Author Spotlight: Marcia Colette

Today’s guest blogger is Marcia Colette. Marcia was born in upstate New York and holds a bachelors degree in biomedical engineering and a masters degree in information technology. She is now living in the south again, in the lovely state of North Carolina, with her mom and beautiful daughter. Marcia is a member of the Horror Writers Association, Paranormal Mystery Writers, and Romance Writers of America. The best place to find her is on her blog (marciacolette.wordpress.com) where she loves connecting with readers and other writers. Conferences/conventions where sci-fi, fantasy, and horror reign supreme are a good bet, too, along with the occasional romance conference. Welcome Marcia!!

Author Profile

Name: Marcia Colette

Porn Star Name: Whiskers Schuyler  (Wow.  That’s so not sexy.)

Website Address: www.marciacolette.com

Writing Age: Appropriately Mature and very naive.

First Published Work: HALF BREED

Current Release: STRIPPED

INSPIRATION & MUSE

If you could live in any fictional universe/world what would it be?

Dr. Who’s.  He lives in all sorts of universe’s when one just isn’t enough.

If you could have lunch with any author dead or alive whom would it be and why?

Louisa May Alcott.  I love Little Women.

If you were locked in a room for 48 hours and forced to watch one TV show the entire time, which television series would you choose?

At the moment, Royal Pains.  Ask me again next week, and it’ll probably be Sponge Bob Squarepants.

What is the most outrageous or bizarre thing you have done in the name of “research”?

I shot a 12-gauge shotgun.  NEVER again.  My shoulder was bruised for an entire week.

What is your latest release?

It’s the prequel to Half Breed, which is also an urban fantasy.  It’s about my half-werewolf heroine who’s suffering from amnesia while trying to escape a man who wants her as his prized assassin, those who want her dead, and a mate who just wants her.

What inspired you to write said story/book?

I loved writing Half Breed so much that I wanted to know how Matt and Alexa had gotten together.  STRIPPED is the result.

FAB FIVE

• Coffee or Tea? Tea
• Chocolate or Vanilla? Both
• Vampire or Werewolf? Werewolf all the way, baby.
• Meatie or Veggie? Meat monger.
• Salty or Sweet? Sweet.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST: Three words that describe you:

1. Bubbly  2. Crazy 3. Determined

At least this was what I was told recently at ConCarolinas and had no idea.  Although, the “crazy” part was fairly obvious. 

CONTEST: Marcia’s Goodies!!

Read a free excerpt of Stripped.

Matt’s wild scent came through like fresh cologne. I smelled him all the way over the railing and into the bushes where he had disappeared.

Woods enveloped my surroundings. I leaped over large boulders and rotted stumps, following his trail. Strange that I honed in on it among the woodsy scents. I could even pick out the fresh rabbit trails and deer that had left crisscross paths along the ground. When I came to a small ravine, I slid down the incline and splashed into the frigid brook at the bottom. Matt’s scent had disappeared, but I continued in a straight line anyway. There was no reason why he’d head downstream unless another animal was after him and he wanted to lose the scent. Grabbing a thick root, I climbed up the opposite side of the hill. READ MORE

Win a copy of Stripped!

Once again, a big thanks to Marcia for joining us today on Wicked Jungle. We want to keep the conversation going so this contest is going to be all about comments!  To enter, post a comment below about Marcia’s post or her excerpt. Can you relate to any of the things she mentioned? What are you looking forward to the most about the new book?

Each person who posts a comment will get one entry in the contest.

You can get an additional entries by doing the following (note these are in addition to posting a comment. You must comment first to be qualified).

Option A: Tweet about the contest on Twitter (you must include @wickedjungle for your tweet to qualify each tweet will get you an additional entry).

Option B: Become a follower of our blog (only new followers joining between the time of the contest will be counted).

Option C: Promote the contest on your blog (you must include a link below to your blog post to be counted as an official entry).

Contest Ends Tuesday at  Midnight (Eastern) !!!