Interview with Barbara Grovner

Barbara Grovener is the Author of Even Numbers and she is going to be hanging around this week. So make sure to leave her a comment and check back to see her answers. I have learned a little something from her interview…she does permanent make-up. While I’m not afraid of tattoo needles, once they come at my face that could be a different story ;)

CA: What genre(s) do you write? Why do you write the stories that you write?

BG: I LIKE WRITING FICTION BEST BECAUSE IT ALLOWS ME TO USE MY IMAGINATION. EVEN NUMBERS IS FICTION BUT IT IS BASED ON MANY STORIES I HAVE HEARD FROM WOMEN WHO WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED AS LITTLE GIRLS.

CA: When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

BG: I HAVE BEEN WRITING EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER. AS A CHILD IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GET MY POINT ACROSS. THIS IS MY FIRST NOVEL, THOUGH, MOSTLY BECAUSE I WAS RAISING THREE CHILDREN PRACTICALLY SINGLEHANDED. NOW THAT THEY ARE ALL GROWN, I HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR WRITING.

CA: Who or what was your inspiration for writing?

BG: FOR ME ALMOST ANYTHING OR ANY TOPIC CAN BE INSPIRATIONAL. BUT I LOVE HUMAN INTEREST SUBJECTS.

CA: What is your work schedule like when you're writing?

BG: RIGHT NOW I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR WRITER’S BLOCK. BUT I’M PATIENT, THINGS WILL COME TOGETHER IN MY HEAD AND THEN THEY’LL START POURING ONTO THE PAGE.

CA: Your book is about to be sent into the reader world, what is one word that describes how you feel?

BG: CAN I MAKE THAT TWO WORDS? LOL! PROUD AND NERVOUS.

CA: What do you like to do when you're not writing?

BG: I HAVE A HOME BASED BUSINESS. I DO PERMANENT MAKE-UP. YOU KNOW WITH A TATTOO GUN. EYELINER, EYEBROWS, LIPS; THAT KIND OF THING.

CA: How many books have you written? Which is your favorite?

BG: I HAVE WRITTEN TWO. EVEN NUMBERS IS THE FIRST TO BE PUBLISHED. MY SECOND BOOK WILL RELEASE NEXT FALL. I HAVE TO ADMIT I LOVE THE SECOND BOOK MORE!

CA: Do you tend to base your characters on real people or are they totally from your imagination?

BG: WITH EVEN NUMBERS MANY OF THE CHARACTERS ARE BASED ON REAL PEOPLE; BUT WITH MY NEXT BOOK I MADE SURE THERE WERE PLENTY OF COLORFUL FICTICIOUS CHARACTERS.

CA: How can a reader contact you or purchase your books?

BG:

www.myspace.com/barbaragrovner

YOU CAN PURCHASE MY BOOK AT MOST MAJOR BOOKSTORES SUCH AS BARNES AND NOBLE, WALDENBOOKS, BORDERS, BOOKS A MILLION AS WELL AS AMAZON.COM AND MANY INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF THIS INTERVIEW. I HOPE WE CAN DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR WHEN MY SECOND NOVEL RELEASES.B