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ABOUT TISH
Tish Domenick is first generation Italian-American. She has
earned two University degrees, a BS (no, not that BS, Bachelor
of Science—really) and an MA, and has many years experience in
the health care field. Give her a bowl of pasta, a good red
wine, a romantic novel, and life is good. She lives in Florida
with her husband, who cooks the pasta and pours the wine and
wonders how she researched those erotic scenes. She’ll never
tell.
INTERVIEW
Q: How long have you been writing?
A: I wrote my first short novella in fourth grade. (I won’t
say how long ago that was.) It was about an Arabian horse that
took a boy on wild adventures. Pure fantasy, but my teacher
liked it and had me read it to the whole class. I started
submitting and wallpapering my computer room with rejections
about seven years ago.
Q: During those years, did you ever become so
discouraged you decided to quit writing?
A: Yes, for about two days until a new story popped into my
head. For a writer, writing is not a choice. It’s a necessity.
Q: How do you get your ideas?
A: I honestly don’t know. Almost anything I hear, see, read
or dream can spark an idea.
Q: Is anything in The
Lady Dares autobiographical?
A: Not that I’d care to admit (wink, wink). Funny, my husband
keeps asking the same question. Really, I have a wickedly erotic
imagination.
Q: What process do you use for constructing a story?
A: You’ve probably heard that some writers are pantsers (fly
by the seat of their pants with little or no planning), and some
outline to the nth degree. I’m somewhere in between. I always
start with the characters and put them in a situation. I plot
the ending roughly and a few chapters ahead, then let the
characters tell their stories and transport me to their world.
Q: Is the Elizabethan Era your favorite historical
period?
A: For some reason, it speaks to me. Perhaps that’s because
of the Renaissance and Shakespeare and all the creativity coming
from that time.
Q: What other eras intrigue you?
A: The Discovery of Gold in California and its Barbary Coast,
and the WWII era.
Q: What other genres do you write?
A: Romance, always Romance! Not always historical.
Q: What are you working on now? What’s next for Tish
Domenick?
A: I’ve begun another Elizabethan and also a ménage during
the Gold Rush days.
Q: When can we expect your next offering?
A: That’s up to the Siren staff, but soon, I hope.
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