~ You’ve Got to Love It ~

Multi-published romance author Amber Daulton talks today about her love of writing romance and how to get started as a writer.

Welcome, Amber…

When did you first start writing and when did you finish your first book?

I read my first romance book, True Blue by Ingrid Weaver, when I was 12. After reading it, I decided I wanted to write my own stories about two people finding adventure and falling in love. And so I did. I finished my first novel within six months, and I’ve revised that book several times over the years (it’s currently not published).

I’ve been writing professionally since I was 26. Arresting Mason is my tenth publication, but I have about ten more manuscripts on my computer waiting to see publication.

Do you ever experience writer’s block?

Sometimes, but luckily, not often. When I cannot concentrate or when everything I’m writing sounds wrong, I take time off to read in the genre I’m trying to write in. If I’m writing a romantic suspense, for example, I have to read RS books and nothing else. Usually, after a few weeks, my creative muse starts flowing, and I can finally get back to work!

What other genres of novel would you love to write?

Well, I write in a variety of romantic sub-genres, including: historical, time travel, romantic-suspense, contemporary western, contemporary romance, erotic romance, and New Adult. My books range between sweet (no sex, sex behind closed doors, or mild petting) to spicy (explicit scenes with dirty language). However, I haven’t written any Sci-Fi romances, and that’s one of my fav sub-genres to read. I’m not interested in writing in any genre that’s not romance-based, but I don’t mind reading non-romance books on occasion.

Have you written a book you love that you have not been able to get published?

I have a few novels that I’ve tried to get published with no luck (one is especially near and dear to my heart—the very first novel I’ve written), but I understand why they were rejected. The manuscripts need a major edit to better conform to the publishing industry guideline styles, so hopefully, in time, they will hit the bookstands, both in cyberspace and in brick-and-mortar stores.

What project are you working on now or what book will be next?

The second installment of the Arresting Onyx series should be sometime in 2019. Arresting Jeremiah follows Jim Borden, the hard-nosed parole officer from the first book, and his obsession Calista Barlow as they stick their noses where they don’t belong and fall deep into the trouble with the criminal organization known as Onyx. The sexy, dirty-talking contemporary romance series will span five books with a standalone HEA for each rough-and-tumble hero and their spunky heroines.

Will you have a new book coming out soon? Do you know the release date?

My publisher, The Wild Rose Press, will be releasing a new multi-author series called the Deerbourne Inn later this year. Several authors have already agreed to write a novella for this series, and my addition, Lyrical Embrace, should be available sometime in the spring or summer of 2019.

Do you have any advice to give to aspiring writers?

Writing is the easy part and it’s only half of the work. Handling rejections and bad reviews with finesse is a must, taking care of marketing and publicity demands is a handful but a requirement, and writing your next book while dealing with everything else is cause to bring out the vodka. But ‘tis the life of an author. You gotta love it, and I do with all my heart.

Make friends with other authors and readers via social media. Don’t be shy. Start a blog even if you aren’t published yet, so you can join blog tours. A tour is a great way to get a free ebook as long as you write a review and post it on your blog. The author’s readers will then come to your blog to read the review. They’ll know YOUR name, and that’s what you want—to get your name out there.

Just keep trying. I know it sounds cliché, but there’s nothing else to do. If you don’t try, you won’t succeed. Period. Keep your hopes up, take rejection letters in stride, and if a publisher or editor gives you feedback on why he/she rejected your work, listen to their feedback. They know what they’re talking about.

Arresting Mason by Amber Daulton

Their chance encounter resulted in a steamy affair, but will his former gang and a parole officer tear them apart?

Once you’re in a prison gang, you’re in it for life. That’s what Mason Harding thought until the boss accepted his resignation. After the State releases him on parole, a sexy divorcée behind the wheel of a car almost ends his life quicker than a shank. His chance encounter with Mia Eddison results in a night of passion, but her brother—his parole officer—catches them together and doesn’t approve.

Mia falls hard for the cocky ex-con, but not because of his chiseled body. She vows to break through his walls and discover his secrets, but never expects those secrets to threaten her life.

When members of an organized crime ring kidnap Mia to force Mason’s return to the gang, he goes up against an old friend to save the woman he loves. Will his sacrifice be enough or will everything fall apart in a blaze of gunfire?

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More about Amber Daulton

“Writing is the fruit of happiness.”

Amber Daulton lives her life by that one belief even though she normally isn’t so Zen.

As a fan of contemporary, paranormal, and historical romance novels alike, she can’t get enough of feisty heroines and alpha heroes. Her mind is a wonderland of adventure, laughter, and awesome ways of kicking a guy when he’s down. She probably wouldn’t be too sane without her computer and notebooks. After all, what’s a girl to do when people are jabbering away in her head and it’s hard to shut them up? Write! Nothing else works.

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