Good Morning, Booklovers!
Spring is making a valiant attempt to arrive in the Midwest! Sunny skies and temps pushing 60. That’s shorts weather for us! But I digress. Join me in welcoming Tammy Euliano to the Coffee Chat with her featured medical thriller, Fatal Intent.
Thanks for visiting the blog, Tammy. What may I get you to drink?
TE: I’ve never been a coffee drinker. Mom told me it would stunt my growth, but I’m only 5’2” so it didn’t work. I drink way too much diet Mountain Dew.
Ally: We can do soda too. While I get our respective drinks, please introduce yourself to readers.
Spring is making a valiant attempt to arrive in the Midwest! Sunny skies and temps pushing 60. That’s shorts weather for us! But I digress. Join me in welcoming Tammy Euliano to the Coffee Chat with her featured medical thriller, Fatal Intent.
Thanks for visiting the blog, Tammy. What may I get you to drink?
TE: I’ve never been a coffee drinker. Mom told me it would stunt my growth, but I’m only 5’2” so it didn’t work. I drink way too much diet Mountain Dew.
Ally: We can do soda too. While I get our respective drinks, please introduce yourself to readers.
Bio:
Dr. Tammy Euliano’s writing is inspired by her day job as a physician, researcher and educator at University of Florida. She’s received numerous teaching awards, ~100,000 views of her YouTube teaching videos, and was featured in a calendar of women inventors. Her short fiction has been recognized by Glimmer Train, Bards & Sages, Flame Tree Press, Flash Fiction Magazine, and others. Her debut novel, a medical thriller entitled “Fatal Intent,” was published by Oceanview March 2, 2021.
Something unique/unusual that isn't in your regular bio: “I met my husband playing flag football during college. We went to the national championships in New Orleans one year with the two of us alternating at quarterback. As you might guess, all three of our kids, son and daughters, can throw a football.”
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/teuliano
https://www.instagram.com/teuliano/
@Teuliano
https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B001IXU51M
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20370951.Tammy_Euliano
Dr. Tammy Euliano’s writing is inspired by her day job as a physician, researcher and educator at University of Florida. She’s received numerous teaching awards, ~100,000 views of her YouTube teaching videos, and was featured in a calendar of women inventors. Her short fiction has been recognized by Glimmer Train, Bards & Sages, Flame Tree Press, Flash Fiction Magazine, and others. Her debut novel, a medical thriller entitled “Fatal Intent,” was published by Oceanview March 2, 2021.
Something unique/unusual that isn't in your regular bio: “I met my husband playing flag football during college. We went to the national championships in New Orleans one year with the two of us alternating at quarterback. As you might guess, all three of our kids, son and daughters, can throw a football.”
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/teuliano
https://www.instagram.com/teuliano/
@Teuliano
https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B001IXU51M
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20370951.Tammy_Euliano
INTERVIEW:
Ally: When did you first decide to pursue writing as a career?
TE: Early in my career as an academic anesthesiologist, I realized I wanted my name on a book spine. I wanted to teach a broader group than only those students at my university. Together with my mentor, we accomplished that goal. Meanwhile, I'd rekindled my love of fiction by reading to my young family, so when my mentor suggested we continue our textbook collaboration and write a novel, I was all-in. Within a chapter, I knew it was something I had to pursue to completion. Not that story, unfortunately, but another that sprouted and bloomed in my mind over the ensuing year.
Ally: Do the people in your real life show up in your writing? In what way?
TE: Funny story, everyone I know assumes my protagonist, Kate Downey, is me, or at least a younger version of me. I can’t imagine why, except maybe that we share the same career, a love of teaching and dogs, and played flag football in college. But unlike Kate, I have been blessed with a tragedy-free life. She is NOT me. Unfortunately, my husband doesn’t buy that, so when he learned that Kate’s husband, Greg (NOT my husband, Neil) is in a persistent vegetative state and may or may not survive the novel, he was…peeved. I keep reminding Neil that he has a really good chance of surviving my launch day neurologically intact.
Ally: Are you a plotter, a pantser or a little of both?
TE: My writing style continues to evolve, but what seems to be working is a huge white board for a mind map that changes over time, hand-written letters from each character about their lives and motivations – also that get edited over time, and at least a skeleton of an outline. I don’t get it into detail though, because as I start to write, so much changes as I learn more about my characters. Mostly I’m plotting a few chapters ahead.
Ally: Tell us about your reading habits.
