Title: MAGNETIC
SHIFT
Author: Lucy D.
Briand
Pub. Date: April 12,
2016
Publisher: Spencer
Hill Press
Format: Paperback,
eBook
The ability to magnetize and manipulate metal with the flick of her wrist
makes seventeen-year-old Lexi Adams a crack mechanic, but it’s a disaster in
the making when her stepdad trades her skills to NASCAR team owner Dean Grant
for an entire season’s worth of sponsorship ads.
Now Lexi has no other choice but to suck it up and hope she can keep her magnetic impulses under control—that is, until she runs into NASCAR’s hot new rookie, Colton Tayler.
When Carl Stacy, the ruthless team owner of the defending Cup Champion, discovers Lexi’s secret and plots to use it to ruin Dean’s race team for good, Lexi must either expose her ability to save Colton, risking Dean’s career and her own freedom in the process, or watch the only guy she’s ever fallen for race to his death.
Today we welcome Lucy for an interview. Take it away, Lucy!
What is the hardest thing about writing a book?
For me it’s the first draft. Oh how I hate
putting my thoughts into words. What I do love is revising and molding the
story and bringing it to life, but for me the hardest is getting the initial
story on the page. Pure torture.
Where do you write?
My writing spot of choice is outside on my font porch with
an ice cold beverage. I could spend a whole day doing that. Needless to say I
don’t get much writing done in the winter months. I need to move to Florida or
something…lol
What kinds of things do you like to do outside of writing?
I love to play board games, read, go on road
trips and sit by a camp fire or just outside with a few friends and have fun.
What kinds of advice would you give to someone who wants to
start writing?
Go to a conference. The things you will learn,
the friends you will make, and the connections you will have are priceless. I
suggest the RT Booklovers Convention. I’ve gone to four of them. One as a
beginner, second and third as an aspiring author and I am currently on my fourth
time attending the RT Convention this time in Las Vegas as a debut author!
What is your favorite book? Favorite author? Do you have an
author that inspired/inspires you to write?
The authors that inspire me the most are not
the authors of the books I read but those who I’ve met throughout the years. I
don’t have to be a fan of their work or genre to be a fan of their careers.
Their drive, perseverance, and advice inspires me the most and I can’t wait to
see them every year when I go to the RT Convention.
Do you have any go to people when writing a book that help you
with your story lines as well as editing, beta reading and such?
My poor husband helps me a great deal. He
talks me down from my frustrations, helps me through the writer’s block and beta
reads my chapters. He is my biggest literary angel.
When others think of me
Being myself
My husband
Typing “The End”
Disney
Tell us 5 things that make you sad
Feeling left out
Being rejected
Dealing with anxiety
Losing people who mean a lot to me
Having to leave Disney…lol
Thanks so much for being here today, Lucy. It was great having you!
About Lucy:
Lucy D. Briand
lives in Ottawa, Canada with her comic book fanatic husband and her nonchalant Siamese
cat.
By day she
works full time as a public servant for the Government of Canada, but by night
her creative mind takes over and conjures up young adult gear-head romance
stories with supernatural twists.
When not
working, reading, writing, or watching way too much TV, Lucy likes to cosplay,
attend ComicCons, go on road trips to Walt Disney World, and play ridiculous
amounts of board games. She’s a geek to the core but is also a huge NASCAR Cup
fan.
Lucy is
represented by Brittany Booker Carter of The Booker
Albert Literary Agency.
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Tour Schedule:
Week
One:
Week One:
4/4/2016- Curling Up With A Good Book- Interview
4/5/2016- Take Me Away To A Great Read- Review
4/7/2016- A Dream Within A Dream- Review
4/8/2016- Two Chicks on Books- Interview
Week Two:
4/11/2016- Eli to the nth- Review
4/12/2016- Lost in Ever After- Guest Post
4/13/2016- A Backwards Story- Review
4/14/2016- The Cover Contessa- Interview
4/15/2016- With Love for Books - Review
Thanks for having me on your blog! :)
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