Today I’m delighted to welcome author Erin Bevan to Work In Progress Wednesday.
MJ: Erin, June 3 is National Repeat Day. What life experience would you like to repeat?
EB: Oh, that’s a tough one. Well, I will say labor is out. I’ve repeated that three times, and I’m good there. I don’t feel the need to experience that again. My wedding day may be a fun one. I think I would tell myself to relax and not worry so much. Or my honeymoon because I really need a vacation!
MJ: If you didn’t write, what would be your creative outlet?
EB: Umm. . . is shopping considered creative?
MJ: LOL! Other than writing, what would be your dream job and why?
EB: Trophy wife? Haha! No seriously, I’ve always thought working in a flower shop might be kind of fun. But dream job, I don’t really have one. Unless, you want to take that Trophy Wife thing seriously. Just sayin’!
MJ: Okay, you’re cracking me up here. Describe your ideal/dream writing space.
EB: Eww!! Something out of a Pottery Barn Magazine. Soft colors–pale blues and creams with punches of color here and there. Very organized and not a space I share with my giant smelly dog or my husband’s engineering books and guitars!! Maybe a large window overlooking beautiful foliage, not the current dead bushes adorning my back yard at the moment! Or a beach. Gazing at a beach everyday would be nice 🙂
MJ: What do you love most about your WIP hero?
EB: He’s real. He’s a guy’s guy. He’s hurt and broken but sucks up his sadness and goes on with his life for his kids. He’s got that little bit of cockiness that is just plain sexy.
MJ: What do you least like about your WIP heroine?
EB: Least? Hmmm, that’s hard to say. I really like her, too. She’s funny and cute. If I had to pick something, it would be her eagerness to rely on a man, even when she tries not to.
MJ: What genre is your current WIP?
EB: Contemporary.
MJ: How did you come up with your hero and heroine’s names?
EB: So, everyone has there own formula for coming up with names. Honestly, I just think of people in my past or my family members and use their names. I don’t get too scientific with it.
MJ: How did you choose the setting for your current WIP?
EB: Well, I wanted it to be in the South and hot. I also needed the town to be close to railroad tracks for the plot of the story. South, hot, and railroad tracks doesn’t really narrow it down too much since many towns in the south are hot and have railroad tracks, so I just made up a name for a town and based it outside of Atlanta, Georgia. That felt right and from what I have researched I believe the location will fit well with the story line. I hope anyway! I hope I didn’t royally mess up.
MJ: Please share the first five to ten sentences of your current work in progress.
EB: The working title is The Night Train
Prologue
I have to hide the pages of this journal in a place Papa will never think to look. For if he sees this, then I know he will kill me.
-M
Chapter 1
Everything was turning out to be perfect. Just perfect. There wasn’t one detail Lesley had forgotten. There was only one problem. The guest of honor was running late. Really late.
MJ: Great hook! And I understand you have a new release available . . . today!
EB: Yes, I have two books out now–The Ranch Hand and my latest release, Cupid’s Angels, which came out today.
MJ: Great cover! How can readers keep up with you?
MJ: Thanks for stopping by and best of luck with your new release!
