Featured Interview With B.F. Simone
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in Orlando, FL and went to high school across from Universal Studios (where I got my first job—not so glamorous). I moved to Boise, ID for college and have been in love ever since. The smell of the river, and the jasmine trees during spring feel like home to me. I am, however, currently living in Japan with my husband and son. We love it here, but my husband and I do look forward to going back to our Boise community.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
What age? Well I do remember running around my kindergarden classroom “teaching” my classmates how to read, but I’d have to say when I was eleven. I sat in my fifth grade classroom after recess. We laid our tired heads on the desk and my teacher played an audiobook. From the classic British accent of Jim Dale all the way through the magic that is Harry Potter I fell in love. When I was seventeen after mega-dosing on a Harry Potter binge (right before the next movie release) I stayed up all night and wrote a story I’d started earlier that day in a U.S History class. From that day on I’d started on a dangerous path.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors? There are so many to list! However, I’ll stick to the three most influential: J.K. Rowling, Jaclyn Moriarty, and Stephanie Perkins. I don’t have a favorite genre as much as I love great stories. If it’s a great story I’ll love it. That said, these three great writers have struck something within me. Now I too strive to write great stories.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
From the day he showed up on her front porch, he desperately needed three things: a new beginning, a place to belong, and someone to stand beside him.
By the time she figured that out, it was too late.
In a world where being half-vampire is a dark secret that tears families apart, 16 year-old Katie Watts must face her past, decide who she is, and save the boy she loves.
The Keeper’s Vow.
I feel so much about this book. It took me one week to write the book, but three years to revise, edit, and dig deep into the story. Tristan I understood straight away. He was hurt and moody (what teenage YA paranormal boy isn’t?) but I had a hard time knowing who Katie really was. It took almost a year for me to realize I didn’t know because the story was about her figuring that out. I would go days listening to the same soundtracks trying to get into my characters heads and feel what they were feeling. I even changed as a person because of it. The book is definitely about relationships and how we treat the people we love. I couldn’t help but look at my own relationships and wonder—am I creating monsters in the people I love?
The next book however, is going to be filled with the paranormal world around them and the power struggle that ensues.
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