Hi Regina! It's lovely to welcome you back to my blog and I'm looking forward to catching up with you. Huge congrats on your latest release, TRIPLE TIME! Wishing you lots of success and sales. Let's start your visit with my questions...
1.)
What is your favourite thing about yourself?
Does my hair count? I like
my hair. That’s about it physically LOL. But in all seriousness, I think that
I’m a loyal friend. I value relationships dearly, and I think that shows in how
I treat my friends. I have friends I’ve known since high school, ones from
college, ones from the days when my daughter was a professional actress and we
were schlepping into New York City every week, ones from the high school robotics
program I mentor and, naturally, my writer friends. And I really do treasure
them all. I might not see some as many as others, or talk to them as much as I
used to, but it’s nice knowing they’re a part of my life, however small.
Of course, if you cross me .
. . well, that’s another story, and probably not something I’m so proud of.
2.)
What do you wish you’d known before you started
writing?
That’s it’s not just about
the writing, no matter how much you want it to be. Yes, the writing comes
first, always should and, for me, always will. But unless you have the money to
pay others to do it, you also have to set aside some time for things like
social media, blogging, maintaining a website and other activities that are
necessary to become not just a published author, but a successful one.
3.)
Share a romantic moment in your life.
I think the most romantic
moment in my life was probably also one of the funniest, and maybe that’s why I
like to mix my romance with humor
so much. It was when my husband proposed to be. We had been in NYC at a
Broadway show (no big surprise if you know me at all). After, I wasn’t feeling
so well, but future hubby insisted we take a walk in Central Park. As we
walked, my head was throbbing and I was getting crankier and crankier, trying
to put on my game face. Finally, we came to the statute of Alice in Wonderland
near the boat pond (my hubby is a model sailboat racer). I sat on one of the
mushrooms, and he popped the question! I was so stunned I didn’t answer for a
minute (something he reminds me of to this day LOL). Then , as we were
embracing after I finally said “yes,” an artist came up to us and showed us the
pencil drawing he was doing as my husband proposed. IT WAS AWFUL! Literally, we
looked like stick figures. So bad that hubby and I were both speechless. To
this day, we both wish one of us had their wits about them enough to ask to buy
it. We’d have hung it somewhere and laughed every time we passed it, for sure.
4.)
Is there one subject you’d never write about as
an author? What is it?
I’m not sure there is. I
think almost any subject can be tackled if done in the right way. I dealt with
issues of dyslexia and domestic violence in Triple
Threat. Triple Time has issues of
abandonment, abuse, and autism. My next book, Triple Dare, is a little lighter, but even if has some issues
involving learning disabilities and neglect.
5.)
Do you have any suggestions to help someone
become a better writer? If so, what are they?
Read, read, read, read,
read. And then read some more. If you want to write category romance, like I
do, read the line you’re targeting. I have over 200 Blaze books on my Nook.
And write. Don’t worry about
whether it’s good or not at first, just write. Like Nora Roberts says, you
can’t fix a blank page. Take classes, at local colleges or on line from an RWA
chapter. And that brings me to another piece of advice: join your local RWA
chapter. I wouldn’t be published if it wasn’t from what I learned at mine. I
found critique partners and beta readers, listened to workshops and attended
conferences. The romance writing community is very supportive. Get out there,
get involved, and you’ll find a wealth of resources to help you on your writing
journey.
6.)
If you could be the original author for any
book, what would it be? Why?
To Kill A Mockingbird, hands down. My favorite
book of all time. Harper Lee is a genius. I have mixed feelings about the
sequel coming out. I worry it can never, in my mind, live up to the original.
7.)
What did you do growing up that got you into
trouble?
Not much. I was a pretty
boring kid. My dad was principal of the high school in the town where I grew
up. If I even thought about misbehaving, he would have known about it. I saved
most of my wild times for when I was in law school, believe it or not. We worked
hard, but man, did we party hard, too. Nothing illegal, though. Just drinking
and dancing and good old-fashioned 20-something fun.
8.)
If I came to your house for dinner what would
you prepare for me? Why?
Maybe something Cajun, like
chicken and andouille sausage gumbo or jambalaya, if you don’t mind your food a
little on the spicy side. My hubby and I love New Orleans and we love cooking
from the cookbooks we got there. Or if it’s summer, some we’d boil up some
lobsters from the lobsterman down the street, fresh out of Long Island Sound.
Book
Blurb:
How to unravel your straight-laced lover . . .
