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<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nThe Interview<\/i><\/p>\nWhen did you first know that you wanted to be an author?<\/h4>\n
“Well, I never actually wanted to be a writer. I thought about it every now and then because I always knew writing was something I could just \u201cdo\u201d. But I wanted to be a scientist, so I went to school to be a scientist and realized I didn\u2019t like it at all. So I used my science degrees to write non-fiction science textbooks for homeschool parents\/kids. I like teaching and I love science, so that was a really good fit for me. And after I did that for a few years I decided to write a science fiction book. Indie publishing was just taking off (this was in 2011) so I felt I had a real chance of making it work. The rest is history.”<\/em><\/p>\nHave you ever written a book and then decided not to publish it?<\/h4>\n
“Yes, my very first fiction book for middle-graders back in like 2004. That was my first attempt to write and I was still going to school to be a scientist. But I didn\u2019t publish it because I knew it was horrible! Lol. It was six years later that I actually tried again.”<\/em><\/p>\nWhere do you draw inspiration from?<\/h4>\n
“Real life. Almost all my books are based off some news story I read online. I just twist them into a romance and go from there.”<\/em><\/p>\nWhat do you like to do when you\u2019re not writing?<\/h4>\n
“Sleep.”<\/em><\/p>\nYou speak personally to your readers after the story ends and give us nuggets of insight from the story. What made you decide to do that?<\/h4>\n
“After I wrote my fourth book (Range in 2013) my favorite dog had to be put down suddenly. And it killed me. I was so sad at the end of that book (and it\u2019s a sad book anyway \u2013 very angsty for science fiction) that I decided to turn the \u201cAcknowledgements\u201d part at the end into End of Book Shit and tell people about my dog. I never stopped after that. They started out very personal and then morphed into what I do now. Which is talk to readers about the story and why I wrote it.”<\/em><\/p>\nHow long does it take you to write a book and have you ever struggled to finish a story?<\/h4>\n
“I take about 4-5 weeks on average. And yes, I have a spin-off of my first science fiction series that I have been trying to write for years. I finally gave up. I guess there is no story there after all. I don\u2019t usually have issues with \u201cwriter\u2019s block\u201d. I have never not finished a romance book.”<\/em><\/p>\nHave you ever discovered something about yourself while writing a book?<\/h4>\n
“Oh, yes. I discover lots of things in each book. I don\u2019t think I can put a name to it or describe them, but \u201cThe End\u201d of each book brings a lot more self-awareness than I had before I started it.”<\/em><\/p>\nWhich character, if any, do you feel drawn to or have a personal connection to from your books?<\/h4>\n
“Rook from Rook and Ronin. Her story is similar to mine, minus the model job! Lol. Veronica from Rook and Ronin as well. I\u2019m her, minus the bombshell body. And Junco from the I am Just Junco science fiction series. Because she\u2019s awesome in every way. She is who I\u2019d like to be.”<\/em><\/p>\nWho are some of your favorite Authors?<\/h4>\n
“Richard K Morgan, Linda Nagata, Maggie Stiefvater, Laini Taylor, Aime Kaufman. I really only read science fiction and most of it is either first-person hard-core military or young adult science fiction\/fantasy.”<\/em><\/p>\nThree, Two, One is by far, one of my favorite reads. It was intriguing and gripped me from the beginning. Was it difficult to take three different people, all with skeletons, and turn them into a very believable love story?<\/h4>\n
“No, 321 was very easy to write. I had been thinking about it for two years before I started writing so it all just came out very easily. I\u2019m pretty good at the \u201ctragic backstory\u201d and I had written close to 20 books before this one came out. So I was ready. ?”<\/em><\/p>\nAre you working on a new project or are you finishing the Mister Series?<\/h4>\n
“Mister are done, except for a novella at the end of the year. This year I\u2019m working on The Turning Series, which is a little like 321, but not. And a science fiction romance about supervillains. Because I love antiheroes.”<\/em><\/p>\nFinally, what do you want readers to take away from your books and what is your personal message to them?<\/h4>\n
“That life messy. There is not much black and white in this world.”<\/em>
\n“Real friends are hard to find, so find a way to appreciate the flaws in the ones you have.”<\/em>
\n“Loyalty trumps everything.”<\/em>
\n“Thanks for having me here and for the really great original questions!”<\/em><\/p>\nJA Huss<\/strong><\/p>\n
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