arts), because I pursued higher education so that I could teach college\u2026and now I only teach on occasion. I do have a day job that I hope to one day kiss goodbye thanks to writing. I got a taste of how that could happen with Bullet<\/em> and I hope to enjoy it again!<\/p>\n How would you describe your books?<\/strong><\/p>\n I strive for realism more than anything else. If I someday write a book about an alien, I hope people read it and think, \u201cWow. This feels so real.\u201d For me, as a reader, to get lost in a fictional world, it has to feel real to me, and so that is what I shoot for when I write. Are my books real? No. But do they feel real? I sure hope so.<\/p>\n Is it hard to come up with new ideas for books?<\/strong><\/p>\n No. You would think so, but it\u2019s not. What\u2019s hard is keeping up with all the ideas in my head! Right now, I have close to forty story ideas, and I don\u2019t have a clue how or when I\u2019ll ever get to them. So I pretty much have to go with whatever story is tugging my virtual sleeve and follow it wherever it goes.<\/p>\n What responses to your writing have affected you the most and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n Even though I wish it wasn\u2019t true, it\u2019s the extreme responses, both good and bad, that affect me most. The gushing reviews where someone loved the book\u2014those are awesome, land me on cloud nine, and reward me hugely for doing what I love most. The other extreme, though\u2014really nasty, mean reviews, one where the reader acts like I personally set out to ruin her life by writing a novel\u2014affect me negatively. I used to read all my reviews, feeling like I could learn something from each one, but the one-star reviews are not worth it. If, by the first sentence, I can tell it\u2019s mean and nasty, I stop reading. I don\u2019t need that kind of negativity in my life. The reviewer is welcome to her opinion, but that doesn\u2019t mean I have to read it.<\/p>\n How long does it take you to complete a finished book?<\/strong><\/p>\n Depending upon the length, of course, the first draft takes me between one and two months. Also, some books are easier than others and just flow, and those get written more quickly. Some are like pulling teeth to get out of my head and onto the page!<\/p>\n Who are authors who have inspired you?<\/strong><\/p>\n The list could go on and on and on, but there are two huge inspirations. Don\u2019t get me wrong\u2014there are dozens of authors, living and long gone, whose stories I love and whose words have changed my life in some way, but there are two authors who have inspired me more than any other.<\/p>\n First, there is Stephen King, and I\u2019m sure he figures highly on a lot of writers\u2019 lists. Not only is the man by far the most prolific and probably most published author on the planet\u2014with no end in sight, mind you\u2014but, in my opinion (as both a writer and a writing teacher), he has written one of the best, most practical guides to creative writing that\u2019s out there. I have used tips from On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft<\/em> not only in creative writing classes I\u2019ve taught, but I\u2019ve also recommended it time and time again to writers, both already published and aspiring. The first time I read it, I thought, \u201cWow. That\u2019s how I write. I\u2019m not a freak!\u201d Yes, there are lots of solid books on writing out there, but what makes King\u2019s stand above the others is it\u2019s not<\/em> a textbook. The first half of the book is very much personal memoir, a good reason for any of his faithful readers to pick it up, but the second part, where he gets into the nitty gritty, is a simple \u201cguide\u201d to writing. What I like about it is that he doesn\u2019t pull punches and he doesn\u2019t get on a high horse to talk academia. He\u2019s in the trenches telling the troops how to survive. I find myself going back to that book time and time again. It\u2019s that<\/em> good. More than that, though, I love much of his fiction. Misery<\/em> is and always will be one of my favorite books.<\/p>\n My other inspiration is Toni Morrison. The woman can weave a story like few can, and every time I reread one of her books, I\u2019m blown away. She can paint a picture with words so much that her prose is like poetry. Her stories also cut to the core, and many have touched me deeply, have moved me so much that they have forever altered my way of thinking. Books like Beloved<\/em>, The Bluest Eye<\/em>, Paradise<\/em>\u2014I cannot fathom how anyone could read those books and set them aside, not having changed emotionally. Morrison\u2019s fiction forces you to think about who you are and what you believe, what you value, what you hold dear. Any author able to move me on that level, not just emotionally but intellectually, will have me as a faithful reader for life. She is incredible in a way that few authors are. And don\u2019t get me wrong\u2014hundreds of authors have my respect\u2014but Morrison is at the top for me.