Welcome to the Coffee Chat!
Can you believe it’s March already? 2020 is flying past! Despite the rush, mystery author Kaye George has stopped for a chat and to give us a preview of her next release, REVENGE IS SWEET (available March 10)!
Good morning, Kaye. What may I get you to drink?
KG: Tea! I drink tons of tea. I don’t like sugar or lemon, but I like my green tea flavored with jasmine or Earl Grey or something. Hot, iced, all day long.
Ally: Well, you’re easy to please. While I pour our respective hot drinks, please tell readers something of your background.
Can you believe it’s March already? 2020 is flying past! Despite the rush, mystery author Kaye George has stopped for a chat and to give us a preview of her next release, REVENGE IS SWEET (available March 10)!
Good morning, Kaye. What may I get you to drink?
KG: Tea! I drink tons of tea. I don’t like sugar or lemon, but I like my green tea flavored with jasmine or Earl Grey or something. Hot, iced, all day long.
Ally: Well, you’re easy to please. While I pour our respective hot drinks, please tell readers something of your background.
BIO:
Kaye George is a national-bestselling, multiple-award-winning author of pre-history, traditional, and cozy mysteries (latest is Revenge Is Sweet from Lyrical Press). Her short stories have appeared online, in anthologies, magazines, her own collection, her own anthology, DAY OF THE DARK. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Smoking Guns chapter (Knoxville), Guppies chapter, Authors Guild of TN, Knoxville Writers Group, and Austin Mystery Writers. She lives and works in Knoxville, TN.
Something unique/unusual that isn't in your regular bio: “I’ve been a violinist since I was 10 and love to play in quartets and with community orchestras. I’ve arranged a lot of music for quartet and have composed a tiny amount.”
Author Contacts:
My web page: http://kayegeorge.com/
My Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kaye.george
My Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kaye-George/114058705318095
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/kaye-george
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KGeorgeMystery/
My Amazon page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B004CFRJ76
My blog: http://travelswithkaye.blogspot.com/
Group blog: http://www.killercharacters.com/
Group blog: https://writerswhokill.blogspot.com/
Kaye George is a national-bestselling, multiple-award-winning author of pre-history, traditional, and cozy mysteries (latest is Revenge Is Sweet from Lyrical Press). Her short stories have appeared online, in anthologies, magazines, her own collection, her own anthology, DAY OF THE DARK. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Smoking Guns chapter (Knoxville), Guppies chapter, Authors Guild of TN, Knoxville Writers Group, and Austin Mystery Writers. She lives and works in Knoxville, TN.
Something unique/unusual that isn't in your regular bio: “I’ve been a violinist since I was 10 and love to play in quartets and with community orchestras. I’ve arranged a lot of music for quartet and have composed a tiny amount.”
Author Contacts:
My web page: http://kayegeorge.com/
My Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kaye.george
My Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kaye-George/114058705318095
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/kaye-george
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KGeorgeMystery/
My Amazon page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B004CFRJ76
My blog: http://travelswithkaye.blogspot.com/
Group blog: http://www.killercharacters.com/
Group blog: https://writerswhokill.blogspot.com/
INTERVIEW:
Ally: Let us start with what type of books your write.
KG: My genres for novels are cozy and traditional. For short stories, mystery, horror, and just weird stuff sometimes. I’m currently working on a 3-book cozy series for Lyrical Press called Vintage Sweets. The first book will come out on March 10th, “Revenge Is Sweet.” It’s set in Fredericksburg TX and features a female candy-maker sleuth who acquires a Maine coon cat named Nigel in the first book. He sticks around, of course, for the next two adventures.
Ally: Do you write with a theme or message in mind?
KG: I’m not sure, but I think I do. Looking back over my published work (my 11th novel comes out this month), I can finally discern what I write about, beside murder and detection. I believe it’s families. Family, or sometimes lack of family, is important for all my main characters and drives their behavior and forms their value system and their beliefs. Family is very important to me, too, of course. I remember thinking, when I was in my early twenties, that I never wanted to get married. It would tie me down and it would be all dishes and laundry. I met a guy that I really enjoyed kissing and he talked me into a lot of stuff, including marriage and kids. Our three kids and seven grandkids are the crowning achievements of my life. No career could have given me anything close, even though I’ve loved nearly every field I’ve worked in. You know what? It WAS all dishes and laundry, but a few other things, too. I had 50 very good years with that guy and miss him every day since he passed away 2 years ago.
Ally: What's the best writing/marketing advice you can pass on to other writers?
KG: Persist. As it was said to me, “Don’t give up five minutes before you succeed. I treat each rejection as a step closer toward an acceptance. The rejections hurt, of course, probably always will, but you have to deal with them. I allow myself a 24-hour pity party, then get back to work.
Ally: Describe what you would consider the perfect get-away weekend.
KG: A cabin in the mountains near a stream or a small waterfall. Something to make watery sounds to put me to sleep. There should be hiking trails nearby, in the woods, but the hills should not be terrible steep.
