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Interview with Fallen Angel Reviews
by Cindy
(This interview originally appeared at Fallen Angel Reviews.)

Welcome to Fallen Angel Reviews, Jaycee Clark! I would like to thank you for taking time out of your schedule to interview with us.

Thank you for having me.

Please tell us a little about yourself.

I really hate talking about myself. I do. I wonder what could I possible have to tell that would be of interest to anyone. Lol Ummm… Well, I’m a writer. :) I’ve been married for nine years to a wonderful man who puts up with my often neurotic behavior and still loves me anyway. :) We’ve got two great little boys who keep life fresh and interesting to say the least. I’ve lived in Texas most my life. I love living out in the middle of nowhere—well, most of the time. I love coffee, the smell of mountain rain while snuggling with hubby, and the sound of little giggles. I guess that’s about it.

I absolutely loved Deadly Shadows, the first book in the Deadly series. For those that have not read this book, can you tell them a little about it?

Thank you, so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it. It always shocks me when people say that. I read through that book so many times that by the time it came out I was sick of it and knew no one in their right mind would like it. Lol. Thanks, Cindy.

Deadly Shadows is a romantic suspense that takes place in a small, friendly Colorado town, nestled in the breathtaking Rockies, that cloaks a malevolence, an evil that stalks certain women.

Jesslyn Black, a writer, is content living her now-single, childless life. If she keeps to herself, she can’t get hurt. She left her Texas home and heartache behind to move to Crested Butte, Colorado. Guarded and shielded, the young widow is careful of whom she lets get close to her. Haunted by the past, Jesslyn never again wants to experience the soul shredding pain of losing a loved one.

But a murder changes that.

Aiden Kinncaid is running from his own secret loss. As the CEO of Kinncaid Enterprises, he travels to this remote Colorado resort town to oversee the opening of the new Highland Hotel. Though he’s not interested in any kind of relationship, he finds him self drawn to this temperamental, brown-eyed beauty. And her rough-edged attitude is a challenge to him.

But whether or not he sought out a relationship, he finds he wants to help Jesslyn. She begins to soften towards him as the ice around her heart thaws. As the two learn to trust and begin to reach for love, a monster creeps closer and closer — his next victim chosen — threatening to rip Jesslyn away from Aiden forever.

Deadly Ties is coming out in early July and tells the story of Gavin Kinncaid, Taylor Reese, and her adopted son, Ryan.

Are you working on anything at the moment?

I’m finishing up a short shifter story, still plugging away at my Fae, Destiny of Dawn, and starting the fourth Kinncaid story: Deadly Games

Do you have a set writing schedule?

Not really. I wish I did, but with two little boys, that’s not easy. So I find the time whenever I can. Usually, it’s the early mornings or after their bedtimes.

Describe a day in the life of Jaycee Clark.

Chaos. Lol. There’s really not a whole lot to describe. I usually see hubby off to work, check emails and get caught up on lists that I’m on, breakfast for the boys, maybe a bit of writing in before lunch, get the boys busy painting or with playdough or something. The summer is nice because they can play outside, and of course in the fall, they’re in school in the mornings so it’s a bit different then. Dinner when hubby gets home, baths, bedtime with stories, several trips to get ‘another drink, Mom’ and then when silence settles, I’ll write a bit before calling it a night. There’s also the normal laundry, dishes, cleaning up, yard work, refereeing, the lost and found game with shoes, crayons, the one marker we simply HAVE to have to finish this picture. Lol. Life with kids is never dull.

Your Deadly series are romantic suspense. Do you have plans to write other genres in the future?

Well, I’m trying my hand at paranormal and at fantasy, I’ve also finished a historical that I’m querying, but they all have suspense in them. Some things I cannot get away from, no matter how hard I try. *g* Sooner or later a villain turns up (usually by chapter three if not before).

Who or what inspires you the most?

Hmmm…that’s hard. There have been many people and are still that I admire in my life, that inspire me in some way for different reasons. The simplest answer to that would be people. People inspire me, those that have beat the odds, that never gave up, that statistically should have been this, but instead worked their butts off and became that instead. Those faced with tragedy and overcame… The person, who regardless of popular opinion, does what is right, simply because it is the right thing to do. Those types of people make me believe in more, inspire me to do more, be more, achieve more. I don’t know. Everyone has a story to tell and to me they’re all interesting and inspiring in someway. One just has to listen to hear it.

What authors do you enjoy reading?

Another hard question. My tastes run all over the boards. *g* Recently, since signing with New Concepts Publishing, I’ve discovered the love of ebooks. There are some really great authors out there, like Mandy M. Roth, Michelle Pillow, Ellen Fisher, Jaci Burton, Shiloh Walker and that’s just a few off the top of my head.

I’ve always liked Tom Clancy, and Patricia Cornwall, Kay Fraiser, Howard, Garwood, Roberts/Robb. I love the classics, Shakespeare and du Maurier, Dumas. And I read a book in college that has always stayed with me: Chinua Achebe’s: Things Fall Apart. Great book. As I said, eclectic.

Do your stories just come to you or do you plan them out?

Depends. The idea comes to me, usually in the form of a crime or villain, then I try and figure out a hero/heroine to go with the antagonist. I’ll have a very vague idea of a plot, and will sit down and pick my characters apart. If I know what they do, and why they do it, all their likes and dislikes, the plot seems to just sort of fall into place. Works for me. I’ve tried to plot out, chapter by chapter, but I’ve always deviated from that so it was a waste of time. But if I get stuck, then I’ll sketch out several ideas and where each choice would lead and see which version I like better and ‘try’ to stick to that.

Has your life changed any since you've became a published author? If so, how?

It’s busier. I don’t have as much time with the family as I used to, or it seems that way to me. We still do stuff together and they come first and foremost, but now I write to meet deadlines either of my own making or my editors and I’d be lying if I said that didn’t take away from the time I’m used to spending with them. :)

What advice would you give aspiring authors?

You mean I’m not still aspiring? And here I thought I knew what was going on. I’m so not the person of whom to ask advice. I’m a beginner here and what works for me, might not work for anyone else and it’s all a learning process. I’m still learning, but if I had to tell other aspiring authors something it would be:

Don’t ever give up. Believe in yourself and keep writing. Just keep writing. Every day. Join writing groups, join a critique group, enter contests, all with the knowledge you’ll get criticism back that is just that—critisism. You won’t like it, and just because someone who may be published or getting published or has judged for years says something, doesn’t make it right, it is only their opinion, their perspective, but you should at least try and be objective enough to learn from their words good or bad and then keep writing. And submit. Submit to agents, submit to publishers. First you have to finish the book, but if you get to scared to send it out, it will only collect dust.

Think of Dori off of Finding Nemo…(Yeah, I have kids)… Just keep writing, just keep writing, just keep writing, writing, writing… lol

Is there anything you would like to add to this interview?

Just that I want to thank you for the interview. It was almost painless. *g*. And I’d like to thank you for the wonderful review you did for Deadly Shadows and can’t wait to see what you think of Deadly Ties which should be out in early July.

Thank you, Jaycee, for interviewing with us. It was a pleasure to meet you and I look forward to reading more of your work!

If you would like to learn more about Jaycee and her books, visit her website at www.jayceeclark.com

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