This month Quizzing Glass chats with Rue Allyn, writer of heart-melting romance
QG: What did you want to be when you were ten or twelve?
A coloratura soprano with the Metropolitan Opera
QG: Who was your favorite author as a child?
Walter Farley
QG: What authors would you most like to emulate?
Jude Knight, Caroline Warfield, Susan Elizabeth Phillips
QG: What is your favorite beverage when reading? What is it the rest of the time? Same for both. I love Coca-Cola Zero, but I drink water most of the time.
QG: What advice would you give to writers just starting out?
Learn your craft, join a professional author’s group
QG: Do you have a daily writing schedule and goals? What are they?
Just to write every day.
QG: Tell us about your current project or latest release.
The Creole Duchess – Duchess Series Book 3; A duke in disguise, a Creole miss determined to go her own way, a curse, and two nations at war. Is love even possible?
A New Orleans Creole, Miss Celestine St. Cyr-Duval refuses to live under the thumb of some man chosen by her parents. Celie will do everything to keep freedom of choice for herself and others. But fate interferes in the form of a duke disguised as a British businessman. Caleb Elmond would find approval with her mother but both Celie and Caleb have secrets that put them on opposite sides of a great conflict and may destroy them both.
With the Battle of New Orleans looming, and these two strangers from warring countries compromise and protect each other, or will fear and betrayal end both their lives?
QG: If your newest book is being made into a movie, who would you cast as the hero? Chris Hemsworth or a young Robert Downey Jr.
QG: Is there a special quote or saying that motivates you as a writer?
An opportunity is a miracle waiting to happen, and a blank page is an opportunity.
QG: Do you have a five-year plan for your writing? Where do you hope to be?
No, too much pressure
QG: Pantser or Plotter or hybrid?
Yes, sorta, I guess, more pants than plot.
QG: Indie or traditionally published?
Currently Indie
QG: When is a book finished and what steps do you take to get it there?
A story is never finished, and the last part of this question would take pages for me to write even a half-baked response. Please note, I said story—not book. ‘Book’ is just one medium for a story, and it is the story that interests readers.
QG: Would you like to travel back in time? Where would you go? What one thing would you take with you?
NEVER. Scotland. Indoor plumbing.
QG: What music do you play when writing?
Pop-Rock, Country, Broadway, and during the holidays Christmas Carols.
QG: If you could visit one place on the entire planet, where would it be?
Somewhere I have not yet been, probably Europe. Specifically, Florence Italy.
QG: What is the most surprising or amazing thing you discovered while researching a book?
- Napoleon may (emphasis on the MAY) have tried to commit suicide the night before signing his first abdication in April 1814. 2. General Andrew Jackson was the first person in the US to declare Martial Law. He did so in New Orleans on Dec. 16, 1814 in preparation for the Battle with the British 3. The 13th century was the first time a Pope abdicated .
QG: What would surprise people most about you?
Couldn’t say, I’m fairly ordinary.
Author Bio: About Rue Allyn: Award winning author of historical romances, Rue studied literature for far too many years before discovering that writing stories was much more fun than writing about them. Website: https://RueAllyn.com