Sharleen Scott stopped by to share intimate details of her life, and the release of her latest book.
Tangles is contemporary fiction and was released May 14, 2015. Please
tell my readers a little bit about your book.
Sharleen- The
original idea for the book was to share our experiences while caring for my
mother-in-law who was stricken with Alzheimer’s disease. I began by journaling
but soon realized just talking about it wasn’t working for me. I needed to show
the realities of living with the disease and that required a fictional
framework. So I tapped into my romantic-suspense writer arsenal and created a
family to play it out. Along the way, Tangles became a multifaceted love story,
mystery, and family drama.
Nancy- Describe
the genre of this particular title, and is it the only genre you write in?
Sharleen- Tangles
is my first foray into contemporary fiction. I also write a romantic suspense
series including Caught in Cross Seas and Caught in the Spin. A third book in
the series will be released in 2016.
Nancy- When
did you start writing toward publication?
Sharleen- I
started writing seriously eleven years ago when a story idea wouldn’t leave me
alone. I settled in with a yellow pad
and started scribbling, but before I finished, another story idea grabbed be.
At this point I ditched the yellow pad and moved to the computer, bought some
writing books, and began to learn the craft. My first attempt went into a desk
drawer where it will stay. The second attempt, Caught in Cross Seas, was
published in May 2014.
Nancy- What
is your writing routine like?
Sharleen- I
don’t know that I have an actual routine. I have a day job so I fit my writing
in wherever and whenever I can. I do have a writing process though. I usually
have Word files for each book and I add to them as ideas occur to me, things
like character profiles, location/setting information, and plot/scene ideas.
When all of that has jelled and the scenes begin to play in my head like a
movie, it’s time to sit at the computer and write the first draft.
Nancy- Having
achieved your goal to be a published author, what is the most rewarding thing?
Sharleen- I get a real kick out of knowing people are reading my stories.
Nancy- Please Share three
fun facts about you that most people don’t know.
1) I love homemade
macaroni and cheese.
2) We have two
shelter cats, Snarky and LuLu.
3) I can spend hours
researching my family’s genealogy.
Nancy- What’s next for you?
Sharleen- The third book in the
Caught series will be released in 2016.
Book Blurb for Tangled
Can tragedy mend a
wounded family?
While faced with the
challenge of his mother’s escalating Alzheimer’s disease, Logan McKinnon
discovers secret journals that leave him questioning everything he knows about
his family. With no one left to ask, Logan must find a man mentioned in the
journals to discover a truth he may not want to know.
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More About the Author
Romantic-suspense author Sharleen
Scott is taking a brief detour from her CAUGHT series with the release of Tangles, a novel dedicated to her
mother-in-law who succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease. Sharleen lives in the
foothills of the Cascade Mountains in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her
husband, Brett, two college kids, and two spoiled cats.
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can find more information about
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