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Author's Bio
Tymber Dalton lives in southwest Florida with her husband (aka "The World's Best Husband") and son. She loves her family, writing, coffee, dark chocolate, music, a good book, hockey, shoes, and her dogs (even when they try to drink her coffee and eat her shoes). When she's not dodging hurricanes or writing, she can be found doing line edits or reading or thinking up something else to write. You can drop her a line through her website/blog and keep abreast of the latest news, views, snarkage, and general ramblings she feels like posting when the mood strikes her. (She also writes for BookStrand as Lesli Richardson.)
http://www.tymberdalton.com http://myspace.com/tymberdalton
Author's Profile
Q: Where do you get your ideas? A: I'm married to The World's Best Husband, *wink* But seriously, I like to write about "real" characters. Cardboard alpha heroes are fine for some, but I want my heroes to have flaws and weaknesses that make the heroine love them even more because they are real and human and lovable. I might get a snippet of an idea, then the characters come to mind. The more I get to know the characters, then that's the direction the story takes, following them wherever they go. I like my heroes and heroines to be people that real people can relate to and yet still be taken away to the fantasy world with them. Yes, some fantasy is obviously necessary, but it's easier to root for a heroine who proudly asserts that "she's in shapepear is a shape" than it is to root for one who looks like she was put together in a plastic surgeon's office and has so much silicone in her that she'll melt if she gets too close to the stove. Q: Did you actually...um...you know...like in your stories? A: No. In real life I'm a happily-married, one-man woman. (I think the term is "vanilla.") Hey, let's face it, stories like "Love Slave for Two" are like being able to eat ten pounds of dark chocolate without gaining an ounce or getting a single zit. It's a calorie-free indulgence of the most delicious kind. (And trust me, they're as much fun to write as they are to read!) Q: How does your husband feel about your stories? A: Well, he's a typical straight guy who would rather get a root canal than read a M/M love scene. So he has my blessing to skip over parts that make him uncomfortably squirm. *laugh* As for the rest of the parts...let's just say he doesn't mind in the least. *smile* Q: What's your day job? A: I'm a writer. Q: When you're not writing, what are you doing? A: Writing. Seriously. Or walking the dogs. But usually writing. Q: Why do you write? A: Because I love it. I love weaving a story out of words and having someone read it and tell me, "You totally kept my interest!" If I can make you laugh or cry, all the better. Getting paid to do this is a happy perk, because the mortgage company really prefers it when I send the payment in on time. Q: How would your husband describe you? A: Hmm. Within earshot or not? *grin* I'll save him the hassle. I'm proud to say I'm a self-described snarky ball-buster. Which is why I probably will never have a job in public office and it's a good thing I'm a work-at-home writer. I've been known to tell someone in public, "Here's your sign," when they do something particularly sign-worthy.
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