Featured Interview With Nicole Banks
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My name is Nicole Banks. I’m from the greatest city ever and that of course is New York.
’ve always loved reading and was always a great story teller with an over active imagination. I think I’ve always had either a book or journal in my hand at all times.
I’m an animal lover (cats mostly), and coffee addict.I love the warm weather and sunshine. I am miserable when it’s cold.
I walk around with my headphones in because I believe everything that happens in my life should have a soundtrack to it. I published my first book Shattered in 2013. The first installment in the Shattered Hearts Series.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I honestly can’t remember. There was this one time in third/fourth grade that the teacher stepped out of the classroom for a second. Kids being kids everyone in the classroom erupted and went crazy. I pulled out a book and started reading amongst the chaos. I couldn’t even tell you what book it was that I had, but it was already an old one because I remembered how worn the pages were. But when the teacher came back in unnoticed to the crazy kids she looked around and saw me. When the class finally realized the teacher was back and went quite she walked over to me and said this is why she does so well and will always do well.
That’s the earliest memory I can recall about my fascination with books.
Writing was something I always did. My aunt brought me a diary in 95′ for my 8th birthday and honestly that was probably what began my journey as a writer. I still have it and I look back at some of the stuff I wrote, it wasn’t only day to day stuff it was stuff I made up and wrote down. I was telling stories at such an early age and I’m glad most of it was written down.
As I got older and my teenage angst set in (LOL). I started writing poetry and it was so dark and very “woe is me.” It makes me laugh going back to read some of it. I didn’t have that bad of an upbringing, no clue what I was so angry about in my poems. LOL
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
JR WARD!! Hands down this woman can do no wrong in my eyes. I fan girl her so hard! I love everything she puts out. She has a way of drawing you in and making you devour the world she creates. Then she leaves you hungry for more. I can only hope to be as half as amazing as she is.
My fave genre is paranormal romance and contemporary romance. I like reading things where the romance plays second fiddle to what’s going on in the story.
Music inspires me to write. Music has always been my muse. I believe every song, lyric, beat has a story that’s just dying to be written down and expanded outside of the 4-5 minute song.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is called Into Pieces. It’s the second installment to my Shattered Hearts Series. This book took my two years to write and finish and I’m glad it did. I got to see my characters grow in ways I’m not sure would have happened if I rushed through this.
It’s about so much more than the love story. It’s about real people going through real live issues. You watch them learn to cope with the heartache and pain life can throw at you. You watch these characters learn to trust themselves again and trust those around them. Of course not without testing the bonds they’ve built first. =)
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