This went out on my other blogs yesterday, but as my laptop and FB decided to screw with me, this gets to go up today for her as well :D Just spreads all the love around.
Please welcome Jessica Bayliss with her debut short with Three Worlds Press. The first in the Sea Mist series.
1)
Share with our readers a little about your book.
(Remember to make it so they want to read more LOL)
“Breathless” is a romantic ghost about a young woman, Leah,
who is traveling alone in the British Virgin Islands. The action begins during
a scuba dive at a sunken wreck, supposedly haunted, when Leah discovers her
oxygen tank is empty. This story is inspired a little bit from my own
experience. I actually ran out of air during a dive about two years ago.
Obviously, I survived. But, I’ll tell you, it was pretty darned freaky. In
Leah’s case, she turns to one of the dive instructors, Dale, an Operation
Enduring Freedom veteran, to get her back to the surface safely. The shared
exhilaration of their experience forges a connection between these two. I bet
you can see where this is going …
As the tour group moves from the boat to the beach for an
overnight campout, Dale and Leah are drawn to each other. They discover they’re
each searching for ghosts, but for very different reasons. Throw in a moonlight
hike, a salt pond, a bonfire …
I love a little supernatural with my romance, so I set out
to give readers a contemporary, real-world story, with paranormal flair.
It’s up to you to decide if Leah’s and Dale’s ghosts are
real.
2)
Tell us about yourself and what brought you to writing?
I have a career that is very different from writing, but
writing is something I’ve done since I was a kid, although not seriously until
2010. I tried to write my first book in high school, and even got a bunch of
chapters done. I have it somewhere in my house. I should dig it out and see how
awful it was. I started another one right around the time I began grad school,
which took over my life, and I totally forgot about the book. Years later, I
got the writing bug back. I found the book I started in grad school, threw out
almost all of it, and then finished it a year later. I’ll confess: it was not good, but it was one of the best
moments of my life. I wrote my second book the next year while rewriting the
first—a task that took three years, and I’m sure an editor would still give me
plenty to do on it. Now, I’ve written four novels and a whole slew of short
stories, one of which is “Breathless.” In the last five years, I’ve grown so
much as a writer, largely from meeting other writers and from practice. I must state: the network I’ve built—these
people are incredible. I could never do this without them. We’re there for each
other every single day.
3. Do you
believe in Bigfoot?
Absolutely not. But we’re Bigfoot fans in our house. My husband,
Eric, bought us our very own garden Yeti, complete with a sign, warning everyone
to beware. Eric’s Bigfoot impersonation is superb, by the way. Despite my
skepticism, one of my future projects will contain a Yeti. My second book is
called “Therapist of the Damned,” and it’s about a psychologist who discovers
her patients are vampires and all manner of supernatural creatures. I love this
concept, although I’m well aware that vampires are a tough sell these days; if
I’m never able to get it published, I’ll probably continue to develop the
stories, because they’re pure fun. So, one night, over dinner, Eric and I were
brainstorming characters for my book. He suggests I add a Yeti to my series,
and I’m like, no way. Then, I realize
the brilliance of his idea. A yeti in treatment for social phobia! Too perfect.
My main character will definitely need a larger couch.
Now, ready for the cover and blurb? Here you go!
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. These shorts are so much fun. I can't wait for everyone else to read them.
Thank you Jessica for being on my blog today!
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