<\/p>\n Who or what has been your biggest literary influence?<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s tough. I\u2019d probably have to say writing instructors, both creative writing profs and<\/em> academic writing teachers. They were the ones who taught me technique and then I taught myself how to bend the rules. They were the ones who gave me continual feedback and knew me as a writer and as a person. They influenced my growth every step of the way.<\/p>\n As far as authors who have inspired me, I don\u2019t know that I can say I have someone who has specifically influenced me, because I feel that everything I read influences me (whether it\u2019s something I loved or disliked). That reason alone is why Stephen King recommends that writers read widely (in his book On Writing<\/em>). I suppose you could say that book, and thus King himself, has also been influential. What I love about that book is that King validated for me the way I was already writing. It was nice knowing a published, well-loved author wrote the way I did. It made me feel like I was \u201cdoing it right\u201d\u2014although nowadays I don\u2019t feel like there\u2019s a right or wrong way: if a person is writing and getting the words down, that\u2019s the right way for him or her.<\/p>\n What can you tell readers about your early writing days?<\/strong><\/p>\n Let me first say that I have always<\/em> been a writer\u2014even before middle school. Writing has always been something important to me, published or not. But, as an adult, I set my eye toward publication.\u00a0 When my children were young, I would go through periods of trying to become traditionally published.\u00a0 I\u2019d had success (under another name) with poetry, short stories, academic writing, and journalism, but being published as a novelist continued to elude me.\u00a0 I would throw the feelers out there (query letters with synopses) every once in a while when I would finish writing and revising a book to my satisfaction.\u00a0 I got a lot of nice rejections.\u00a0 Then life would take over and the need to be published would go on the back burner.\u00a0 I never stopped writing, though, because it\u2019s a compulsion. I would feel the burning desire to write and I\u2019d get something done and start sending out queries again\u2026and receiving rejections along with them.\u00a0 Some were form rejections, but many were personal, and one I remember in particular said I had a strong writing voice and a great story, but it wasn\u2019t\u00a0quite\u00a0what they were looking for.\u00a0 I felt like, in the writing world, I was always the bridesmaid and never the bride.\u00a0 But I couldn\u2019t and didn\u2019t stop writing.\u00a0 I just stopped writing query letters. Then, in late 2012, a very close friend of mine (Stacy Gail, an author with Samhain and Carina Press who now also has a few indie publications under her belt) landed a publishing contract.\u00a0 If you think\u00a0I\u00a0write a lot, you should meet Stacy.\u00a0 She puts me to shame.\u00a0 She and I were chatting as we often do, and I felt the burning desire to submit to a publisher again.\u00a0 I was working on my most current compulsion (Tangled Web<\/em>) and had no intention of doing anything with it; I just had to get it out of my head and onto paper.\u00a0 Talking to Stacy, though, I got the itch again.\u00a0 Sure, I\u00a0had\u00a0to write; it was in my blood, after all, but writers also want to be\u00a0read.\u00a0 I could have gone my whole life with all those manuscripts in my trunk, but I wanted more.\u00a0 By early spring, I had my manuscript with beta readers and I was drafting another query letter (ugh! I seriously hate those damned things!).\u00a0 Then Stacy mentioned a successful woman by the name of Amanda Hocking (perhaps you\u2019ve heard of her?), and the rest is history.\u00a0 After doing some research, I published\u00a0Tangled Web<\/em>\u00a0on Amazon for the Kindle in April of 2011\u2026and the rest, as they say,\u00a0is history.<\/p>\n What draws you to write romance?