{"id":29751,"date":"2022-12-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=29751"},"modified":"2022-10-16T13:06:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T18:06:12","slug":"wotr23-attendingauthor-spotlight-tarina-deaton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=29751","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR23 #attendingauthor #spotlight – Tarina Deaton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Tarina<\/p>\n

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

Tarina Deaton – retired Air Force. I live overseas. I’ve never lived in one place for more than 4 years. I have 10 year old boy\/girl twins.<\/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

The ones after<\/span><\/p>\n

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

I ask myself if I would want to read the book. Do I care about the characters? Did I make myself cry. lol<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Keep a notebook with you. I find it most stressful when I have an idea and nothing to write it in.
\nDon’t force yourself to write if you’re not in the right headspace – it will just make you more frustrated and stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

I try to write at least one chapter a day, however many words or however long it takes me.<\/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

Denise – the best friend from book one of my Combat Hearts series and the heroine in book 1.5 & 2. She’s a bad ass, but she has a soft center if you can get past the hard exterior.<\/span><\/p>\n

If any of your books were to be made into a movie, who are the celebrities that would star in it? What book and who?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oooh. For Stitched Up Heart: Jase: Chris Pine, Bree: Rachel Boston<\/span><\/p>\n

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

I got an email from a reader thanking me for addressing combat PTSD in women and how it affects women veterans just as much as men. Touching people on a personal level is more rewarding than anything else.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/authortarinadeaton<\/a>; <\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tarina-Deaton\/e\/B01K03H19Y<\/a>; <\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tarinadeaton<\/a>; <\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/authors\/tarina-deaton<\/a>; <\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tarinadeatonauthor<\/span><\/a><\/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

www.tarinadeaton.com\/books<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Want tickets to Writers on the River #2023?<\/p>\n

They are available starting November 4th at Writersontheriver.com<\/a><\/p>\n

$45 VIP sell out quickly – 12-1 VIP hour, 1-4 General Admission time. You get a filled VIP bag and admission to the after party is included.<\/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.<\/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. Tarina Deaton – retired Air Force. I live overseas. I’ve never lived in one place for more than 4 years. I have 10 year old boy\/girl twins. When you are writing a book, which is harder? The first book in the series or the others … Continue reading #WOTR23 #attendingauthor #spotlight – Tarina Deaton<\/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":[611,578],"tags":[1453],"class_list":["post-29751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-author-spotlight","category-wotr-event","tag-tarina-deaton"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Facebook-Cover.png?fit=796%2C431&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-7JR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29752,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29751\/revisions\/29752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}