Getting to Know: Carla Cassidy
The headline said ‘The Butcher of Crows Creek Strikes Again.’ Allison Clemen’s father had spent the past fifteen years in prison for butchering her mother, sister and brother. Somehow she’d survived being knocked on the head and strangled before the killer posed her in her own bed. Now the nightmare had started over in Crows Creek, Kansas. Had they convicted the wrong man and was the real killer just waiting to finish the job?
Carla Cassidy’s newest release titled – Last Gasp. It will keep you breathless with each twist and turn. If you haven’t yet read Carla’s books, I’d like to introduce you to this multi-published author. She has been kind enough to grant me this interview. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed visiting with her.
Virginia – Where are you from?
Carla – I was born in Lawrence, Kansas but spent the first twelve years of my life in the small town of Lansing, Kansas. At that time we moved to Kansas City and that’s been my home.
Virginia – How long have you been writing?
Carla – I started writing when I was in junior high school, but I didn’t get serious about a career in writing until I’d married and had children. My first book was published in 1988, so I’ve been doing this for a while.
Virginia – What do you write?
Carla – Right now I’m almost exclusively writing romantic suspense. It’s a genre I love, but I’ve also written straight romance and a couple of paranormals.
Virginia - Tell us a little about your publisher and agent.
Carla – I write for Harlequin, Silhouette and NAL and my agent is from the Curtis Brown Literary Agency. I love writing the shorter formats for Harlequin and Silhouette and then exploring longer stories for NAL.
Virginia - How many books have you published so far?
Carla – To be honest, I’m not sure of the exact number, but I think it’s just over a hundred.
Virginia – What is your writing day like?
Carla – My writing day starts about fifteen minutes after I roll out of bed. I make the coffee, then sit down at the computer. The computer stays on and I work until bedtime with breaks for the usual cleaning and cooking. My office is my cave and I’m rarely out of it for any length of time.
Virginia – Do you have anything that just came out?
Carla – On April 7th my latest release from NAL hit the stands. Last Gasp is a romantic suspense novel set in western Kansas.
Virginia – What are you working on now?
Carla- At the moment I’m working on a new book for Harlequin Intrigue entitled, Scene of the Crime: Brightwater, Texas. Next month I have a release from Harlequin Intrigue. Interrogating The Bride is the frist of a three book series.
Virginia- Do you have any words of wisdom for us unpubs?
Carla - I wish I had the magic secret for getting all writers published, but unfortunately I don’t. You need to educate yourself, attend conferences, study the markets, join a writers’ group. Probably the most important thing a writer needs to survive to get published is patience and perseverance. I know writers far talented than me who never got published because they received a couple of rejection letters and gave up. So, my advice would be if this is your dream, write, write, write!
Now go check out Last Gasp.
Carla Cassidy is the award-winning author of more than one hundred books. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with her husband. Visit her Web site at www.carlacassidybooks.com.
Finding Faith, the working title of the story I’m currently writing is coming along. I finished 10,000 words this past month of my first draft. The characters are starting to feel more real and I do look forward to spending time with them each day. With my real job as a Realtor, I find it hard to spend as much time on my book as I need to but in this real estate market, I have to be thankful for all my business and besides, who needs sleep.
Keep writing!
Virginia
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