Interview Erin Moore

by

Kay Layton Sisk

1. This is your first book for Wings. Is it also the first book you wrote?

I am previously published with another publisher. My first novel is titled The Game. All I Ever Wanted is my first published title with Wings. I have a second novel Flame, coming out in November 2004.

2. Why this genre?

When I began reading as a little girl I always loved the happily ever after stories, and then you grow up and realize that life isn't always so great. So when I started writing I realized that with romance, any form of romance, you can give your readers a sense of the happily ever after, no matter how much of the heartache, the mystery, suspense or whatever else you put in the novel. In the end, in a romance the man and woman will end up together, a happy ever after of sorts.

3. The heroine's name, Toadvine, is unusual for my part of the country. What is its derivation?

The name migration is this: France-Guersney-MD-KY, all I know is that I'm in KY now, so... The reason I used the name is that it is a name that I've heard pretty much all my life, and it was an unusual name that I didn't think my readers would know, so... I'm only now beginning to realize how many people actually pay attention to the names and how important names are to the books.

4. Writers tend to be readers as well. Do you read exclusively in the genre you write?

When I have time to read I like to read many different kinds of novels, if I read romance it is mostly historical and suspense.

5. Which author's books do you consider a comfort read?

I still read all my favorite authors that I got started reading, but there are many new authors that I now consider friends that I have added to my collection of books.

6. Which author's books do you eagerly await--and would buy in hardcover?

I don't buy in hardcover simply because I'm so busy writing that by the time I get around to reading it's already out in paperback. Besides I don't read enough to care if it's in hardcover or paperback.

7. What project are you working on now?

I have two novels that I am editing and currently looking for an agent for, and I have a novel that I've started working on. I also constantly promote my novels that are published.

8. How long did it take you to write All I Ever Wanted? If you were to write it today, how would it be different?

I take about a year, give or take to write all my novels. All I Ever Wanted was written a few years ago, and my writing has definitely evolved along the way, so if I was writing it today, it would be more mainstream, it would be longer and have more suspense and action.

9. What does your family think of your being a published writer?

I have a very supportive family and I wouldn't be where I am today without them. Especially my husband, who encourages that I stay home and pursue my writing. He and my mother are my biggest fans.

10. To whom did you dedicate All I Ever Wanted, and why?

I dedicated this book to: My  husband Chris, my mother Mary, my mother-in-law Pat, and my best friend Sandy. Everyone of these people had a hand in getting me where I am today. Also my children, Tyler and Allyson, because for them everything is possible.