Featured Interview With Cynthia J Stone
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
A native Texan, but I believe Sting and I were twins separated at birth. We have the same last name and birthday. My mother won’t say for sure. I live in the Life Music Capital of the World. No pets (allergies), just pet peeves.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My mother took a photo of me at around 2 years of age. I had crawled up on my brother’s tricycle and spread the newspaper on the handlebars. She believes I was reading it. By age 5, I had written my first story. She typed it for me until my hands got big enough to do my own.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Barbara Kingsolver, David McCullough, Isabel Allende, Robert Massie, Elmore Leonard, many others. I like crazy family stories, history, and biography.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
MASON’S KEEPER is a prequel to MASON’S DAUGHTER, with many answered questions about the origins of Nate Wallace, Sally’s father. Two years of writing:
Nate Wallace has had to grow up too fast. Forced to watch his father, Roy, drink away their savings and stumble home drunk and violent, he’s the protector of not only his younger sisters but his mother, too. Nate’s anger at Roy escalates one night and comes to a fatal conclusion moments after Roy blurts out that Nate is not actually his son. After attacking Roy, Nate runs back home and learns that Roy has died; Nate must escape to South Carolina before the law catches up with him. While Nate’s temper lands him in trouble soon after fleeing home, his quick thinking and sharp reflexes land him a job that seems too good to be true. Told to merely survey the loading and unloading of goods at a warehouse, Nate is shocked when this mindless task leads to yet another violent encounter—another death by his own hand. On the run once more, Nate finds himself among shady characters as he learns to gamble and deceive to get by. But his luck changes when he finds shelter and kindness with the Cobb family, who not only take care of Nate but also teach him to read and write. As Nate tries to track down his family, his journey away and finally back to them helps him become a more civilized and savvy man who will not only save his family but meet the woman with whom he can start his own family.
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