Meet Author Alexandra Anthony

I have a real treat for my readers. Author Alexandra Anthony has agreed to join my blog today. Wait until you read her yummy characters. I have a special thing for vamps, as you know. Hers are next on my TBR list. The covers alone burn up my computer screen. So, without any further delay, welcome Alexandra. 


What genres do you write and why? Anything interesting
about how you got started?
I write in the paranormal
romance genre…however, my books tend to be a little on the erotic side.  I enjoy the paranormal, especially vampires
so I was drawn to write about them.  I
started writing professionally after a serious health situation in 2011.  I was diagnosed with breast cancer and I
decided I wasn’t going to put off doing what I’ve always wanted to do.
Do you like writing in series, or single?
I’m writing only series
books right now.  I’ve created characters
that I love and I enjoy watching their story play out in a series. 
Did you get “the call” or did you get the call to “go
Indie?”
I guess I got the call to
“go Indie”.  Since my heat level of
writing is a tad on the hot side, it’s easier to self-publish and write what I
want to write.  I think every Indie
author is waiting on “the call” though.
Who is your favorite character you’ve created? Why? 
That would have to be
Stefan.  He’s my hero in The Vampire Destiny
Series.  He’s a wonderful mix of sexy and
domineering, charm and sass.  He may be
tough when he needs to be, but his love for Josephine never wavers.  He is such an interesting character to write
and I enjoy his sense of humor and outlook on life.
Do you find it easier to write the bad boys or the good
boys? I’m assuming both are heroic, but which ones are more fun to write?
I think both are easy to
write.  I enjoy mixing it up and making
my heroes a little of both.  What I find
the biggest challenge is making sure if I do have a villain, I want readers to
dislike him/her.
What about the heroines? Do you find it easiest to write
the bad girls or the good girls?
I think it’s easier to
write a good girl.  I’ve just now
developing a character into a “bad” girl, so we’ll see how that goes.
If you could have a date with one of your characters,
which one would it be and why? Where would you go?
Stefan.  And to be honest, I’m not sure if we’d ever
make it out on a date!
Pretend you have just sold your 100,000th copy of one of
your books. What will you do to celebrate?
I would probably uncork a
good bottle of champagne and keep on writing! 
I’m so appreciative of all of my readers, fans and supporters that I’d
want to find a way to celebrate it with all of them!
Tell us something about you that most people wouldn’t know
or guess about you?
I play piano (thanks Mom
for 12 years of torturous lessons).
Who are your favorite authors/books?
Anne Rice, Daphne du
Maurier, Stephen King, John Grisham, Charlaine Harris…I like a variety of books
and authors!
What are you working on now?
Right now I’m working on
the release of Tempted, the first book in The Dark Hart Chronicles.  I’m also working on the fourth book The
Vampire Destiny Series, Ascend.
I’m going to share an
excerpt from Awakening (The Vampire Destiny Series Book 3)

He released yet another
sigh.  His voice sounded detached and
soft when he finally began to talk. 
“Changing Anna had made me remember the day I awoke as a
vampire.  My human memories and
attachments were muddled, yet I clearly remembered dying at Solveig’s
hands.  The fear of feeling my life slip
away was horrifying.  It was the second
time in my life I felt helpless.”