<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t just<\/em> write romance, although it is<\/em> the main genre I write. I write romance for a lot of reasons, but the biggest\u2014I think\u2014is that I find romance to be full of hope. Romance focuses on two characters on a journey. They are falling in love but have hurdles along the way that they have to find a way to overcome. Most romance involves other elements\u2014for example, I write a lot of rock star romance novels, and very often there is another plot, such as a band member overcoming drug addiction or following a band\u2019s rise to the top\u2014but the main story revolves around two characters finding a way to overcome their differences so that they can spend the rest of their lives together. In spite of the fact that I consider myself post-feminist and that I \u201cdon\u2019t need a man,\u201d my heart swells when I read a story of love realized. I can\u2019t help it!<\/p>\n How much research do you do for your books?<\/strong><\/p>\n When I was working on my first graduate degree, one of my first professors told me I was a \u201cscholar and a researcher.\u201d I can\u2019t tell you how proud that made me, because I work hard when I write. Sure, there\u2019s a huge difference between an academic paper and a work of fiction, but the work in putting them together is sometimes similar\u2026at least, in my case.<\/p>\n I was recently asked by one of my blogger friends if I\u2019d researched something I\u2019d talked about in the book of mine she\u2019d just read. My answer was \u201cAbsolutely!\u201d I research a lot when I\u2019m writing. Sometimes, my research is minimal (like looking up the way a company spells its name to make sure I\u2019ve got it right in my book), but other times, I have to do a lot of digging, especially if I\u2019m dealing with something I\u2019m not as familiar with.<\/p>\n Let me be clear: research is important<\/em>.<\/p>\n It might be more important to me than to other authors, because authenticity means a lot to me. If something feels fake, you\u2019ve lost me (as a reader or a viewer). I have to be absorbed by the story, and it\u2019s only possible if I can believe (or suspend my disbelief)\u2014I must believe the scenario is likely\u2014and that\u2019s why I feel like research is necessary.<\/p>\n My husband and I watched a movie a few years back, one he\u2019d been looking forward to for a long time. It was quickly ruined by its lack of credibility, at least, in our case. Part of the story was set in Gunnison, Colorado\u2014the place where he and I met and lived years and years ago. We were able to \u201clet go of\u201d the fact that the setting in the movie didn\u2019t look<\/em> like Gunnison. We understand that filming can\u2019t always take place in the exact right location. But then, when the movie had Gunnison and Colorado Springs half an hour apart, they completely lost us. Maybe they appear to be that close on a map, but the two are a good three hours apart, and you have the Continental Divide separating the two to boot! That lack of knowledge\u2014which could have been corrected with a minimal amount of research (Google Maps, for heaven\u2019s sake!)\u2014ruined the story for me, and there was no getting me back.<\/p>\n Research can be done in a number of ways. Sometimes I ask readers questions (I did for Feverish<\/em> and Savage<\/em> and even Bullet<\/em>\u2014and I acknowledge those answers in the back of the book, because asking questions of people who know often gives better information than looking something up online), but a lot of times I do conduct research online.<\/p>\n I prefer to do what Stephen King advocates\u2014that is, writing what I know\u2014but that\u2019s not always possible. When it\u2019s not, I research. So, to answer the question, I research as much as I need to, and the amount of research varies from book to book.<\/p>\n Where do your ideas come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n My best ideas come to me in two places: when I\u2019m driving long distances, listening to music and letting my mind wander, and in the shower when I\u2019m thinking about a book (sometimes one I\u2019m currently working on or sometimes one I plan to write in the future). Both places are equally difficult to have these ideas, because there\u2019s no paper and pen immediately handy! I sometimes have cool ideas as I\u2019m waking up in the morning, but that happens less often.<\/p>\n Do you ever get ideas at random moments? How do you hang on to them?<\/strong><\/p>\n A\u00a0lot, unfortunately. If I\u2019m somewhere inconvenient, like in the shower, I just keep repeating it over and over in my mind until I can write it down. If I\u2019m driving, I turn on the video on my phone camera and speak what\u2019s in my head until I can get home and transcribe it.