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Guest author: Jennifer Johnson

boxset2In honor of a great boxed set releasing this week, my first 8 authors featured for 2014 are the ones who have written about Unforgettable Heroes. You are going to love them!

Please meet author Jennifer Johnson in this Q&A!

1.Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice or Mr. Knightly from Emma?

Who? Haha. Just kidding. I’m not big into Jane Austen. I like my historical men more crazy like Percival Blackney in The Scarlet Pimpernel. Ooo, there’s a man. Brave, intelligent, and willing to risk his life for his beliefs, and he absolutely adored his wife, but he never compromised his ideals.

 2. Ranger or Morelli from Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series?

Ranger.

 3. Favorite book you WISH you had written?

The Princess Bride. And I’m talking about the whole book. William Goldman is so brilliant that I still don’t know whether there is an S. Morgenstern, of this this, too, is part of Goldman’s story.

 4. Favorite movie you would star in…if you were a movie star?

Oh, dang it. That’s a hard one. I asked this on my Facebook, and my writing buddy John suggested I’d be a good lead as Sally in When Harry met Sally. Yeah. I can see myself in that role. I’m claiming Robert Downy, Jr. as Harry though.

 5. Favorite escape: (i.e., wine, travel, book)?

Hole me up in a tiny cabin in the woods. Fireplace is not optional.

 6. What is your favorite kind of cake? (I must ask…I’m a cake aficionado!)

Cheesecake!!!!!

 7. What is your creative outlet (aside from writing).

Other than the writing, I’m sort of a Jill of all trades, but mistress of none. I love to prepare certain foods such as broccoli salad, black-eyed pea salsa, and certain kinds of easy to make cookies. Mainly I cook out of necessity but I’m pretty good at it. I can play a little of the piano and banjo. I can knit a scarf—my present one I began over ten years ago. This is because I knit a few rows then get distracted by something else. Then I find the yarn and needles in the unfinished scarf and knit some more until I get distracted again. I fear the yarn will dry rot before I’m done.

 hero-28. Tell me about your next book release. For example: Genre, blurb, what inspired you to write it?

I’m quite excited about our Unforgettable Heroes collection from Turquoise Morning Press. My book is Holding Out for a Hero. What inspired me to write it? Hmm. Well, I guess I really like a hero who is a diamond in the rough. Scott is definitely that guy.

 Here’s the blurb:

Abigail Benton is a bum magnet, according to her dad, so when she becomes attracted to Eli, a homeless man at the community center where she works, Abigail wonders if what her dad says is true. But when Eli saves her life, Abigail decides she is going to return the favor and save his life by turning it around. Trouble is, Eli isn’t on board with her plan to find him a home and turn him into something he’s not. Or maybe Abigail’s plan to save him is bigger than they both realize.

 9. Who would play your leading man if your next book gets picked up by Hollywood?

If this book is made into a movie, I need a brooding actor, someone who is hot and tragic at the same time. Anybody got suggestions?

 10. Best advice you’ve gotten as a writer?

Show the reader. Don’t tell the reader.

 

How can readers connect with you?

I’m on Facebook often. Find me at booksbyjenniferjohnson. I also have a webpage—booksbyjenniferjohnson.com. Twitter is Jennifer Johnson@BooksbyJennifer. Do you see a pattern here?