Book
Title: Bemused and Bedeviled: Terpsichore
in Love
Author: John
Tucker
Release Date: May
15, 2013
Genre: Supernatural
Romance/Comedy
Publisher: GMTA
Publishing, LLC
Presented by: As
You Wish Tours
Interview with John Tucker
Can you tell us a little bit about
yourself?
I've lived in Georgia for 48 of my
fifty years. One in Florida (hated it) One in North Carolina (hated
it more). I've had three wives, two children, and a few cats and
dogs. I have an extensive DVD collection of what I call
the gretaest movies of all time -- approximately 500. I have
submitted myself and my life to the Guiness World Records
organization for the boringest man alive, but have yet to recieve an
answer. :-)
What do you do when you are not writing?
Sleep, work, eat...bathroom
activites...Facebook, TV. (See boring reference above)
Do you have a day job as well?
Yup...Tues - Sat...Pizza Management.
When did you first start writing and when did you finish your first book?
When did you first start writing and when did you finish your first book?
I started writing for real in 2008
and finished my first novel in 2009. Since it ended at 600,000
words, I am currently making it a five volume series of books - the
first is Romancing the Fox. Joining the IWW (Internet Writers
Workshp) in 2010 taught me how to write competently and since then, I
have self pubbed Divisive, The Little Girl You Kiss Goodnight,
and Romancing the Fox. My first novel under a publisher,
Terpischore in Love : Bemused and Bedeviled Vol. 1 - has just
been released.
How did you choose the genre you write in?
How did you choose the genre you write in?
I don't have a specific genre. Divisive
is a dark adult comtemporary, The Little Girl You Kiss Goodnight is a
YA Mystery, Romancing the Fox is an adult romantic-dramedy, and
Terpischore in Love is a supernatural romantic dramedy. I am
currently working on an Erotic novella and have just submitted a
Horror short story to an Anthology project sporsored by Vamptasy.
Where do you get your ideas?
Since every basic plot a novel can have
has been done already, it's up to a writer to make fresh characters
and situations to go into a book. Divisive came to me as a
murder mystery to start with. Instead, it wove itself into a
psycholgical journey into the mind of a sociopath. That book was so
dark, with utterly reprehensible characters, that a fellow author
made a bet with me that I couldn't write a story with 'good, morally
responsible characters.' That book turned out to be The Little Girl
You Kiss Goodnight. Romancing the Fox stemmed from a daydream/fantasy
I had while in the middle of a deteriorating marriage. Terpsichore in
Love was originally a series of episodic screenplays with a hybrid of
Bewitched, Melrose Place, and How I Met Your Mother. :-)
Weird, I know. I'm also working with a fellow author
(Twila Vernon) on a straight Romantic tale that's coming along
nicely.
Do you ever experience writer’s block?
Do you ever experience writer’s block?
I do, but instead of moaning, bitching,
and complaining about it, I start working on something fresh. At
times I've had three different projects going and eventually, I got
around to completring them all. Keep the juices flowing, even
if you have to switch from Grape to Pineapple. :-D
Do you work with an outline, or just write?
First, I come up with a plot - start,
ending, middle scenes. Then I outline a book into a twenty chapter
synopsis that usually veers off somewhere around chapter six - ten
when I actually start to write. I also compile a character list with
their description, habits, attitudes, and add to it over the course
of the book so I don't get mixed up. It sounds complicated, but it
works for me.
Is there any particular author or book that influenced you in any way either growing up or as an adult?
I read Stephen King voraciously as a
pre-teen and teenager. As an adult, I absolutely love John Jakes and
his American Bicentennial Series. For my own work, I combine Jakes'
emphasis on characters, and King's casual style of writing -
especially with pop and cultural references.
Can you tell us about your challenges in getting your first book published?
For self-pubbing, the formatting
process turned my salt and pepper hair into a full gray. For
professional publishing, I tried submitting manuscripts to several
organizations before GMTA (Great Minds Think Aloud) took a chance on
me.
BLURB
The nine traditional Greek Muses, who
are now living on Earth, find their everyday lives disrupted by the
appearance of a mysterious mortal who is developing powers beyond
human capabilities. After Dan Gordon falls in love with Terpischore,
he finds himself in the midst of a power struggle between the forces
of Heaven and the denizens of Hades – with the winner claiming his
heart and soul.
Bemused and Bedeviled takes you into
the drama-filled lives of the nine sisters, headed up by the
impetuous Terpischore, oversexed Melpomene, irascible Calliope, and
the impossibly cheerful Euterpe. On the dark side, Lucifer and his
three Sirens – the level-headed Calypso, wrathful Celestia, and the
effervescent Chanteuse – deal with their own darker issues. The
representatives of good and evil vie for Dan’s loyalty and
allegiance, despite family issues that threaten to rip the very
fabric of the universe apart.
AUTHOR BIO
John. D. Tucker is a longtime Georgia
native who began writing at the age of forty-three. He has
self-published three novels: Divisive – a psychological crime
thriller, The Little Girl You Kiss Goodnight – a young adult
mystery, and Romancing the Fox – a contemporary romance/drama. He
seems to be becoming a jack of all genres with his first novel under
the GMTA banner – Terpischore in Love (Bemused and Bedeviled Book
One) a romantic comedy filled with mythological characters
interacting with contemporary mortals.
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