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URL:
www.tymberdalton.com
Contact:
tymberdalton@gmail.com
ABOUT TYMBER
Tymber Dalton lives in
southwest Florida with her husband Brucie (aka “The World’s Best
Husband™”) and almost-teenage son (Goddess help us all) Bopiwil
(Bottomless Pit With Legs). She loves her family, writing,
coffee, dark chocolate, music, a good book, hockey, shoes, and
her dogs (even when they try to drink her coffee and eat her
shoes). When she’s not dodging hurricanes or writing, she can be
found doing line edits or reading or thinking up something else
to write. You can drop her a line through her website/blog and
keep abreast of the latest news, views, snarkage, and general
ramblings she feels like posting when the mood strikes her.
INTERVIEW
Q: Where do you get your ideas?
A: I’m married to The World’s Best Husband™, *wink* But
seriously, I like to write about “real” characters. Cardboard
alpha heroes are fine for some, but I want my heroes to have
flaws and weaknesses that make the heroine love them even more
because they are real and human and lovable. I might get a
snippet of an idea, then the characters come to mind. The more I
get to know the characters, then that’s the direction the story
takes, following them wherever they go. I like my heroes and
heroines to be people that real people can relate to and yet
still be taken away to the fantasy world with them. Yes, some
fantasy is obviously necessary, but it’s easier to root for a
heroine who proudly asserts that “she’s in shape…pear is a
shape” than it is to root for one who looks like she was put
together in a plastic surgeon’s office and has so much silicone
in her that she’ll melt if she gets too close to the stove.
Q: Did you actually…um…you know…like in your stories?
A: No. In real life I’m a happily-married, one-man woman. (I
think the term is “vanilla.”) Hey, let’s face it, stories like
“Love Slave for Two” are like being able to eat ten pounds of
dark chocolate without gaining an ounce or getting a single zit.
It’s a calorie-free indulgence of the most delicious kind. (And
trust me, they’re as much fun to write as they are to read!)
Q: How does your husband feel about your stories?
A: Well, Brucie is a typical straight guy who would rather get a
root canal than read a M/M love scene. So he has my blessing to
skip over parts that make him uncomfortably squirm. *laugh* As
for the rest of the parts…let’s just say he doesn’t mind in the
least. *smile*
Q: What’s your day job?
A: I’m a writer.
Q: When you’re not writing, what are you doing?
A: Writing. Seriously. Or walking the dogs. But usually writing.
Q: Why do you write?
A: Because I love it. I love weaving a story out of words and
having someone read it and tell me, “You totally kept my
interest!” If I can make you laugh or cry, all the better.
Getting paid to do this is a happy perk, because the mortgage
company really prefers it when I send the payment in on time.
Q: How would your husband describe you?
A: Hmm. Within earshot or not? *grin* I’ll save him the hassle.
I’m proud to say I’m a self-described snarky ball-buster. Which
is why I probably will never have a job in public office and
it’s a good thing I’m a work-at-home writer. I’ve been known to
tell someone in public, “Here’s your sign,” when they do
something particularly sign-worthy.
Q: Do you have a secret identity/alter ego?
A: Well, it dang sure wouldn’t be a secret if I did and told
now, would it? *wink*
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