Interview with author Jessica Scott + a giveaway!

Please welcome Jessica Scott to the blog!  Jessica had a new release come out recently.  Until There Was You was released from Loveswept on Oct. 8th.  It’s the second book in the Coming Home series and it’s not to be missed!  


Today I’m asking Jessica a few questions that inquiring minds want to know…ok I wanted to know but I figured you’d like to know the answers as well!


* I’m amazed that you have a military career, children and a husband (and lots of other stuff going on, I’m sure) and still find time to put a great story together. When do you find time to write?

I’m a chronic insomniac. Plus I don’t typically watch a lot of TV so when you add not sleeping plus no TV, you end up with a lot of time on your hands.

* When you DO find time is it a “omg I have to get this done so I can get back to ____” moment? Or is it a more soothing time for you?

I get a great sense of accomplishment from getting things done and for me, that soothing moment is writing the end on a book I’ve enjoyed writing. Writing, spending time with my characters, that’s my me time, you know?

* When I met you at RWA you mentioned that Suzanne Brockmann’s Troubleshooter series spurred you to write your own book. What exactly was the impetus and are there any other authors that inspired you?

I remember reading Sam and Alyssa’s book back in OCS and thinking wow, I really want to write a story like that. I mean, people were raving about it when it finally came out. For me, my Troubleshooters book was Cosmo’s book. He’s stuck with me for years since I first read it and ultimately, I want to write the kind of book that sticks with people, you know?

* Do you already know how many books will be in the Coming Home series or are you playing it by ear?

I have no plan, lol! The series will go where it takes me. I’m currently working on the third book in my contract, which is Laura & Trent’s story Back to You and I’ve already started work on my 4th Coming Home novel which will feature Reza’s story (you meet him in UNTIL THERE WAS YOU and he is, to put it gently, a hot mess). After that, there are a ton of other ideas bouncing around my head. We shall see where they take me!

I first started writing this series way back in 2007 when I was away from my family for the first time. The series has molded and grown and changed but the characters of Evan & Claire are still the same characters that I first started writing when they were originally the 3rd book I ever wrote. They’ve grown a lot, as I have as a writer, but they’ve stuck with me. Laura & Trent are the same way. So these characters in the Coming Home series have gone through a lot to get their time on the page, if that makes sense?

It makes perfect sense and I can’t wait to read more in this series.  Great information, Jessica, thank you!  Also, thanks for taking the time to visit today!

Giveaway: Jessica is offering up a copy of Until There Was You to one lucky winner.  Go ahead and leave a comment on this blog no later than 7:00pm on 10/26/12 to enter to win.

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