Jean Lauzier
has always been a writer though life just recently settled enough so she can
spend the time needed at the keyboard with her characters. Jean writes mystery and fantasy for the most
part but enjoys playing with romance and western genres ever so often. When not writing, Jean spends her time trying
to keep her Bonsai alive, learning Spanish and training the cat.
Her short
story collection, Six Pack of Murder is available on Amazon. She is president of the East Texas Writer’s
Association.
During the
tour, Jean will be giving away at least three copies of Six Pack of Murder and
three copies of the soon to be released Dark Descent. Be sure to leave a
comment along with your email address to be entered in the drawing.
Now, join me
as we get to know the author better…
When
you were a child, what did you want to “be” when you grew up?
As far back as I can remember, I wanted
to be a criminal psychologist. I guess the workings of the criminal mind
intrigued me. But then Charles Manson
came along and I realized I’d have to work with scary people like him so that
ended that. I was also into horses as
many young girls are, so decided on a career as a show jumper/equestrian. Life
happened and I ended up in the Air Force as an aircraft mechanic.
At
what point in your life did you decide you wanted to become a published author?
I’d always written stories as a kid but
being in the military, far from home gave me the ‘angst” needed to start
writing poetry. Thankfully I have nothing left from that period, I’m sure they
were terrible. Thankfully I had no thoughts of publication but life became busy
with kids and the frequent moves of military career so writing got pushed aside.
Once things settled down, I started
writing again and that’s when the desire to be published came along. I’ve
working at this seriously for ten years now. I’ve had some short stories
published along with quite a few articles but Dark Descent will be the first
novel publication.
In
what genre do you write?
That’s really a loaded question. I
mainly write mystery and fantasy. Dark
Descent is a mystery and is with my editor. The release date is early next
year. We are hoping for February.
Dragons of Jade is a fantasy novel I’m doing final edits on before it goes to
my publisher. We aim to release it in January in time for Dragon Appreciation
Day.
I’m also writing a romance serial along
with a western fantasy serial. I enjoy the different genres, especially after
focusing on one for a while. I think one
day I’d like to try writing a horror story. Just to see what I could come up
with. I used to love reading Stephen King.
What
made you choose to write the particular novel you have written?
Dark Descent came from a piece of flash
fiction. It was a Halloween prompt of about 250 words which left so much of the
story out that a novel was the natural next step. Plus, the main character sort
of insisted I tell the rest of the story.
Where
can readers find out more about you and your books?
Website – www.jeanlauzier.com
Twitter - @JeanLauzier
Facebook – jeanlauzier2319
Email – jeanlauzier@gmail.com
Thanks again for letting me visit.
Enjoyed being here...thanks again for having me.
ReplyDeleteI think working in multiple genres is great. I've made a career out of it. :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I first started writing seriously, I was told to pick one genre and make a name in it, then I could maybe pick another. I tried that for a while but just loved the others too much to ignore them. :-)
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