Featured Interview With Sarina Rose
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I from New Jersey, the north central area around Morristown, but I grew up in Fairview, Bergen County. I graduated from the College of St Elizabeth with a B.A. and a certificate to teach Spanish. I had been a Spanish teacher and tutor for seventeen years and insurance representative for about twelve. I always thought about being a writer, but really did dive in until I retired and moved to Florida.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I always loved books. Actually, for me, there are so many books and so little time. I love the humanities and really enjoy reading long books like One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Poinsonwood Bible. I didn’t get hooked on writing until I took a Creative Fiction class for Seniors Citizens and then attended a meeting of Space Coast Authors of Romance.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
That is like choosing which of my four children is my favorite. Let’s see. I like Phillipa Gregory, Hilary Mantel, Roxanne St. Claire, Kristen Painter, Lisa Gardner, C.J.Lyons, Sandy Parks, Victoria Sue, Zafon. Right now my favorite genre to read is Historical Fiction. I have no idea what inspires me to write, except to say that I’ll read a book and say I could do that or NOT.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
I like to write about love ad war. My latest book is titled The Relentless American. I categorized it as Vintage Historical Romance. It takes place in the 1970’s in the U.S. during the turbulent times of the Vietnam Conflict. It is not you same old romance. It basically has two heroes and one heroine. No, it is not a menage love story. Rather it deals with lost love due to war and second chances. It takes me a least a year to complete a book. I started this one in January 2016. In August I thought I was done. In November, I was sure it was done. Today, I am positive it is done. The e-book edition is on Amazon.com and the print edition is about to go live, too. The audio book is ready. I have to listen to it this weekend, approve it, get the cover done and release it.
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