May's author spotlight : Lily Paradis

May's Author spotlight:

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The Lovely Lily Paradis..

Lily Paradis Published works :

After her father’s untimely demise in a mining accident and her mother’s abandonment, Lauren Lindsay is no stranger to loss. She’s used to living life for one person: herself. That is, until another family tragedy thrusts three children into her care and uproots her life in ways she could never imagine. 

Lauren's first instinct is to run, until she meets their striking, mysterious neighbor Dean Powell. Their immediate chemistry and his connection with her late father just might be enough to keep her in town long enough to uncover pieces of her past that she never had answers to. Dean’s shady past and her reluctance to trust him could cost her the life she's always been searching for, but will she run back to her old life? 

Or will she choose to stay and live the life her father always imagined for her?

You know that feeling in the pit of your stomach that stays with you, then tears you apart slowly at first, and all at once shreds every fiber of your being? 

It’s because you’re contradicting the universe. 

Everything lines up so perfectly that you couldn’t have imagined it to work out better, but then you have to go and do everything humanly possible to ruin it because you can’t stand to have it go right? 

That’s what I did. 

I did it because there’s a darkness that surrounds me, and I think I want it there. 

My name is Tate McKenna, and my soul is blacker than my heart.

Future books to be published:

Arc Light ( Ignite #2)

Ragnarök - "Everybody wants to find love, right? That beautiful, once-in-a-lifetime love that you'd do anything for? Well, I think I found it. So what's the problem? Everybody wants to find love, right? That beautiful, once-in-a-lifetime love that you'd do anything for? Well, I think I found it. So what's the problem?  I also think I'm the last person alive on earth." -Via Goodreads

Q&A with Author:

What is the main reason you write?

I write because I love it, and because it's what I've always wanted to do with my life. I have to do other things since I currently don't make enough to have it be a full time job, but it's not about the money for me. 

So Far out of all the novels you have written published or not published which has been you favorite to write?

So far, Volition! 

What gives you the most inspiration when you write ?

I get inspiration from listening to music and feelings in my daily life. Something might happen and I'll think "Wow, I need to write this down," so that I can use it someday.

What is your favorite thing about being and author?

Meeting other writers and readers! I totally did not expect to make so many wonderful friends and connections this way, but it's surpassed any expectations I've ever had.

What are you working on now?

I'm working on re-writing a few projects that were lost when my computer crashed about two months ago. It's slow going since I'm also in graduate school, but hopefully I'll be able to re-coop it all!

What is next to be published?

I haven't quite decided yet, we'll see! :)

How did your writing style evolve?

I think it matured a lot with me. You can see a stark difference between Ignite and Volition because of how I was feeling and what stage I was at in my life. I like writing that way because it's so genuine and personal.

How do you develop your characters?

I don't consciously develop them, I kind of see them as real people that I would interact and I go from there. I use little characteristics and habits from my friends and myself that they find later on. For example, I have a serious phobia of cherries, and I gave that to Hayden in Volition. Not a lot of people know that because it's so ridiculous, but my close friends and family all had a laugh over it. I put a lot of myself in to Hayden, surprisingly. People who are very close picked up on those small nuances, and I kind of love him even more because I relate to him so well. You'd think it would be Tate, and it kind of is, but I see a lot of myself in Hayden too.

What do you do when you have a writers block?

I go for a drive and listen to music. I have playlists for each book as I'm working on them, but the radio is so important to find new songs. I honestly wish I could type and drive at the same time, because that's when I feel like scenes develop in my mind. Sometimes that doesn't even help, so I just have to wait a couple of days until my brain works it out

How do you develop your characters?

I don't consciously develop them, I kind of see them as real people that I would interact with and I go from there. I use little characteristics and habits from my friends and myself that they find later on. For example, I have a serious phobia of cherries, and I gave that to Hayden in Volition. Not a lot of people know that because it's so ridiculous, but my close friends and family all had a laugh over it. I put a lot of myself in to Hayden, surprisingly. People who are very close picked up on those small nuances, and I kind of love him even more because I relate to him so well. You'd think it would be Tate, and it kind of is, but I see a lot of myself in Hayden too. We also have the same color eyes! I imagine his are a bit brighter and bolder than mine, but someone once described my eye color as "lightsaber green" since they know about my deep, nerdy love of Star Wars. 

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About Lily Paradis (via Goodreads)-

Lily lives with her family and loves reading, running, and hiking. New York City is her favorite place in the world and fosters her borderline unhealthy obsession with the Empire State Building and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

She loves hearing from her readers and can be reached at paradis.lily@gmail.com.

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-Tee shirt, A signed copy of Volition, Book Marks.