The Author
M.L.Ryan
That’s my pen name; I use it so my mother won’t know I wrote a novel. I’m concerned she will bombard me with questions about whether the main character’s mother is based on her, and also chastise me for its racier content.
The work of art:
Special Offers (The Coursodon Dimension)
Special Offers is the first book in the Coursodon Dimension Series. It is also my first novel.
Where she creates:
I live in Tucson,
Arizona. The desert, the weather (especially when it’s seventy
degrees in January), the mountains and the wide array of weird
native critters made me fall in love with the area. Also, I adore
Mexican food and Tucson has some of the best!
The genre that gets to claim her:
I write Paranormal
Romance – Urban Fantasy laced with a significant dose of humor.
The heart of the story:
Special
Offers is about
a woman who finds herself inhabited by a magically-inclined,
supernatural being from another dimension who was previously trapped
in her Kindle eBook reader.
Her muse follows no rules:
- There are rules? I probably should have checked those out. In any case, I have a rough idea in my mind when I start, but no formal outline. I feel like the characters kind of “write themselves” that way.Who do we think for the look of Special Offers?I have a professional editor, but I designed the cover of Special Offers, as well as the cover for the soon-to-be-published second book of the series.Has she ever written anything and thought: The world has got to see this?One of the reason I began writing was because, quite often, I’d think of some story line and say to myself, “That’s pretty good; I bet other people would like that too.” Well, at least other people with the same warped sense of humor.
Who inspires her the most?
Charlaine
Harris. When I read her Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie
Stackhouse), I loved how she wove modern concerns into vampire-lore
and then put her own twist on everything. The characters are
well-crafted, the world-building sucks you in from the get-go and
she’s not afraid to add humor to somewhat serious plots. Knowing
that there were a lot of people that enjoyed that kind of a story
(other than me) gave me incentive to finally write some of my own.
What M.L. thinks is the hardest part of writing:
I
find it difficult to write the stuff between the main plot points.
There’s a fine line between smooth, engaging transitions and
awkward ones that make readers want to claw their eyes out rather
than read another line.I try my best to stay with the former and
avoid the latter; after all, self-blinding readers tend not to give
good reviews.
Do her characters write themselves?
Darn,
I answered that one in question #6. Actually, some characters write
themselves more than others and I find I am fonder of the ones that
take control of me rather than the other way around.
Does she ever write herself into her characters?
I
think a lot of me sneaks into my characters. Like Sebastian, I am
sarcastic, sharp-tongued and have major issues with authority.
Hailey and I share a love for tequila, the beautiful Sonoran desert
and swearing like a sailor. Alex is tall, blonde and hot; his
character is completely a product of my imagination and bears no
resemblance to me whatsoever.
Is writing her full time job is she "Keeping her day job"? So to speak.
I
have a Ph.D. in Immunology, and that job lets me write a lot of
science non-fiction. I enjoy it, but research doesn’t provide a
good outlet for the more creative (or bizarre) aspects of my
personality, and that sort of weirdness needs to come out somehow.
It’s probably a good thing that I finally started writing fiction;
my scientist-colleagues tend to not get my sense of humor. Or
anyone’s for that matter.
If M.L had a time machine, She'd do it right:
If
I could go back in time, I’d like to meet Leonardo Da Vinci. That
dude could do it all – art, science, invention. If he had
six-pack abs, he’d be the perfect man.
Why she thinks her book stands out from the masses:
I think my book is
unique because the paranormal aspects aren't based on the
traditional cast of supernatural beings found in most books in the
genre. There aren't any vampires, werewolves, zombies or witches,
just a parallel universe filled with the magically-inclined that
interact with humans.
The best free marketing for Indies in M.L.'s opinion:
The
best free means to market an Indie book is through blogs like yours.
I am so thankful that there are book-lovers who care about
independent authors and their work. The help you and others like
you provide in getting the word out is invaluable. It’s vitally
important for indies to help other indies!
Nikki: Agreed. Totally! Thanks so much for being a part of my 31 Days of the Paranormal M.L. Great answers. I've told you this before, I know but, what an awesome story idea!
Follow M.L. Ryan's career:
Facebook
Page:http://www.facebook.com/CoursodonDimension
Twitter:@MLRyan1
Now take a look at Special offers:
Hailey Parrish is quick-witted, irreverent, and hasn’t had a date in three years. She only wanted an eBook reader because her collection of paperbacks threatened to take over her small living space. Little did she know that the "special offers" that prompted the purchase included much more than a reduced price in exchange for a few ads. The device came pre-loaded with the essence of Sebastian Kess, an erudite womanizer with magical abilities from a parallel dimension. When she inadvertently releases him and he inhabits her body, she finally has a man inside her, just not in the way she imagined. And soon her predicament introduces her to yet another supernatural, the handsome could-be-the-man-of-her-dreams Alex Sunderland. Can Alex and Hailey find a way to return Sebastian to his own body, stay one step ahead of the criminals who want to keep him where he is, and not lose their sense of humor?
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