Donna: As you may
know, I’ve included Nicky Wells in my list of favorite authors of 2013. Today, it’s my great pleasure to host
three of Nicky’s main characters to find out a little bit more about this
author. Please welcome the one and only Dan Hunter, rock singer and front man
of UK rock band, Tuscq; Sophie Penhalligan-Jones; and Jude Shaw. Thank you all
for coming!
Dan: Thanks for
inviting us here, Donna. We don’t often get a chance to talk about our author,
and this is a great opportunity.
Donna: So, Nicky
writes books about rock stars. Where does she get her ideas?
Sophie: She’s
like me. She loves rock music. She loves rock stars. She just can’t help making
up stories about them.
Dan: She does a
lot of research, too. She goes to rock concerts all the time, and she’s built
up a nice little network of industry contacts to help her put some real teeth
into her tales. You know, all that stuff about recording and touring… Nicky
likes to understand how things work, so she goes all out on the research. She’s
even been to a recording studio and laid down a track herself to see what it’s
like.
Jude: And I hear
she’s a chronic insomniac. I know for a fact that I was conceived in the middle
of the night when she couldn’t sleep, and she had all these fragments of ideas
going round her head.
Donna: Does she look
after you well?
Dan: What do you
mean?
Donna: Do you like
your stories?
Sophie: Heck,
yes! My goodness, what a rollercoaster she’s given me. When the story began, I
kept asking myself, where is she taking me? How can she possibly make my
humdrum little existence exciting to her readers? Bang came that encounter at the airport, bang, and Dan was back in my life, and bang all hell broke loose. Oh, and she let me travel. I never
thought I’d see so many places in my life.
Dan: I have to
admit, I had a bit of a hard time halfway through the Trilogy. It was really
painful watching Sophie fall in love with another man. I had a long
heart-to-heart with Nicky about this, and she begged me to have faith. So I sat
back and waited and hoped for the best. But yes, I do like my story. I think I
come out of it rather well.
Sophie: All the
girls love you. You had a reviewer hiding in the photocopy room at her work to
get to the end of the Encore!
Dan: Well, yes,
there is that…
Jude: I love my story. My goodness, if Nicky
hadn’t stepped in, I’d be… well, I wouldn’t be making music anymore, that’s for
sure.
Donna: What is she
like when she’s writing?
Sophie: Obsessed!
Dan: Distracted.
As in, the phone rings, and she’ll look at it as if to say, “what the heck is
that thing and where did it come from?” I truly believe she loses track of time
and real life when she’s writing us. It can be quite funny, actually.
Jude: She sings!
She sings all the time. You should have heard her belt out all those Christmas
rock tunes while she was writing my story.
Sophie: Oh yes,
she does sing. And she jiggles up and down when the plot thickens, or when
she’s written a particularly good scene.
Dan: I swear she
blushes when she writes the…um… well… romance scenes.
Sophie: She does
not!
Dan: She does,
too. That scene on the coach… she was practically glowing.
Sophie: How would
you know? You were otherwise engaged!
Dan: I could feel
her cheeks burn.
Sophie: I doubt
that, but I tell you what. She doesn’t half cry. My goodness, she went through
two packs of tissues when she wrote that scene about how I remember Steve. You
know, after the fake burglary when you came round to my house, and you cuddled
me, and I fell asleep and remembered?
I don’t know who was more upset then, me or Nicky.
Donna: Speaking of…
That was a terrible shock, that was. Does Nicky put on the bossy hat, or do you
get a say in your destiny?
Sophie: She’s got
it all planned out, usually, and that’s good. But I’ve had the odd occasion to
object, here or there, and Nicky’s been really good about listening and making
adjustments.
Jude: I’d have to
agree with that. She does listen. Like my girlfriend Carrie, well, she had some
concerns about taking me back just like that. She said that I needed to show a
lot more regret and love. So Nicky went back and added a whole little subplot
involving memories and baubles and tokens of affection. It worked out
fabulously in the end, and Carrie was well chuffed.
Donna: What are
Nicky’s worst habits when she’s writing?
Dan: She’s a
perfectionist.
Sophie: She
drinks way too much coffee. I get dizzy just thinking about the amount of
caffeine going round her body.
Jude: She doesn’t
eat enough chocolate, and then she gets all grumpy when her sugar levels drop.
Donna: Perfectionism,
too much caffeine and too little sugar. That’s an intriguing combination. Guys,
it’s been wonderful chatting with you today. I hope you can come back again
sometime soon. Oh, I do have one last question. Do you know what Nicky is
working on now?
Sophie: I do!
She’s working on two novels concurrently, mad woman that she is. One is called
“Fallen For Rock” and it tells the story of Emily, who ditched her
wanna-be-rockstar boyfriend Nate because, well, frankly, she can’t stand rock.
The lead singer of a famous rock band shows her the error of her ways but
really, all she wants is for Nate to come back to her. Alas, it’s not as simple
as that… and I won’t say any more than that for now.
Jude: And her
second work-in-progress is a rather funny story about a female rock singer and
the unexpected outcome of her wedding night. This novel is very much in its
infancy, so I’m not allowed to share a title at this time, it’s all hush-hush!
Donna: Wow! Thank you
again, and take care!
Sophie: Rock on,
Donna!
Dan: Lovely
meeting you, sweetheart!
Jude: Wishing you
and all your readers a very happy festive season!
Sophie Penhalligan
Jones and Dan Hunter are the main characters in Nicky’s Rock Star Romance
Trilogy (Sophie’s Turn, Sophie’s Run, Sophie’s Encore). Jude Shaw is the hero
in Nicky’s Christmas novella, Spirits of
Christmas.
About Nicky Wells:
Romance that Rocks Your World!
Nicky Wells is your ultimate rock chick author. Signed to US
Publisher, Sapphire Star Publishing, Nicky writes Romance That Rocks Your World,
featuring the rock star and the girl next door.
Nicky’s books offer glitzy,
glamorous contemporary romance with a rock theme ~ imagine
Bridget Jones ROCKS Notting Hill!
Born in Germany, Nicky moved to
the United Kingdom in 1993 and currently lives in Lincoln. In a previous
professional life, Nicky worked as a researcher and project manager for an
international Human Resources research firm based in London and Washington,
D.C. Like her first leading lady, Sophie, Nicky loves listening to rock music,
dancing, and eating lobsters. When she’s not writing, she’s a wife, mother,
occasional knitter, and regular contributor to The Midweek Drive show on
Lincoln’s Siren 107.3 FM. Rock on!
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