Featured Interview With Monica Broussard
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Writer, speaker, and certified life coach Monica Broussard is passionate about writing fiction that contains elements of fantasy and keeps the reader intrigued about the lead character’s motives. She also writes an occasional article for her hometown’s magazine, SeaCliff Living. She belongs to Toastmasters International and enjoys attending national writers’ conferences.
Born in North Carolina on a Marine Corps base, Monica now lives in “Surf City,” Huntington Beach, California, with her husband of thirty-seven years. She has enjoyed various occupations over the years, but her favorite job is the one she’s doing now—writing.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
At age 6 or 7, I secretly ordered the OZ series to my mother’s dismay. In third grade my teacher read Doctor Doolittle every day. I lived out in the country and this fueled my imagination. I started writing in my twenties. I would write stories I had in my head just to get them out. 2008 I was diagnosed with stage 3 Breast Cancer and was on lock down because of weak immunity from Chemo. At that time I decided it was time to write. That is how I started my first official book 21 Tattoos. Even though I didn’t know it at the time.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Right now I have been interested in Colleen Hoover. She is authentic in her approach. She writes what comes to her mind. I do not have a favorite genre. I love to read any great story. I am inspired by God and life. Any book or movie that touches upon the human spirit in a positive way inspires me.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
21 Tattoos
What if your deepest, darkest fears were inked on your skin for the world to see?
Famous plastic surgeon Derek Hollinger has it all: money, success, luxury cars, and an L.A. penthouse near the beach. Who cares if he has no friends or lovers? He doesn’t need anyone.
But Derek’s seemingly perfect life is shattered after a chance encounter with a mysterious old woman. When he wakes up covered in tattoos, the shadow of his traumatic past—one he can no longer outrun—looms large.
Aided in his desperate quest for the truth by the young nurse he once scorned, Derek’s only hope for redemption lies within his own damaged psyche.
What can it mean? Are they part of God’s plan for him, a test of his lapsed faith…or a curse brought on by his own arrogance?
And can he get rid of them before he loses everything?
My Second Book, The 7th Dimension, in my Tattoo Series, will be out in September 2024.
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