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Hi Becca! So glad to have you at Spilling the Beans, where we can learn a little bit about you, and your book. Grab a cappuccino and let’s chat. Unless you have another favorite drink (alcoholic or otherwise)?
Hi Becca! So glad to have you at Spilling the Beans, where we can learn a little bit about you, and your book. Grab a cappuccino and let’s chat. Unless you have another favorite drink (alcoholic or otherwise)?
Oh a cinnamon caramel cappuccino would be
perfect. Thank you and thanks for having me here today. Love your site.
Why thank you! *curtsies*
Fur or feathers, petwise?
Fur – hard to snuggle up with a bird
although my husband and I rescued a golden eagle once – that was way cool.
Definitely no snuggling involved though no matter how many times my son (then a
toddler) would proclaim, “I pet that bird, Mom.
Wow, that would be
cool! But I wouldn't want to get bitten by one, lol. Any pet peeves? One thing
that really burns your biscuits?
People who don’t say thank you – who just
act as if you are there to serve them. I cannot imagine why it is difficult to
be polite.
People are too
preoccupied for politeness, I agree. What’s your guilty pleasure?
Sleeping late. I grew up on a farm and my
mom used to wake us by saying, “Get up. We’re late. It’s a quarter to five.” To
this day sleeping in feels decadent.
Lol! I bet! Favorite
quote?
There are so many. I guess Henry David
Thoreau, “If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and
endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success
unexpected in common hours.” I like the idea of going confidently in the
direction of dreams to achieve beyond the imagined.
Love that. What’s
your ideal day like?
Ideal or Usual? Ideal would be spent on a
gorgeous beach preferably Cozumel on
somewhere, with nothing to do but laze about with the hubs and eat fabulous
fresh seafood. Usual is nothing like that.
Ahhh, sounds good
to me! If you could live out any fantasy, what would you do?
Spend a month or two touring every place on
my bucket list especially Ireland,
Hawaii, and Australia.
Beethoven,
Beatles, Foo Fighters or Keith Urban (what type(s) of music makes you rock out)?
80’s Rock, Keith Urban, Kid Rock or any song
that tells a story. I am way more about the lyrics than the music itself. I
have friends who don’t get that, but it is always about the story for me.
You sound like me.
:) Does music influence your writing? Do you have a music playlist for your
book?
I don’t listen to music. It is too
distracting for me when I write. I usually have the boob tube running for
background noise but don’t watch it much. The exception to that was when I
wrote “Can’t
Stop Me” which was based on a song by the LA band Run Devil Run. I listened
to that one over and over and over as I wrote because I wanted to have the feel
just right. http://www.decadentpublishing.com/product_info.php?products_id=284&osCsid=gceda806e61h8oo6mbvb5k1q96
Which of your
characters would you most/least want to hang out with, and why?
I would hang with any of my heroes – I often
prefer the company of men as there is usually less drama – but I’d come back to
Luca and Kern from “Can’t Stop Me” if I were to choose a couple because they faced
some really tough stuff with laughter and heart; I would want to be that brave.
Least, would be Darcy’s mother (stepmother actually) from “Sweet
Temptation.” The woman was a bee-ach. http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/wildcatalog_v151/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=86&products_id=767
While creating
your books, what was one of the most surprising things you learned?
Even with my first book, I was surprised at
how little control I have over my characters. They seem to come to life with
minds and opinions of their own. I can show them the path time and again, but
if they think I am wrong, they will tell me so and go a different direction. I
had a heroine once who slept with the hero too soon and couldn’t get past it –
she hated him and disliked herself for it so she refused to move on. I had to
start over with someone less of a prude. I know that sounds more than a little
batty to people who don’t write, but other writers will understand. Right? Is
that crickets I hear? Someone please tell me I’m not insane.
Where can readers
find out more about you?
Website: http://www.authorbeccadale.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeccaDaleAuthor
Please share a
book blurb and/or excerpt.
Blurb:
Terrified of her submissive nature, Kate Hastings refuses to
give a man control of her life. Somehow, faking a wild and confident
personality scares her less than facing reality—the heated longing for
her sexy best friend and her deep-seated need for domination. Trouble is, none
of the passive men she's
dated do it for her.
Victim
to a family curse, Connor Wallace can love only one woman his entire life—Kate.
Yet, she insists on keeping him firmly in the friend zone. Determined to prove
he’s more than friend material, he sets out to fulfill her greatest fantasies,
even if it means tying her up to get her attention.
When
passion and protective instincts collide, something has to give, but will the
impact lead to broken hearts or sweet satisfaction?
Excerpt:
“Why don’t you
ask her to dance instead of standing here gawking at her?”
Connor looked
up at his cousin Gavin. “I’m not her type.”
“How do you
know?”
The three-year
ache returned with vengeance. “She’s told me. Repeatedly.”
“Maybe but Savannah thinks her
friend’s in love with you.”
Kate looked up
and smiled at him before turning to flirt with a strange guy beside her. What
had she said she wanted—tall, outgoing, and sexually adventurous? He read the last
as submissive since she didn’t date men she couldn’t manipulate. Still, all
characteristics she failed to see in him. Maybe it was time to show her the
flaws in her ideal man.
“I’ll
talk to you later, Gavin.”
“Where
ya going?”
“To fulfill
Kate’s fantasies.”
Because I have a new one coming from The
Wild Rose Press, I’ll share a bit about it. But sadly no link yet. Here is a
link to the two previous ones in the series. Sweet
Temptation http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/wildcatalog_v151/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=86&products_id=767
and Sweet
Restraint http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/wildcatalog_v151/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=88&products_id=865
Thanks for spilling
the beans today, Becca!
Thanks for allowing me to spill, Cate! It
was fun to be here with you and your readers.