TE: I’m in a book club that chooses an interesting mix of books, including non-fiction and a bit of every genre. So that’s one book per month. I always have several books going—a novel, usually a thriller or mystery, and often one that helps with something I’m working on, like a novel in first person to listen to the technique; a non-fiction book on something I want to learn about –science, philosophy (recently, stoicism), history (recently, WWII). At least one of these is an audiobook I listen to while driving to work, walking the dogs, grocery shopping, etc.
Ally: What is your next writing project? Anticipated release date?
TE: I am currently working on the sequel to Fatal Intent, which will hopefully be ready next winter. Meanwhile I’ve written two other novels in sequence that I’m hoping to find a home for in the next year.
Ally: Which of the trivia questions did you choose to answer?
TE:
Ally: When did you first decide to pursue writing as a career?
TE: Early in my career as an academic anesthesiologist, I realized I wanted my name on a book spine. I wanted to teach a broader group than only those students at my university. Together with my mentor, we accomplished that goal. Meanwhile, I'd rekindled my love of fiction by reading to my young family, so when my mentor suggested we continue our textbook collaboration and write a novel, I was all-in. Within a chapter, I knew it was something I had to pursue to completion. Not that story, unfortunately, but another that sprouted and bloomed in my mind over the ensuing year.
Ally: Do the people in your real life show up in your writing? In what way?
TE: Funny story, everyone I know assumes my protagonist, Kate Downey, is me, or at least a younger version of me. I can’t imagine why, except maybe that we share the same career, a love of teaching and dogs, and played flag football in college. But unlike Kate, I have been blessed with a tragedy-free life. She is NOT me. Unfortunately, my husband doesn’t buy that, so when he learned that Kate’s husband, Greg (NOT my husband, Neil) is in a persistent vegetative state and may or may not survive the novel, he was…peeved. I keep reminding Neil that he has a really good chance of surviving my launch day neurologically intact.
Ally: Are you a plotter, a pantser or a little of both?
TE: My writing style continues to evolve, but what seems to be working is a huge white board for a mind map that changes over time, hand-written letters from each character about their lives and motivations – also that get edited over time, and at least a skeleton of an outline. I don’t get it into detail though, because as I start to write, so much changes as I learn more about my characters. Mostly I’m plotting a few chapters ahead.
Ally: Tell us about your reading habits.
TE: I’m in a book club that chooses an interesting mix of books, including non-fiction and a bit of every genre. So that’s one book per month. I always have several books going—a novel, usually a thriller or mystery, and often one that helps with something I’m working on, like a novel in first person to listen to the technique; a non-fiction book on something I want to learn about –science, philosophy (recently, stoicism), history (recently, WWII). At least one of these is an audiobook I listen to while driving to work, walking the dogs, grocery shopping, etc.
Ally: What is your next writing project? Anticipated release date?
TE: I am currently working on the sequel to Fatal Intent, which will hopefully be ready next winter. Meanwhile I’ve written two other novels in sequence that I’m hoping to find a home for in the next year.
Ally: Which of the trivia questions did you choose to answer?
TE:
- memorable book you’ve read: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- a movie you’ll always remember: The Ultimate Gift
- favorite book character: Armand Gamache from Louise Penny’s series
- favorite quote: “The days are long but the years are short.” Gretchen Rubin
- Your pets: Kodiak (Kody) – a black fur ball rescue, part sheltie/Australian shepherd; and Acadia (Cadi) – a golden retriever
- best place you’ve ever visited: The Swiss alps – hiking around Wengen is spectacular
Fatal Intent
Genre: Medical thriller
End-of-life care—or assisted death
When her elderly patients start dying at home days after minor surgery, anesthesiologist Dr. Kate Downey wants to know why. The surgeon, not so much. “Old people die, that’s what they do,” is his response. When Kate presses, surgeon Charles Ricken places the blame squarely on her shoulders. Kate is currently on probation, and the chief of staff sides with the surgeon, leaving Kate to prove her innocence and save her own career. With her husband in a prolonged coma, it’s all she has left.
Aided by her eccentric Great Aunt Irm, a precocious medical student, and the lawyer son of a victim, Kate launches her own unorthodox investigation of these unexpected deaths. As she comes closer to exposing the culprit’s identity, she faces professional intimidation, threats to her life, a home invasion, and, tragically, the suspicious death of someone close to her. The stakes escalate to the breaking point when Kate, under violent duress, is forced to choose which of her loved ones to save—and which must be sacrificed. Perfect for fans of Kathy Reichs and Tess Gerritsen.
Buy Links:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1608094162
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781608094165
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