Featured Interview With Becky Lower
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I consider myself a boomerang type of woman. I was born and raised in rural Ohio, but I escaped as soon as humanly possible (after college) and spent the next few decades roaming the country. I’ve lived in DC, Virginia, West Virginia, Arizona, and Texas before coming back to Virginia and finally, Ohio again. I now live in a small college town near Lake Erie.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve been fascinated by books for as long as I remember. One of the highlights of my childhood was when the Bookmobile pulled into my town. I wrote quite a bit when I was young, as a means for a shy young girl to express herself. In fact, I sent off a screenplay to one of my favorite TV shows, Bonanza, when I was only 12. That bold move resulted in the first of many rejection letters. But I didn’t get serious about writing as a career until I ended my career as a sales person. A long career as a sales person helped prepare me for the world of publishing, since I was told “No thank you” more often than I was able to sell an ad.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I’m finding more new authors to enjoy every day. But my all time favorites mirror the type of writing I like to do. Nora Roberts is the queen of contemporary, Julia Quinn holds that spot for Regencies, and Jude Deveraux wrote my absolute favorite time-travel story. They each inspire me in different ways.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Juliette St.James has only done two impetuous things in her life, and the first resulted in her becoming a single parent at age 18. Now, she’s embarking on a cross-country trip to celebrate becoming an empty-nester. Not sure of what she will do now that she’s flying solo, she comes face-to-face with her worst nightmare—a cowboy.
Cyclone Kelley is a former rodeo cowboy who has broken one too many body parts to continue on the rodeo circuit. But the one body part that can’t be fixed by putting it into a cast is his heart, which was broken when his wife died. He wasn’t home to save her, and feels he’s unworthy for any kind of lasting relationship with a woman, so his life has been a meaningless string of one-nighters.
One broken car and an equally broken cowboy later, they are forced to decide if love is worth gambling on what could be. Or if tornadoes, and Cyclones, are better left alone.
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