<\/p>\n Website: www.jadecjamison.com<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Newsletter: http:\/\/eepurl.com\/TOMCH<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JadeCJamison<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/JadeCJamison<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Amazon: http:\/\/amazon.com\/author\/jadecjamison<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Goodreads: http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/4876604.Jade_C_Jamison<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Pinterest: http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/jadecjamison\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Google+: https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+JadeCJamison\/posts\/9aUE8LAV6DF<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Booktropolous: https:\/\/booktropoloussocial.com\/index.php?do=\/jadecjamison\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Instagram: http:\/\/instagram.com\/jadecjamison<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Tumblr: https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/blog\/jadecjamison<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Ello: https:\/\/ello.co\/jadecjamison<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n My Street Team on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JadeCJamisonStreetTeam<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n My Street Team on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/JCJStreetTeam<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Street Team Facebook group (Jade\u2019s Bullet Babes): https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1474831589425990\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Standalone titles<\/strong><\/p>\n Savage <\/em>(2015) SERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n TANGLED WEB SERIES<\/p>\n 1 Tangled Web: A Steamy Heavy Metal Novella <\/em>(2011) BULLET SERIES<\/p>\n 1 Bullet: An Epic Rock Star Novel <\/em>(2013) FEVERISH SERIES<\/p>\n 1 Feverish<\/em> (2013) NICKI SOSEBEE SERIES<\/p>\n 1 Got the Life <\/em>(2011) CODIE SNOW SERIES<\/p>\n 1 Fool Me Once <\/em>(2016)<\/p>\n WISHES SERIES<\/p>\n 1 Be Careful What You Wish For<\/em> (2014)<\/p>\n VAGABONDS TRILOGY<\/p>\n 1 On the Run<\/em> (2015) Nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n Indie Writer Companion<\/em> (2015)<\/p>\n Collections<\/strong><\/p>\n Nicki Sosebee Foursome 1 <\/em>(2011) Collaborations\/Anthologies<\/strong><\/p>\n Pink Shades of Words: Walk 2014 Hey Twinsie Angie here and I am creating a new blog post where we get to know some of our favorite Twinsie authors. \u00a0So for my first author, I am introducing my friend and one of my top pick authors , Jade C. Jamison. \u00a0 I met Jade when her break out novel and series … Continue reading #Interview #TwinsieFavoriteAuthor #GetToKnowAnAuthor – Jade C. Jamison<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSubstitute Boyfriend<\/em> (2014)
\nFinger Bang <\/em>(2014)
\nQuickies: Sexy Short Stories and Other Stuff <\/em>(2013)
\nOld House<\/em> (2012)
\nThen Kiss Me <\/em>(2012)
\nMADversary<\/em> (2012)
\nLaid Bare <\/em>(2011)
\nFabric of Night <\/em>(2011)
\nStating His Case <\/em>(2011)<\/p>\n
\n2 Everything But <\/em>(2012)
\nPunctured, Bruised, and Barely Tattooed (companion novel) <\/em>(2014)
\n3 Seal All Exits <\/em>(2014)<\/p>\n
\n2 Rock Bottom<\/em> (2013)
\n3 Feverish<\/em> (2013)
\n4 Fully Automatic<\/em> (2014)
\n4.5 Christmas Stalkings <\/em>(2014)
\n5 Slash and Burn <\/em>(2015)
\n6 Locked and Loaded <\/em>(2016)<\/p>\n
\n1.5 Boiling Point<\/em> (2015)<\/p>\n
\n2 Dead\u00a0<\/em>(2011)
\n3 No Place to Hide <\/em>(2011)
\n4 Right Now<\/em> (2011)
\n5 One More Time<\/em> (2011)
\n6 Lost <\/em>(2012)
\n7 Innocent Bystander<\/em> (2012)
\n8 Blind<\/em> (2012)
\n9 Fake<\/em> (2014)
\n10 Lies <\/em>(2016)<\/p>\n
\n2 On the Road<\/em> (2015)
\n3 On the Rocks<\/em> (2015)<\/p>\n
\nNicki Sosebee Foursome 2 <\/em>(2014)
\nTangled Web Series Box Set 1 <\/em>(2016)
\nBullet:\u00a0 The Complete Series<\/em> (2016)
\nThe Vagabonds Trilogy:\u00a0 The Complete Series<\/em> (2016)<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Hot Summer Nights Anthology<\/em> (2014)
\nInked<\/em> (2014)
\nMistletoe & Kisses<\/em> (2014)
\nPink Shades of Words: Walk 2015
\n<\/em>Featured in Who to Read After Fifty Shades of Grey<\/em> (2015)
\nWhat to Read after Fifty Shades of Grey: Coming of Age (WTRAFSOG Themes Book 8)<\/em> (2015)
\nPink Shades of Words: Walk 2016<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"