Interview Linda L. Lattimer

by

Maria Desrosiers

1) What inspired you to write Trio Of Discontent? Did you take it from an experience in real life?

Actually I thought of it after some travels I took out west and saw the difference in the landscape of Arizona and Nevada. Not to mention, I did have a friend, well, at the time, we thought was a good friend that more or less was a backstabber. Somehow the story started unfolding in my head and bingo it was on paper.

2) What are your favorite genres to read and or write in? How long have you been writing?

I think mystery first, then contemporary romance. Actually it varies with each day when the inspiration strikes. I can’t recall when I first starting writing. I know it was young. I enjoyed reading immensely and wanted to be a writer. When it was time for book reports, the teacher always called on me because she knew of the whole class I didn’t mind reading or composing a review on the book. I started composing different stories and kept them in a box for fear others would ask what I was doing. For some reason sewing, to some, seemed more meaningful than writing, but I didn’t have any desire to sew. And even today I really don’t have any desire. I tried to instill to my daughters to do what they feel comfortable with, not what I want them to do, if that makes sense. It seems each English teacher that I encountered, even in College, told me that they loved my stories that I had to turn in for some project and that I should think seriously about being a writer. I started sending stories off in 92 then things took a turn in our home life and I had to cease until 2002 when I decided to give it a go again. But if I had to do it over, I would have continued to pursue in 92 and found a way to work through the health obstacles that were in our life at the time.

3) When researching the setting of your stories, do you visit these places? Or have the settings been taken from places you've been to?

Sometimes I visit them and get the feel of the landscape almost placing the characters into the backdrop. Other times it is places that I have traveled in my life. This one was fresh in my mind after staying out at the Grand Canyon for eight months, and parts of Utah. I was able to visit Nevada, as well.

4) What is your favorite scene in your upcoming book, Trio Of Discontent? Or do you have one?

I think when Monique, Vincent and Colby are at the restaurant eating and Colby has unlocked some secrets as Monique goes through some transformation in her life. I like picturing the intense scene with Colby and Vincent over events.

5) What inspired the characters? Do you base them on real people you've met?

Most of my characters sometime stem from people I have encountered off and on in my life. It could be from people I have become acquainted in my travels, like with Vincent in this story, was someone we had met and indeed had a form of depression, along with Colby. Monique was a young girl that worked at one of the lodgings that we met that fit perfect for this role.

6) Do you have a favorite story that you've written? If so why is that one your favorite?

I think Skeletons Too Close To Home, my last one with Wings pops into my mind. My daughter keeps saying come on mother, write a second part to it, she bugs me every week about it and I have an outline but haven’t put it on paper. The characters in that book continue to stick in my head, especially when I think about the character of Charlie.

7) Do you have a website?

Yes, I have four places you can check my stuff.

http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/OurAuthors/LindaLLattimer/Home.html

http://coffeetimeromance.com/Boards/index.php

http://hometown.aol.com/lyndallattimer/myhomepage/writing.html

http://romanceatheart.com/bookshelf/lindalattimer.html

8) What made you decide to publish with Wings ePress?

A good friend sent me some e-book publisher sites and I searched the net and they sounded like a great place and I had read some of their books and just went with them. Lorraine has been incredible and a great angel.

9) What are some of your favorite Wings ePress Authors and books?

Wow Maria, I think all of them. Every book by Wings that I have read are just great! It is really hard to choose just one, you know? I love the mysteries at Wings, the romance, the young adult, I think I love them all, and again it is hard to choose the favorite.

10) Where is your favorite place to write? Are you neat and organized or chaotic?

I would have to say in a room looking out the window at the birds that fly around the nearby tree, while I listen to the Food Channel or old movies in the background as I compose. Other times I like sitting out at a lake and listening to the sounds as I’m writing. Sometimes I am neat but other times, it could use a good dusting and organizing.

11) Do you have another book in progress and what's it about?

Yes, A Man for Mom with Wings, and One Lane Bridge that my daughter and I did together. A Man for Mom comes out in September and One Lane Bridge in January.

A Man For Mom, a Paranormal Encore L’Amour Romance When a widow remarries after ten years, she finds it hard to get rid of the ghost of her late husband and the painful memories.

One Lane Bridge, a mystery from Wings ePress--January 2007

When a New York couple transfers to Utah, neither expects one is carrying a secret and a psychopathic killer is on their trail.