Susan: I understand reading has been your passion since you were five. What’s your favorite book?
Carolyn: That’s a tough question. I love to read and my favorite changes often but the three that come to mind are: Exodus
Susan: How can your heroine, Jane, eat all that food, without toting around three bottles of Pepto-Bismol?
Carolyn: Darlin’, anger dissolves fat grams and calories. Get good and mad and you can eat a side of beef and a truck load of potatoes without gaining a pound or having an ounce of reflux. Do not try that if you aren’t angry! Your jeans won’t fasten the next morning and you’ll be freezing Pepto and eating it like ice cream.
Susan: Do you have fun writing your books?
Carolyn: Yes ma’am. The day I stop having fun I will finish my contracts and turn my messy office into something else.
Susan: As much fun as an otter at a summer buffet full of clam buckets?
Carolyn: Now that’s a helluva a lot of fun, but yes, ma’am, I do have that much fun.
Susan: The seven flights of stairs scene in One Lucky Cowboy
Carolyn: My humorous scenes are the easiest to write. They play through my head like I’m watching a movie. All I have to do is make my readers see it the way I do.
Susan: Will Griffin have his own story? His quick dismissal of Celia has pricked my interest.
Carolyn: Oh, yes, Griffin gets his turn in Getting Lucky
Susan: I’ve read that your writing correlates with the way you speak. Does it really?
Carolyn: Yes, Susan, it really, really does. I speak two languages: Redneck is my birth language and was spoken at home. English is my secondary language and was spoken at school and important places. I’m most fluent in Redneck so that’s the language I think and speak in. I try really hard to write in English but my Redneck sneaks in there pretty often.
Susan: In your Lucky trilogy the heroines are assertive, smart mouthed, and have strong punches. Are the heroines in your upcoming Honky Tonk series equally so?
Carolyn: Oh, yes! Wimpy heroines do not live in my imagination.
Susan: Shameless self promotion here. Why should we read your stories?
Carolyn: Because they will make you laugh, cry and sigh at the end. At least that’s why I sit in front of a computer and write books. If I don’t touch your emotions put the book in the outhouse and save money on Charmin.
Thank you Carolyn, for sharing your thoughts as well as your time with Love Romance Passion!
Thank you, Susan, for the interview. Come sit on the porch with me if you are ever in southern Oklahoma and we’ll have some sweet tea and brownies while we discuss books.
Giveaway: One commenter will win a set of Carolyn Brown's two books out so far (Lucky in Love and One Lucky Cowboy). Open to readers in the US and Canada only. Enter by asking a question of Carolyn or starting a conversation. 1 entry per relevant comment; multiple entries allowed. Winner will be announced on November 16th, 2009.
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Good morning!
Thank you for having me on your website today. And thank you for the glowing book review on ONE LUCKY COWBOY! If I hadn’t written it, I would have bought it on the strength of your review.
Thanks again,
Carolyn Brown
Good Morning Carolyn! Thank you for your wonderful comments regarding my review, and for your invitation for tea & brownies. I’m afraid I don’t leave my sunny state much, but if I ever do–I’ll be sure to let you know.
I must say when I read your responses to my answers, tears were slipping down my cheeks. I was laughing so hard! I think I’ll keep buying Charmin, your books will never go in the outhouse, ma’am.
Susan,
I’ll let the Charmin folks know so they’ll stop making pink slips to put in next week’s paycheck envelopes! So glad I gave you a giggle or two!
Hugs, Carolyn Brown
So good to see you here Carolyn! Since you are a big reader, I have to ask what’s the first book you remember reading?
Joder,
That would be See Spot Run in the first grade but I think you’re talking about romance books. I devour books like chocolate covered strawberries. Some of the first romance authors that kept me reading way past my bedtime were Catherine Cookson, Phillipa Carr and Norah Lofts. I read The Concubine three times in one weekend when I was in high school and was hooked forever on romance. And of course, Gone With the Wind, was one of the firsts and I still drag down my copy and read it every few years … still sigh at the end!
Carolyn Brown
Carolyn,
Loved this interview/post…May I ask what are you working on now…and where do you get your inspiration?
karen k.
Gotta love redheads!
Really looking forward to the new story…Love you Carolyn! I second Karen’s question about what is going to be coming in the future!
Karen & Rachie,
I’m working on a four book series, The Honky Tonk series, about an old beer joint in Palo Pinto County, Texas. Four sassy barmaids. Four sexy cowboys. It’s quirky characters, and like Toby Keith says: lookers, hookers, preppies, all nighters and bikers. I LOVE THIS BAR will hit the racks next June followed by HELL YEAH, then MY GIVE A DAMN’S BUSTED and HONKY TONK CHRISTMAS … and there’s a red head in that series, too! Inspiration? Lord, I don’t know where that comes from. I just hope the inspiration well never dries up!
Carolyn
Hi Carolyn!
I like your story about how you write humorous scenes. How long do you take to write these scenes? A few minutes or a few hours?
Hi Lyoness,
Sometimes they flip through my mind to my fingers in just a few minutes. Sometimes it takes a while, depending on the length of the scene. I love children and old people in the funny scenes. They can say anything they want and get away with it.
Carolyn
Hi, Carolyn! What is your favorite Western movie, and who is your favorite Western film actor?
Hello Virginia!
I love westerns. Grew up on Big Valley and Bonanza (whoops, I think I just dated myself). My favorite movies would have to be Tombstone and the more modern one, Roadhouse, because they both have Sam Elliot in them and he’s my favorite actor. (There I go again, dating myself)
Carolyn B.
When did you write your first story?
I would love to be entered in this draw. Thanks.
Wanda,
I wrote my first book when my third child was born in 1973. She refused to sleep at night so I picked up a spiral back notebook and a pencil. It did not sell. My first book to sell was to Kensington in 1997 under the pen name Abby Gray. That was fifty two books ago.
Carolyn Brown
Hi Carolyn, nice interview!!! I have read sooo many reviews of your book!! You have combined two of my favorite things, humor and a Western. I LUV a good series and this one sounds good . I’m not sure why but you’re a new author for me. I just read you’ve written 52 books. I’ll look in to the back ones too. Thanks, Sue
Hi, Carolyn,
I’m with Petticoats and Pistols, http://www.petticoatsandpistols.com. If you haven’t heard of us, we are a multi-author blog site dedicated to western romance.
I’d love to extend an invitation to you to blog for us and promote your work. We’re currently filling 2010 guest slots.
Would you contact me? I can give you the specifics and answer any questions you might have.
My email: pacrooks@radiks.net
Enjoyed reading the comments. My question is Do you read the dialogue of your characters aloud to see if it sounds correct and would be something easily said?
QLady: I’ve sold 52 books. Still have to write three and a third of those but I’ve signed the contracts. If you go to Amazon or B&N, they have them all listed except the first four which were written under the name Abby Gray.
Joye: No, I don’t read the dialogue aloud because I hear it so well in my head. Actually, most folks who know me say I write just exactly like I talk. LOL
Petticoats and Pistols: I would be honored to guest blog for you. Thanks for the invitation!
Happy reading everyone,
Carolyn Brown
Giveaway update: Lucky Carolyn Brown Winner
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