1.
Do you write in different genres?
Yes, I
write both Contemporary and Paranormal. I don’t think I’ll delve into any other
genres.
If
yes which is your favorite genre to write? Honestly, between the two, I’d pick
paranormal, because you can create your own worlds.
2.
How did you come up with the title for
your latest book?
Maya, my heroine has a tendency to leap without looking. At
various critical points, she is standing at an actual threshold, facing a decision,
step past or stay still. She’s not one to stay still.
3.
Is there a message in your novel that
you want readers to grasp?
I wanted to categorize Water’s Threshold as an eco-paranormal. Take care of the earth,
specifically fresh-water.
4.
What books/authors have influenced your
life?
Sabrina Jeffries and Christina Dodd encourage people to join Romance
Writers of America on their web sites, and so I did. Fantastic decision. I feel
my writing is a cross between, Kat Martin, Karen Marie Moning, and Nicole
Jordan.
5.
What book are you reading now?
Coming Back to You by Donya Lynne. Alpha Exposed by Anya Breton. I just
finished Insidious, by Aleatha Romig
6.
What is your current “work in progress”
or upcoming projects?
Fire’s Field, is
the next in this Elementals series. Ember’s
Center is the first in my Contemporary Series, The O-line. This features
three marauders from a professional football team. Yum!
7.
Can you share a little of your current
work with us?
I’ll
share a short excerpt from Fire’s Field.
A short un-edited excerpt:
“Good evening, Violet.”
A deep male voice tinted with a faint Russian accent drifted into the kitchen
and fired goose bumps across her skin.
Heart pounding, Violet
fumbled the grocery bag in her arms before placing the paper hindrance on the
counter. “How…How did you find me?” She peeked around the corner into the
living room, and there he sat—Flint. Dressed in a fine-fitting, black suit,
with a large bouquet of yellow roses wrapped in purple tissue paper, resting on
his lap.
“Pillar told me you were
staying here.” His pitch-black hair and amber eyes were only discernable by the
flickering light dancing across his sculpted features.
“Giving her up, just
like that.” Violet snapped her fingers.
“I don’t owe that salty
square my allegiance.” Flint shifted his finely-honed, blacksmith body in the
chair, crinkling the florist tissue.
“You’ve known her for
many years.”
“Unfortunately, yes.”
Flint sniffed, and picked at a yellow petal. “She may have led me here, for
reasons of her own, but I would have found you. Pillar’s sudden need to redeem
herself now that her leader’s been shot back to where he came from, doesn’t
concern me, or allow for any pity. She’s been against us for a long time.”
“And you don’t
forgive.” Violet folded both arms across her chest, remaining in the doorway
between the kitchen and the living room. Caught between her wish to flee, and
her curiosity to learn more about this Elemental being.
“I’ve survived too many
years to worry about insignificant things like forgiveness.” Flint waved a rose
bud through the air by its stem. “We live, we move on. No need to dwell or
force alliances with people who don’t know their own minds, or are so warped by
love lost they choose to disregard humanity. Pillar is a fool.”
“And you’ve never made
the wrong choice?” How long had he lived? What kind of history did this man
have? So much he could teach her, if only…
“A better question
would be, do I have any regrets?”
Violet stepped into the
room, drawn in by the fire’s warmth. When she shifted a candle on the fireplace
mantle, she started as the wick suddenly lit. Glancing over her shoulder, she
met his gaze.
He simply smiled.
“Regrets, Flint? As you
say, in one lifetime, who has time for those?” Obviously anger overrode her
normal reservations when speaking to a handsome man.
“Ah, but I’ve lived
many lifetimes.” He tapped the wilting bud against his knee.
“So you’ve found me.”
She waved her hands in the air at her sides. “What now?”
“Now, I make sure you
don’t have any regrets.”
Violet stuttered out a
laugh. “You won’t control me. I can easily destroy you.”
“Ah, now, my violet, that I would regret.”
8.
Who designed the cover of your latest
book? Shelby Bertsch. www.shelbybertsch.com
9.
Do you have any advice for other
writers?
Join
writing groups until you find like-minded authors, for example, Romance Writers
of America. Plus, find a critique partner and beta readers that will tell you
the truth. Even if it hurts!
Thank
you for hosting me today. I hope everyone enjoys Water’s Threshold—the love story between an elemental water-girl
and an analytical scientist.
Water’s Threshold
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The Elementals Series
Book 1
Jillian Jacobs
Genre: Paranormal
Publisher: Green Moose Productions
Word Count: 87,802
Cover Artist: www.shelbybertsch.com
Book Description:
What happens when a lonely water-girl finally finds her shore?
In a tourist town at the base of the Tetons, Maya Conway, a mythical being known as an Elemental, stands at a crossroads. On her current path, she is content using her life force water to protect humans and the environment. Her direction is altered when Mother Nature taps her to guide Terran Forrester, an analytical scientist, on his journey to become the next Elemental Earth.
If Maya crosses into his world, will her lonely heart find a partner or will his rational mind reject her otherworldly existence?
When an ancient evil evolved from dark matter shadows their steps, which path will they choose—logic or love?
About the Author:
In the spring of 2013, Jillian Jacobs changed her career path and became a romance writer. After reading for years, she figured writing a romance would be quick and easy. Nope! With the guidance of the Indiana Romance Writers of America chapter, she’s learned there are many "rules" to writing a proper romance. Being re-schooled has been an interesting journey, and she hopes the best trails are yet to be traveled.
Water’s Threshold, the first in Jillian’s Elementals series, was a finalist in Chicago-North’s 2014 Fire and Ice contest in the Women’s Fiction category.
Jillian is a: Tea Guzzler, Polish Pottery Hoarder, and lover of all things Moose.
The genres she writes under are: Paranormal and Contemporary with suspenseful elements.
Website: www.jillianjacobs.com
Twitter: @GreenMooseProd
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Thanks for hosting me today.
Jillian
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