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URL:
http://www.nicolemorgan1.webs.com
CONTACT:
nicolemorgan_1@yahoo.com
ABOUT NICOLE
Nicole
Morgan was an avid reader who kept
having one recurring problem. Ideas of
stories kept popping into her head. She
ignored her desire to write until her
curiosity got the better of her and she
decided to research what steps she would
have to take if she truly wanted to take
a chance and write. After her research
was complete she sat her husband down
and told him what she had wanted to do
for a very long time. To say that he was
shocked was an understatement, but true
to the wonderful man that he is, he
supported her in every way, as did their
two daughters who had to do without
Mom’s company on more than one occasion.
Nicole took a chance and followed her
dream. She has been blessed with some
fabulous opportunities and has met some
wonderful people along the way. Writing
is a true love to her and has brought
her a new and profound happiness with
every step she’s taken along the way.
She currently lives in Colorado with her
husband, two daughters and two dogs (who
have been the least understanding about
Mom’s computer time). She continues to
write and look for new and interesting
ways to bring her characters to life for
the reader.
INTERVIEW
Q: Did
you know what type of romance you wanted
to write about or did you experiment
with different genres before you chose
the one you felt was for you?
A: When I first started writing I
thought about writing a suspenseful
romance, which I did. It had a lot of
twists and turns, but the funny thing I
realized about myself was that when I
started writing the erotic or sexy
scenes came naturally to me. I've since
found it's actually harder for me to
write scenes without all of the heat and
passion.
Q: Do you have a process of how you
start to write your novels?
A: I do things probably a lot
differently than other authors. I get an
idea in my head about a couple and how
they might meet or what might bring them
together. Then I sit down and literally
start writing the characters and scenes
until my idea comes to life.
Q: How do you come up with titles for
your books?
A: It's a crazy method. I get a blank
sheet of paper and starting writing down
random words that come to mind when I
think of the story. I might have thirty
to forty words written down before I
can’t think of anymore. Then I get
another sheet of paper and start to
write down the words together, to see if
any of them fit, until eventually I come
up with one that I feel not only
describes the story perfectly but one
that flows.
Q: Which aspects of writing do you enjoy
the most and why? And what is your
biggest writing pet peeve?
A: The thing I enjoy most about writing
is making the characters emotions come
to life. My biggest pet peeve in writing
is in coming up with a synopsis.
Sometimes it is hard to condense 350
pages into a hundred words or less and
still have it jump out and grab at the
reader.
Q: What is the one writing tool can you
not live without?
A: I would die if I did not have an
online thesaurus/dictionary!
Q: What do you do to relax after having
spent a long while writing? Do you have
any hobbies?
A: What I love to do is have a long hot
bubble bath. If I’ve been really good I
treat myself to a manicure and pedicure
though.
Q: What is your biggest reader pet
peeve?
A: My biggest pet peeve is
predictability. I have read tons of
books where you can tell by the second
chapter exactly how everything is going
to play out. It’s disappointing. The
story might be well told, but I want to
enjoy the story and be surprised. It’s
hard to do that when you know exactly
what’s going to happen.
Q: How do you handle your writing
schedule and your personal life without
going insane?
A: Who says I’m not going insane?
Seriously though, it is actually very
hard at times. It basically translates
into a lot of missed sleep and a very
understanding husband and two kids. The
dogs aren’t very understanding at all
though. One sits on my feet (yes on, not
near) and the other one nudges my hand
as I type. They’re spoiled and get
lonely when mommy doesn’t give them the
attention they think they deserve.
Q: What's the hardest thing about
writing a novel?
A: For me, I would have to say the
hardest thing is finding new and
inventive ways to describe the raw
emotions the characters are going
through. No matter what the subject
matter of my books there is always some
sort of underlying heartbreak or
devastation that cuts deep to the
character's soul. While I am a firm
believer in Happily Ever After stories,
I also like to give the characters
obstacles to overcome. So while there
are many adjectives out there to help a
writer tell his/her story they aren't
worth much if the author can't find a
way to make the reader connect with the
character and feel the same sensations
and emotions that the character is
experiencing at that very moment.
Q: What do you love the most about
writing?
A: Gosh, I think the easier question
would be, What don't I love about it?
When I have an idea for a story and sit
down at my computer I start with
something small. I never know what is
going to happen next until I'm typing
it. The story unfolds to me the same way
it would a reader. I get just as much
enjoyment as the story unfolds while I'm
typing as I would if I was curled up
with a good book in a quiet room with a
glass of wine. I guess to summarize I
would say I love inventing characters
and finding obstacles for them to
overcome. Most of my stories have some
sort of a villan in them, in one form or
another. So, I like giving my characters
the opportunity to hurdle all of the bad
luck that gets thrown their way, so that
they can have that Happily Ever After.
Q: When did you first have an interest
in writing?
A: I actually have always enjoyed
writing, in one form or another. It was
the one subject in school I always not
only excelled in but truly enjoyed. Just
ask my two daughters. I get a little too
excited whenever they have a big
Language Arts project due. They get more
than a bit irritated with me at my
overzealous behavior.
Q: What’s the one question no one ever
asks that you wish they would?
A: What does it feel like to be doing
what you truly love? And my answer would
be, “Amazing! I can’t believe I’ve been
given the opportunities that I have."
Q: What is your writing day like?
A: It’s 6:00 a.m. and my husband has
just said goodbye to me for the day.
It’s Friday, my day off from my day job.
After a quick shower I head out to
Starbucks for a bit of heaven in the
form of a Caramel Macchiato with an
extra shot. Once I’m back at home I open
the file to my current work in progress.
I spend the next several minutes
rereading the last several pages I wrote
to refresh my memory of where I left off
and the mind set of where I was when I
was last writing. If all goes well and
my brain has started to wake up my
fingers will touch the keyboard and
start to type of their own volition. I
will write happily until the sun goes
down, but it is Friday and that is the
night that we go out to eat as a family.
So I hit save and shut things down until
tomorrow.
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