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Drew who has always been adamant about keeping her single status begins to doubt her immunity to Tisha’s lovesickness.
Tisha has hit the jackpot with not one but two perfect dates! Where next will her quest for love take her when she decides to upgrade her relationship—with both men!
Two not-so-sweet cousins, three not-so-honest men. With the many potholes and crossroads along the way, will Tisha ever reach her destination?
Can you tell us
what your book is about?
No
one knows how bumpy the road to love is more than Tisha Cole. After years of
excruciatingly embarrassing dates, the 25-year-old receptionist is ready to
hand in her dating license but her cynical cousin, Drew, will not let her. She
knows that finding Mr. Right has always been Tisha’s
ultimate goal in life and short of joining the search herself, Drew plans on
doing whatever it is in her power to help Tisha find him. When they cross paths
with two best friends and a very sexy entrepreneur, there’s
a slight change in plans.
Drew
who has always been adamant about keeping her single status begins to doubt her
immunity to Tisha’s
lovesickness.
Tisha
has hit the jackpot with not one but two perfect dates! Where next will her
quest for love take her when she decides to upgrade her relationship—with
both men!
Why did you write
your book?
A young woman with
a very pointy but attractive nose was sitting across from me on a bus one day.
She was listening to music on her MP3, oblivious to her fellow passengers and
the town passing by. Next to me was a young man with his eyes fixed on her. I
was coming from a bad date and boredom and curiosity got the best of me. That’s
when the “what ifs” began. “What if he was brave enough to go over to her and
ask her number?”, “What if she had just had a horrible date (like the one I
just had)?”, “What if her life was a series of bad dates?” And the rest is in
the book.
Do you tend to base
your characters on real people or are they totally from your imagination?
My characters are mostly from my imagination although sometimes I use
real people as models for some aspects of their personalities.
Are you consciously
aware of the plot before you begin a novel or do you discover it as you write?
Most times, I start out with a defined plot
but sometimes the story shifts away from it as I write.
Does the setting play a major part in the development of your story?
Not in this story. It focuses more on the characters’ plights than the
setting they’re in.
Open the book to page 69. What is
happening?
Dwight is telling Tisha why he fought with his best friend over her
cousin, Drew.
Have you suffered from writer’s block and what do you do to get back on
track?
Yes, I have. Well I just had to give it a break and do something else to
kill time. Reading an enjoyable book seems to be the best remedy.
If we were to meet for lunch to talk books, where would we go?
A restaurant near the beach.
What do you like to do for fun?
I love to read and recently I’ve taken a liking to audio books. I also
love kayaking, basketball and volleyball.
What kind of advice would you give other
fiction authors?
Everyone is different and therefore you need to
know what works for you and use it. However, reading is always a good foundation
but do not read what you do not want to write.