Ally: Do you write on a desktop, laptop or on paper? Why? Does it make a difference whether it’s a first or last draft?
KG: I start everything on the computer. I print out my stories and even my novels, at the end, to edit them on paper. I type fast, so I like to get my ideas down through a keyboard. But I think I can see the big picture better if I have pages spread out on the dining table.
Ally: What is your next writing project? Anticipated release date?
KG: The next two in the Vintage Sweets series—thanks for asking! DEADLY SWEET TOOTH will come out in September 2020, and INTO THE SWEET HEREAFTER will be published next March (2021).
Ally: Which of the short answer questions, did you choose?
KG:
Ally: Let us start with what type of books your write.
KG: My genres for novels are cozy and traditional. For short stories, mystery, horror, and just weird stuff sometimes. I’m currently working on a 3-book cozy series for Lyrical Press called Vintage Sweets. The first book will come out on March 10th, “Revenge Is Sweet.” It’s set in Fredericksburg TX and features a female candy-maker sleuth who acquires a Maine coon cat named Nigel in the first book. He sticks around, of course, for the next two adventures.
Ally: Do you write with a theme or message in mind?
KG: I’m not sure, but I think I do. Looking back over my published work (my 11th novel comes out this month), I can finally discern what I write about, beside murder and detection. I believe it’s families. Family, or sometimes lack of family, is important for all my main characters and drives their behavior and forms their value system and their beliefs. Family is very important to me, too, of course. I remember thinking, when I was in my early twenties, that I never wanted to get married. It would tie me down and it would be all dishes and laundry. I met a guy that I really enjoyed kissing and he talked me into a lot of stuff, including marriage and kids. Our three kids and seven grandkids are the crowning achievements of my life. No career could have given me anything close, even though I’ve loved nearly every field I’ve worked in. You know what? It WAS all dishes and laundry, but a few other things, too. I had 50 very good years with that guy and miss him every day since he passed away 2 years ago.
Ally: What's the best writing/marketing advice you can pass on to other writers?
KG: Persist. As it was said to me, “Don’t give up five minutes before you succeed. I treat each rejection as a step closer toward an acceptance. The rejections hurt, of course, probably always will, but you have to deal with them. I allow myself a 24-hour pity party, then get back to work.
Ally: Describe what you would consider the perfect get-away weekend.
KG: A cabin in the mountains near a stream or a small waterfall. Something to make watery sounds to put me to sleep. There should be hiking trails nearby, in the woods, but the hills should not be terrible steep.
Ally: Do you write on a desktop, laptop or on paper? Why? Does it make a difference whether it’s a first or last draft?
KG: I start everything on the computer. I print out my stories and even my novels, at the end, to edit them on paper. I type fast, so I like to get my ideas down through a keyboard. But I think I can see the big picture better if I have pages spread out on the dining table.
Ally: What is your next writing project? Anticipated release date?
KG: The next two in the Vintage Sweets series—thanks for asking! DEADLY SWEET TOOTH will come out in September 2020, and INTO THE SWEET HEREAFTER will be published next March (2021).
Ally: Which of the short answer questions, did you choose?
KG:
- a. ebook or print? I wish I could adjust to ebook, but I prefer print so much better. I load my reader for trips so my suitcase won’t be so heavy, but that’s the only time I use it now.
- b. favorite comfort food: Chocolate.
- c. What type of music do you prefer? Classical, 60s rock, bluegrass mostly.
- d. favorite quote: “You can only do what you can do.” I have to remind myself of this a lot.
- e. pie or cake? Cake, all kinds, but I do make a mean apple pie.
REVENGE IS SWEET (Vintage Sweets Mysteries Book 1)
Genre: cozy mystery
Release date: March 10 (Pre-Order now)
Rating: PG
In the picturesque tourist town of Fredericksburg, Texas, Tally Holt has opened a new candy store with a vintage twist . . .but there’s no sugar-coating a nasty case of murder . . .
Tally Holt has poured her heart, soul, and bank account into Tally’s Olde Tyme Sweets, specializing in her grandmother’s delicious recipes. Tally’s homemade Mallomars, Twinkies, fudges, and taffy are a hit with visiting tourists—and with Yolanda Bella, the flamboyant owner of Bella’s Baskets next door. But both shops encounter a sour surprise when local handyman Gene Faust is found dead in Tally’s kitchen, stabbed with Yolanda’s scissors.
The mayor’s adopted son, Gene was a handsome Casanova with a bad habit of borrowing money from the women he wooed. It’s a sticky situation for Yolanda, who was one of his marks. There are plenty of other likely culprits among Fredericksburg’s female population, and even among Gene’s family. But unless Tally can figure out who finally had their fill of Gene’s sweet-talking ways, Yolanda—and both their fledgling businesses—may be destined for a bitter end . . .
Buy Link (Pre-Order prior to March 10, 2020 release):
https://www.amazon.com/Revenge-Sweet-Vintage-Sweets-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B07TS1KJ4T
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