Please help me welcome Colette from A Buckeye Girl Reads.
1. What genre is your favorite?
It’s a tie between Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance. When I started blogging it was historical romance. I love UF and PNR because the heroines aren’t afraid to kick butt and take names.
2. How do you like your romance? Sweet, Hot, or Ouch-you burned me?
I love the Ouch you burned me romances! I’ve also recently fallen in love with ménages,
3. Why do you blog?
I started blogging because I thought it would be a neat way to keep track of what I’ve read. I keep blogging because of all the great people I’ve met doing it.
4. What turns you off about a character?
I hate it when characters spend the whole book fighting only to realize they love each other in the last 50 pages. That’s not a romance to me! I also hate it when the heroine is wishy-washy. I love him, but can’t because of x, y or z. I often scream “make up your mind already!” to those heroines.
5. Do you watch trailers?
No. I always get frustrated when they take too long to load on my computer and give up watching them.
6. Who is your favorite book hero?
My current favorite book hero is Desmond, a were shapeshifter from Sierra Dean’s Secret McQueen series.
7. Do you keep swag? Or does it end up in a wastebasket somewhere?
It depends on what it is. I normally don’t keep buttons, mini calendars or bookmarks. I always mean to use them, but never do and they just clutter really easily. I always forget to include them in a giveaway. What’s your fave swag? My favorite swag is magnets! I also won a really cool hat, tote and pen from Gini Koch that I love.
8. If you could marry one fictitious hero, who would it be?
This is a hard one! I have a three way tie between: Jamie Frasier, (Outlander by Diana Gabaldon) Jericho Barrons (Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning) and Jeff Martini (Kitty Katt Series by Gini Koch)
Thank you, Colette, for letting me pick your brain. You are a super sweetheart! To my friends, if you'd like to meet this wonderful book blogger, go find her at:
Leave Colette a message and I'll coax her to come play later. Maybe you'd like to share who you'd marry! :)
Yay for OUCHY urban fantasy! I love that too. :-)
ReplyDeleteNo offense to Rachel, who makes AWESOME trailers, but I don't normally watch them either. My attention span can't handle it. Of course, I can always sit through a Rachel-made trailer. She's good that way. ;-)
Good to know about what swag you keep and what gets tossed. I'm trying to plan for swag giveaways at RT and RomCon, and I have no idea what readers actually USE.
Thanks for a great, interesting interview. So many interviews I read are totally boring. HA!
Thanks Kendall! I'm glad I'm not the only who doesn't watch trailers. Some of them are great, but my attention span is short. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Collette. It's great to meet you. I've been a paranormal fan for a long time, but paranormal/urban fantasy and I are on a break at present. I've been reading more contemporary and historical.
ReplyDeleteGotta love those ménage a trois stories. They're mucho fun to write as well.
I'm glad you said that about trailers because I get impatient waiting for them to load too. I have the patience of a gnat!
I love historical romances and read them when I'm on a break from PNR/UF as well!
DeleteI'm sooo with you on annoying book-long fighting then convenient let's-kiss-and-make-up love. But, I'd love me some Barrons, too so we may have to wrestle for him. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat to meet you, Collette!
Hi Collette.
ReplyDeleteRachel always puts on a good show :-) I'm with you on the kick ass heroines. I've read a few historicals (free from conferences) and the stories were good, but lack the nail biting on the edge of your seat action. Not to mention it's so fun to write.
So, what do you think will be the next big trend in paranormal romance? What do readers want?
Jean
www.keytothecursed.com
I love love magnets and pens! Best swag ever
ReplyDeleteGreat interview. And you can't have Barrons, he's mine! Oh, have you read The Alpha Alternative by Karen Marie Moning yet? A love scene from Barrons' POV. I just heard about it yesterday and desperately need to get my hands on a copy.
ReplyDeleteBarrons is way too high-maintenance for me. I'd totally marry Morgan, though. ;)
ReplyDeleteNice interview Colette! I do love bookmarks though, but not to use, just to watch. I have a big pinboard where i pin those, or I put them in the book they are for. But I do love those Gini Kock magnets I got recently!
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