Recently, I interviewed author Anne Greene.
ANNE GREENE delights in writing about wounded heroes and
gutsy heroines. She and her hero husband, Army Special Forces Colonel Larry
Greene, have visited twenty-five countries. A visit to Scotland resulted in her
award-winning Scottish Historical, Masquerade
Marriage. A Texas Christmas Mystery
set in her hometown in Texas released in December. Anne is contracting with B
& H Publishing for her World War11 novel. She makes her home in McKinney,
Texas. Two of her four children live nearby. Tim LaHaye led her to the Lord
when she was twenty-one and Chuck Swindoll is her Pastor. Anne graduated summa
cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Literary Studies from the University of
Texas, Dallas. Her highest hope is that her stories transport the reader to an
awesome new world and touch hearts to seek a deeper spiritual relationship with
the Lord Jesus. To learn more of Anne and to view pictures from her extensive
travels and her art work, visit her at AnneGreeneAuthor.com.
WHAT MADE
YOU DECIDE TO START WRITING? I have always wanted to write. For childhood when
I played with dolls, I wrote stories with them as the characters. During boring
classes at school, I always had a book I liked hidden by the textbook. I was a
dreamer. My husband encouraged me to attend my first writers conference and I
was hooked on full-time writing.
WHAT AUTHORS
HAVE INFLUENCED YOUR WRITING STYLE? None. My writing comes from within.
WHAT ADVICE
WOULD YOU GIVE TO ASPIRING AUTHORS? Absolutely join American Christian Fiction
Writers. I attended their second conference and found them to be extremely
helpful. Also enter contests and receive valuable feedback. And I advocate
joining a critique group as well.
WHAT DOES
YOUR WRITING SCHEDULE LOOK LIKE? Awake at 6:00. I clean, work, run errands, and
exercise in the mornings. Usually at my writing desk from 1:00 to about 7:00
each day. I seldom have the luxury of working on one book at a time. I’m often
interrupted by sending out new proposals, doing edits, and also marketing. I
usually work six days a week.
HOW MUCH
TIME DO YOU SPEND IN RESEARCH BEFORE YOU WRITE A STORY? I write both
historical, historical romance and contemporary suspense/mystery. So I do a
great deal of research on each story. Usually to get into the historical time
frame, I read several books set during that era, then I research the main parts
of things I expect to add to the story. Then as I write, I often run across small
items I need to look up and make certain happened in that time period. If I’m
writing a contemporary, it’s usually a suspense or a crime novel, so I need to
look up numerous things to do with the crime. Both time an enormous amount of
research. I set my books in foreign and domestic locales, but never write about
a place I haven’t visited for the right ambiance.
WHAT IS THE
MOST INTERESTING THING YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM YOUR RESEARCH? I’ve done so much
research over the years, I have no idea how to answer this question. I’ve
always loved research and tend to delve in deeply on any topic that interests
me, and I have a wide range of interests.
HOW MANY
BOOKS HAVE YOU WRITTEN? I have had three books published, Trail of Tears, Masquerade
Marriage, and A Texas Christmas
Mystery. I’m under contract for a fourth book. My dear agent is shopping
several other books at the moment, and I’m trying to finish the second in the
Scottish Historical Marriage Trilogy. I have four other books in the proposal
stage.
HOW DO YOU
LIKE TO SPEND YOUR TIME WHEN YOU’RE NOT WRITING? I love to travel. You can see
my pictures on my website. I enjoy painting. You can see some of my pictures on
my website. I love to spend time with family. I sing in two choirs at my
Church. Like every other woman, I enjoy shopping and lunching with friends.
Since writing is such a lonely calling, I love being with friends.
HOW CAN A
READER CONTACT YOU AND/OR LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR WRITING? I have a
website and a blog at www.http:/AnneGreeneAuthor.com. You can learn all about
me there.
You have a lovely blog, Heidi! Thanks for inviting me to visit with your friends. I forgot to mention my books can be purchased on amazon.com and PelicanBookGroup.com.
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