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URL:
www.miabaileyromances.info
Contact:
miabaileyromances@yahoo.com
ABOUT MIA
Writing is the
culmination of a life-long dream for Romance/Romantica
Author, Mia Bailey. She remembers as a child spending
summers on her grandparent’s farm creating little books from
rolled paper her grandfather would bring home from the
store. She would cut and fold the papers, stapling them to
design the little books, and then spend days creating her
own personal library with tales of imagination and wonder.
As an adult, her dream of becoming a published author
had to be set aside as she endured many changes in her life.
She unexpectedly found herself a single parent and had to
journey forth into the world of corporate America to earn a
living and provide a stable home for her family. It was only
after the simultaneous occurrence of several life events –
her fortieth birthday, her daughter’s high school graduation
and acceptance to college, and her survival of a major
automobile accident – that rekindled her energy to pursue
her dreams of writing.
So with a new attitude and renewed spirit, she started
down a different road; not one on the straight and narrow,
but rather one with many twists and turns. She chose not a
fast track to success but rather the scenic route to a new
and exciting destination. Never one to waste a moment, she
charges in headlong in to face new challenges and
experiences to broaden the mind, body and spirit.
As a self-described entrepreneur, she is enjoying life
to the fullest. She doesn’t have the time to be bored as she
is currently working on several projects including a cooking
show combining country charm and resourcefulness with city
chic, a high speed karting event, a career mentoring book
entitled Road Trip to Career Success, a romantic-suspense
independent film in Royal Oak, a greeting card line drawing
on the principles of Zen Buddhism, and a local woman’s
magazine recognizing the different ‘metamorphosis’ we
experience in our lives. She often comments, “It’s a good
thing I love to work and live to write!”
Mia Bailey lives near Detroit, MI with her daughter,
her cocker spaniel, and her four cats. She continues
consulting through her public relations company, IDEAS –
Innovative Designs for Entrepreneurial Advantages, as well
as conducts training as a career mentor in career
development. But most importantly, she writes daily and
looks forward to the day when she can walk into someone’s
home and there, on the bookshelf, she will see their library
of Mia Bailey novels. She truly lives by the mantra “Embrace
Every Dream…Live Every Moment…Fulfill Every Fantasy”.
INTERVIEW
Q: What is your writing day like?
A: It’s something different everyday and always so crazy – I
don’t have a set schedule for working on a new book other than I
make sure I write for at least 4 hours everyday. Many times, I’m
working on several projects at a time: short stories,
non-fiction, essays - but I will work on only one full length
novel at any given time. The rest of my day is divided between
my full-time job, responding to Yahoo Groups, and promotion.
Q: Where do you get your ideas?
A: From everyone and everything around me. Shakespeare wrote:
“All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely
players: they have their exits and their entrances, and one man
in his time plays many parts.” It is through the diversity and
changes in life, the metamorphosis that we all go through from
one stage to the next and the results from those transformations
that I find my inspiration.
Q: How do you respond to people’s disparaging remarks
about being a Romance novelist?
A: “Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it!” It is a little hurtful
when I hear rude and reproachful comments from people after they
find out that I write Romance/Romantica, as if writing in this
genre makes me less than a “real” author. I write in many genres
and sub-genres as well as write non-fiction self-help texts in
Career Mentoring. I write because I love to write – the
creativity of weaving a well-written plot and the joy of
entertaining people. And I write Romances because in no other
genre do I have the ability to touch the hearts of so many
devoted readers.
Q: How do you feel about e-Books versus print books?
A: It doesn’t make a difference to me, I just love to read! I’ll
admit that there are times I love the feel of a book in my
hands, turning the pages of a good spellbinding novel as I sit
curled up in my favorite chair on a soft, sultry night. I can
really lose myself in a good book. But I love the ease of e-Book
readers and the ability to take them with me anywhere with
little muss and fuss. With e-Books, I can download as many as I
want to take on vacation and I can purchase them at any time
with my trusty laptop. And as an avid reader, I can tell you
that if I had a hardcopy of every book I’ve read; I might as
well live in a library. Hmmm, that’s not a bad idea. There is an
old library building that’s up for sale near Detroit. I wonder
what the rezoning code would be to convert it to a residence?
Q: So what other projects are you currently working on?
A: As an entrepreneur, I’m a big one for planning and
organization and have the outlines for more than a dozen
projects for the next several years. But currently, I am working
on a contemporary vampire romance to be followed up by a
paranormal romantic thriller with a touch of BDSM. Other
non-writing projects in the works include: a cooking show
combining country charm with city chic; a high speed karting
event; a career mentoring book entitled Road Trip to Career
Success; a romantic-suspense independent film in Royal Oak; a
greeting card line drawing on the principles of Zen Buddhism;
and a local woman’s magazine recognizing the different
‘metamorphosis’ we experience in our lives. It’s a good thing I
love to work and live to write! |
