Welcome Jennifer Bray-Weber to MCBF 2014
Native Texan and raised in the Spring area, Jennifer
Bray-Weber has always wished for real life to mimic adventuresome tales,
especially those of the high seas. Holding degrees in Music and Video Business
and Liberal Arts, she continued her higher education, until a professor
challenged her to write a novel. Never one to back down from a dare, her
passion led to award-winning pirate historical romances. Her next two books in
the Romancing the Pirate series are scheduled to release early in 2014.
Connect with Jennifer at www.jbrayweber.com.
Read Jennifer's interview below:
At what age did you start writing?
37. Late Bloomer? You could say that. I was a career student
racking up the college credits. During my fall semester in 2007, I impressed my creative writing professor with my
short stories, albeit everything I wrote was grisly and ended in death. *shrug*
One particular assignment, I went in a different direction. It was a romance
and nobody died. *shrugs again* He enjoyed it so much, he suggested I write a
novel. I took it as a dare and quit school. *shrugs once more*.
Patty Campbell talks about the germ for a piece of writing being
like the
sand in the oyster. What
is your grain of sand? Do you begin with character or setting or
something else?
For me, inspiration may come from a song lyric, a movie snap
shot, or a random simple gesture. My mind creates a ‘what if’ scenario. From
there springs a general setting and basic knowledge of a character or two.
Getting from point A (the beginning of the story) to point B (the end) is as
much a mystery to me as it is to the reader. It’s great fun!
Why do you write for Young Adults or Children or Adult (whichever
is pertinent)?
Despite
the action and adventure of my books, I tend to write with a healthy portion of
the dark side of humanity. It’s all doom and gloom. To balance out the macabre
danger, I write romance. And not your granny’s romance, either. The spicy,
steamy romance.
Who is your favorite character
you have written or read about?
I fell
unequivocally in love with Captain Blade Tyburn of A Kiss in the Wind, the second book in my Romancing the Pirate series. He’s an infamous pirate libertine with
devilish good looks, quick wit, and insatiable desire for women, no matter
their shape or size. That is, until he meets his match in knife-wielding,
pick-pocket Marisol.
That
said, I also just adore Darynda Jones’s Charley Davidson, the self-deprecating
wise-cracking private investigator. Oh, and she’s the grim reaper, too.
What books or authors have most influenced your writing most?
It would be unfair to narrow down the authors and books that I
could say were influential to my career in some form or another. I have learned
from many wonderful teachers, writers, and friends all across the publishing
spectrum. However, I do
aspire to have Sherrilyn Kenyon’s fandom, JK Rowling’s fortune, Stephen King’s
esteem, and Anne Rice’s legacy.
It’s the dawn of the zombie apocalypse, what 3 things are a must
to take with you when you flee your home for refuge from the undead hordes??
Assuming I would have my family and supplies, I would want to
take my fully charged iPod loaded with loud bass-thumping, guitar-screeching
zombie-killing rock music, a modified shotgun with an attached buzz saw for
mutilating attacking zombies, and Nutella, because I love it’s chocolaty
hazelnut goodness.
Meet Jennifer at the
on Saturday, February 15th
at Lone Star College - Montgomery
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