Gabe Nelson would be a
great district attorney, but his public image is too boring to get voters’
attention. Tattoo artist Devin Padilla can help him show off his fun, sexy
side, but she needs something in return—Gabe’s legal expertise to track down
her missing brother. She’s not his type, but they can’t keep their hands off
each other, whether it’s good for his image or not.
At first, Devin thinks
she got the easy end of the bargain. Gabe’s the sexiest stuffed shirt in
Manhattan, and his kisses practically set her on fire. But every deal has its
fine print. As their relationship goes from business to pleasure, Devin
realizes this one won’t cost her soul…it’ll just steal her heart.
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Author Bio:
Regina Kyle knew
she was destined to be an author when she won a writing contest at age ten with
a touching tale about a squirrel and a nut pie. By day, she writes dry legal
briefs, representing the state in criminal appeals. At night, she writes steamy
romance with heart and humor.
A lover of all things theatrical, Regina
lives on the Connecticut coast with her husband, teenaged daughter and two
melodramatic cats. When she’s not writing, she’s most likely singing, reading,
cooking or watching bad reality television. She’s a member of Romance Writers of
America and her local RWA chapter. Triple
Tine is her second novel. She is also the author of Triple Threat, the first book in her Art of Seduction series for
Harlequin Blaze.
My Links:
@regina_kyle1
Excerpt:
Devin ended the call, tossed her phone on the
bed next to her and swung her feet onto the floor. The sound of running water
told her Gabe was already in the shower, and she licked her lips at the thought
of his magnificent, wet nakedness, slick and soapy, ready to play.
Oh, yeah.
She was about to ditch the sheet in favor of some
smexy shower action when someone pounded on the door.
Shit.
No way was that Mateo so quickly. Either
someone had the wrong apartment or one of her neighbors needed to borrow
something.
“Hang on,” she called. “I’ll be right there.”
She threw on a tank top and shorts, not
bothering with anything underneath, and answered the door.
“Surprise!”
Holly wrapped Devin in a bear hug, her just‑showing baby bump grazing Devin’s stomach.
“You’re home.” Devin cast a panicked glance
around the apartment, her eyes falling on Gabe’s khakis in a heap by the
television, his shirt hanging over the bookshelf, one of his shoes peeking out
from under the bed. “Early.”
Holly released her and brushed past through
the door. “Nick finished filming ahead of schedule.”
“Where is your handsome husband?” Devin
followed, kicking the offending khakis behind the TV and stuffing the shirt
between two books. “You’re usually inseparable. Nauseatingly so.”
“His agent’s in town. They’re meeting at Pastis
for a business breakfast, and I’ve been meaning to return my spare key to the
super.” Holly sank into the armchair in the corner. “Man, I’m beat. I don’t
even want to think about what this little bugger’s going to do to me in the
third trimester.”
Holly toed off her espadrilles and lifted one
foot to massage the arch, and Devin groaned inwardly. She’d never get her
friend out now. And it was only a matter of time before Holly noticed the water
running in the bathroom. Or Gabe’s loafer, which Devin couldn’t shove under the
bed now without rousing suspicion.
Her only option was to come clean, admit she
had a guy stashed in the can and get Holly out the door before she figured out
it was Gabe. Not that she was embarrassed, but this was so not how she wanted Holly
to find out she was boffing her brother.
“Listen, Holls, I’m dying to catch up with
you, but I’m kind of in the middle of something right now.” She eyed the
bathroom door. As if on cue, the water stopped.
“Ohmigod, you’ve got a man in there.” Holly squealed.
“I can’t believe it. The love‑’em‑and‑kick‑’em‑to‑the‑curb queen
actually let a guy spend the night. Who is it?”
“Just…a guy. We’re keeping it on the down‑low.”
“Oh, please,” Holly huffed. “As I recall you
practically shouted to an entire coffee shop that I was doing Nick.”
“I promise I’ll tell you. Let me deal with
him and I’ll meet you at the deli up the block in ten.” Maybe she could
intercept Mateo on the way over and grab her sandwich and coffee.
“Fine, be that way.” Holly slipped on her
espadrilles and stood, rubbing her belly. “For now. But I’m warning you, I want
to meet this paragon who got you to break your no‑sleepovers rule. Soon.”
As though they were living in a bad sitcom,
the bathroom door creaked open and Gabe stepped out, his hair still wet from
the shower and a towel fastened around his waist.
“I heard voices. Is breakfast here?”
“Gabe?” Holly’s mouth fell open and she
pressed a hand to her chest.
“Holly.” He hiked up the towel, which had
slipped to his hips. “You’re supposed to be in Istanbul.”
Devin shrugged a shoulder and gave her friend
a wry smile.
“Surprise.”
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