Featured Interview With Tawdra Kandle
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was an Army brat, born during the Vietnam War, so although I was born in South Jersey, I was raised all over the country, including Kentucky, California, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Apparently I liked the Army life enough that I also married into it. In our thirty years of marriage, we’ve lived in Virginia, Hawaii, Wisconsin, New Jersey–and now we’re in central Florida. We have four children via birth, one via marriage (our son-in-law), two spoiled dogs and (gulp) five cats.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I don’t remember not being able to read, and books were always my constant companions. My parents never curtailed my reading time or told me what I couldn’t read, so I usually was lugging around a book that was somewhat beyond my age at the time: I read Gone With the Wind when I was nine, and I loved non-fiction as well. I wrote my first ‘book’ at age 13 and submitted it to Harper and Row–I still have the rejection card. My first short story was published in A Child’s World magazine when I was fourteen.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I have so many favorite authors! Anne Rice, Nora Roberts, Diana Gabaldon, of course . . . Kristen Callihan, Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy, Melanie Harlow, Ginger Scott . . . I’m an eclectic reader, and I seldom stick to genres, though I am a complete sucker for romance, particularly sports romance. I also love literary fiction and family sagas. So many authors inspire me! I’m blessed that now I can often chat with my favorite authors, and I always have to pinch myself when I do, marveling at how wonderful this is.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book, AGE OF AQUARIUS, releases on April 7th, which happens to be my 50th birthday. It’s also my 50th release, so that’s pretty cool! This is a book that’s been long-planned. All of my paranormal romances exist in one world, with crossover characters and storylines, and they’ve all been building to this book: an apocalyptic paranormal romance that includes nearly all of my previous characters in one enormous story. It flashes back to the Summer of Love, fifty years ago, and a plan hatched back then to bring peace to the world in a very radical way. It was a fun book to write, and I’m enormously proud of it. It’s available in both adult and PG versions, so that my younger readers can enjoy the story, too.
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