I have had the pleasure of speaking with Jennifer Loiske, she is an amazing person and a talented writer. Jennifer lives in Finland in Naantali, which is a small sunny town on the southwest coast. She is a Teen/YA paranormal fiction author, with four exciting series available worldwide. The McLean Twins series for teen readers, the Immortal Blood series for mature young adult readers, the Blood Hunters series, also for mature young adults, which is a follow-up for the Immortal Blood series and is created by the readers’ requests, and the Shape Shifter series for anyone aged 16 and up.
Jennifer’s stories are full of creatures of the night. Vampires, demons, witches, shape shifters… but even if they are mostly fiction you can find a hint of truth in every story. Jennifer loves to research, so every time she gets an idea or a new story she has a crazy Google session, looking for places, old myths, names, folklore, magical items… anything that could spice up her story and make it more real for the readers. Jennifer is also part of Authors For Charity, an international author alliance, and a team member of Epilepsy FI magazine. She is a pre-school teacher by profession. During the questions Jennifer's fun side showed through. What is or are the genres of your book or books? Paranormal or paranormal romance. When and why did you begin writing? I probably started to write when I first got the pen in my hand but my first publishable story was ready fourteen-ish years ago. It was a story for children and no, it has not been published yet. When did you first consider yourself a writer? When Amazon kindly sent me my first paycheck. Where do you get ideas for your stories? Everywhere! I get inspired by the weirdest things. Nature, people, movies, songs, clouds…it doesn’t take much to get me excited. What was the hardest part of writing your books? Editing. English is not my native language so after finishing the story starts the hardest part. I have to decide what parts are good and what are pure rubbish. Luckily I don’t have to do that alone. So after I’m satisfied with the story and my editing it goes to beta readers, professional proofreaders and editors. Have you ever had a writer’s block and if yes, how did you make it go away? Nope and I hope I never will! Indie or traditional publishing? Definitely indie! I’ve had my share of traditional publishing. Although I wouldn’t say no if one of the big ones came knocking on my door J What is the force behind your writing? Craving for something else I guess. When reality sucks it’s good to have a place to escape. Do you have any weird writing habits? If having a teen movie marathon before starting to write is weird, then I’d have to say yes. What do you do in your spare time? What spare time? No, seriously, I train my two unruly dogs and go to gym. Any current projects you’d like to share? The final part of McLean Twins series, Black Coven, has just been released, so I will be concentrating on its marketing for a while. After that I’ll continue writing the Blood Hunters series and another novel I’ve been slowly working on for the past couple of years. There has also been rumors that Authors For Charity is going to publish a new anthology in 2016, so I will naturally be writing two short stories for it. What has been the best compliment? I received a fan email from a man who said he has never read a better book than my shape shifter books. Considering that one of the books is my debut novel that unfortunately is crawling for mistakes (it’s being re-edited as we speak!) I take that the highest compliment I’ve ever gotten. Do you have any words of wisdom for the other writers? Never give up! It’s the only way to success. Favorite quote? “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” (Albert Einstein) Where can people find out more about you and your books? www.roguehouse.net www.jenniferloiske.com Amazon US http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=jennifer+loiske Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=jennifer+loiske B&N http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/jennifer-loiske?store=allproducts&keyword=jennifer+loiske http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5821849.Jennifer_Loiske http://jenniferloiske.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJenniferLoiske https://twitter.com/JenniferLoiske About the book: Do you want to tell us something about your book? Short synopsis? Excerpt? I thought you’d never ask, lol! Here is the blurb of Club Number Five: Samantha Green wanted nothing but to be normal, have a shallow life with smoking hot Jonathan Blake and an unforgettable senior year at Regents East High. But one morning she wakes up as a vampire. She has no idea who bit her or why. All she knows is she didn’t want it. Now her new life is full of secrets, deceit and fear, not to mention raw meatballs and red nectar that is definitely something else besides strawberry juice. Samantha tries to act normal. She pretends to like her mom’s chicken salad, goes to school and learns how to survive on her own, but what can she do when she finds herself inside of a devious conspiracy, strikingly fast hunters, secret clubs and mouthwateringly gorgeous boys and the only food she can catch is her best friend, Kate Walker’s, wrist? And my favorite excerpt from Club Number Five: A quiet knock woke me from my miserable thoughts. I opened the door, sighing, and watched Kate rush onto the couch and look at me with her eager eyes. I sighed again. I could tell she was bursting but I didn't know how to start. Should I just blurt it out or should I smoothen the edges and tell her gently? Oh God! Why did this have to be so difficult? I glanced at her and saw how she was struggling not to talk. Not to ask anything, like she wanted to prove she was worthy of my trust. Oh, what the hell. I decided to spit it out. “I think I'm a vampire.” Silence. Kate's eyes widened and she opened and closed her mouth in turns. “You think you're a vampire.” I nodded and she lifted her finger. She formed questions like what, when, who with her lips but nothing came out. I nodded again and saw an angry flash in her eyes. “And that's why you dragged me here in the middle of the night?” Kate's voice rose alarmingly. “Shh,” I hushed. “I don't want to wake my parents and neither do you.” Kate got up and paced back and forth. “You don't think you're a vampire, Sam. That kind of thing you know.” “Okay,” I sighed. “Let's assume I know I’m a vampire. Will you help me or not?” “What kind of help are we talking about exactly?” Kate asked suspiciously. I licked my lips. I couldn't help it, but just the thought of her blood made me crazy. “Oh, no,” Kate backed away. “I'm so not going to let you bite me. Besides, what evidence do you have that you are a vampire besides your new gorgeous look? I thought you didn't believe any supernatural crap.” “I didn't,” I admitted. “But something happened to me.” I opened my scarf and let her see the small fang marks on my neck. “I got bitten.” Kate leaned over and looked at my marks. I couldn't help but sniff her heavenly smell and reveal my fangs. She glanced at me weirdly and I felt embarrassed. “Okay,” she said slowly. “So, you have fangs. What other proof do you have?” I laughed nervously. She hadn't run yet and that was a good sign, right? “I don't have any pimples anymore.” I raised my brow. “Right,” Kate's mouth tugged. “Anything other than what Clearasil won't cover?” “My eyes hurt in the daylight and I look like a supermodel,” I grinned. “And I'm hungry.” Kate went pale. “How hungry?” “Don't worry, I won't jump on you. I can perfectly control myself.” I think, I added in my mind. Kate sat down again and eyed me warily. We didn't speak for a while. I pressed my knees together with my hands as if my life depended on it and tried to ignore my ever-so-growing hunger. Five minutes had passed and I couldn't even look at her anymore. My throat was like sandpaper and my fangs hurt. “Don't lie to me,” Kate said quietly. “I'm not lying,” I managed to hiss. “I won't bite you. Scout's honor.” “You're no Scout,” Kate sneered. “Tell me exactly how bad it is.”I glanced at her and shook my head. “Honey, your eyes are already reddish and I bet in a minute or two you’ll drool,” she said gently and moved closer to me. “I will not drool,” I said between my teeth, “but I suggest you don't come any closer.” “That bad?” Kate said shakily. I nodded. If she came any closer I couldn't give any guarantees. I may or may not jump on her and I didn't want to do that. I wished she'd go away, and I wished I'd been wiser than to ask her to come here. “How do you want to do it?” she whispered. I stared at her, stunned. She rolled up her sleeves and unbuttoned her shirt. “What's the best spot?” “How would I know?” I hissed. “I've never bitten anyone before.”
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