Trina's Tantilising Tidbits: Featured Interview With Jade C Jamison (Author of the Bullet Series)

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Featured Interview With Jade C Jamison (Author of the Bullet Series)

Jade C Jamison is in the house with me this morning, And I'm pretty A++ excited to find out what she has on offer for us this morning.

Will she dish the juice on new up and coming book, lets ask her and find out.

Tell us a little about yourself.

I have no idea where to start. Let’s see...I have four children and three cats (working on becoming a crazy cat lady). I have three degrees in English. One of them is in Creative Writing (of course) and until May of last year, I taught composition and creative writing classes for a nearby community college. I still have a “day job” but hope to lose it someday soon!

How did you become a writer, and did you always want to write?

I was born a writer. Yes, I have always wanted to write. I started writing poetry at the age of seven and short stories at the age of twelve. I wrote my first novel at the age of eighteen, but I’ve spent years honing my skills.

How do you hope your readers react to the stories you write?

With emotion. When someone tells me they were angry or crying at one of my stories, I feel like I’ve done my job. I want readers to feel something, whether it’s crying or laughing their butts off!

What responses to your writing have affected you the most and why?

Even though I wish it wasn’t true, it’s the extreme responses that affect me most. The gushing reviews—those are awesome, land me on cloud nine, and reward me hugely for doing what I love most. The other extreme, though—really nasty, mean reviews, one where the reader acts like I personally set out to ruin her life by writing a novel—affect me negatively. I used to read all my reviews, feeling like I could learn something from each one, but the one-star reviews are not worth it. If, by the first sentence, I can tell it’s mean and nasty, I stop reading. I don’t need that kind of negativity in my life. The reviewer is welcome to her opinion, but that doesn’t mean I have to read it.

Other than writing great stories, what other goals do you have for your life?

Someday I would like to travel the world. I’d like to become a better guitar player (but I spend too much of my spare time writing to practice as much as I should). Get my kids through college. I have a lot of charitable goals as well.

What do you like to do in your spare time?

Read, write, play guitar, play games with my family, garden, go to concerts. I like to go to the movies once in a while too.

What can you tell us about your latest works?

Fully Automatic comes out 1/30/14 and is the fourth book in my Bullet series. It’s an alternate POV from the first book, Bullet, but it’s so much more. It’s a story that had to be told. I don’t want to give too much away for those who haven’t had a chance to read the story, but Bullet I subtitled “An Epic Rock Star Novel.” Fully Automatic is just as epic in scope, but it’s told entirely from a male perspective. This is the first book I’ve written entirely from a male point of view. It was challenging, but I’m glad I did it. So far, the response of reviewers is positive. I can’t wait to share it with my readers!

What stories can your fans expect from you in the days ahead?

Soon, the long-awaited ninth book of the Nicki Sosebee series will be available (Fake) and then I will be writing a book called Be Careful What You Wish For, based on a short story of the same name found in my book Quickies. After that, I have a long list, but I’m not sure what will come next! I have so many projects that need to be written!

What would you like to say to your fans in New Zealand and others worldwide?

Thank you. Sincerely. Sure, I write for myself, but I write for you. Thank you for reading my words and sharing your thoughts with me. It means the world to me.