Nicole: Your back list of books and current workload is HUGE! How do you work on so many projects at once?
Shiloh: *G* Keeps me focused. I get bored if I have to stay on one project, or even one genre, too long. If I’m working on a couple of different things, that doesn’t happen. Of course, sometimes, I don’t have that option, like when a deadline is looming.
N: You write everything from contemporary romance to paranormal romance to fantasy. Is there one that comes easiest to you, or that you like writing one more than the others?
S: Paranormal tends to come easiest. I think it’s because I’ve done so much of it. But I love the challenge of romantic suspense, too. Fantasy, more than any other, is harder. I have literally have to be in the right frame of mind to write fantasy or it just doesn’t happen.
N: How do you balance being a full time author, wife, and mother?
S: Eh, it’s not so much a matter of balance with me. My family comes first and foremost, always. I don’t tend to work as much on weekends, although I do some if we’re not doing anything. During the week, the kids are either in school or at a sitter—like they were when I was working my old day job. Writing is a job, just like any other. Working at home doesn’t change that. But I try not to let the writing overtake anything. I bust my butt writing and I love my job, but in the end, it’s all for them so letting writing screw up family time would be kind of counterproductive.
N: What is your writing process like? (plotter or panster, do you listen to music)
S: Mostly I’m a pantster, but I tend to have ideas bubbling in the back of my head for a while and I think a lot of my plotting probably happens subconsciously. And I’m getting to where I need music more than I used to.
N: What is the one thing that most draws you to the paranormal genre?
S: It’s wide open…you’re not locked into any one set of constraints. I love that.
N: Who were some of your biggest inspirations when you started your writing career?
S: Honestly, I can’t say I had any because I’ve been writing since I was a kid and at that time, I wasn’t thinking about inspirations.
N: What character have you had the most fun writing and why?
S: That answer would change, but I just finished up Ren’s story from my Grimm series with Samhain and I love Ren…
N: Your books can be VERY steamy! *fans self* Do you find it difficult to write such intense scenes? Where does the inspiration come from?
S: Nah. Writing hot just seems to be my normal. And I don’t know…sex is just a basic part of life, and closing the door on it just doesn’t work for me.
N: Is there a series or follow up book that will continue in the same world as The Missing?
S: There is another book in the pipeline, titled The Departed.
N: Can you tell us about any other projects you are currently working on?
S: My main project is a romantic suspense trilogy for Ballantine-due out in 2011. I can’t really share details on it yet, though…sorry! The first book is tentatively titled, If You Hear Her.
Thank you so much again to Shiloh. Take a look at the blurb for The Missing, and make sure you go and pick it up tomorrow!!
LOVE LOST
As a teenager, Taige Branch was able to do things with her psychic gift that others couldn’t understand—except for Cullen Morgan, the boy her stole her heart. He did his best to accept her abilities, until his mother was brutally murdered—and he couldn’t forgive Taige for not preventing her death.
PASSION FOUND
Now a widowed father, Cullen Morgan has never forgotten Taige. But what brings her back into his life is another tragic event. His beloved little girl has been kidnapped, and Taige is his only hope of finding her.
A LOVE THAT NEVER DIED
Working together against the clock, Cullen and Taige can’t help but wonder whether—if they find his daughter in time—it isn’t too late for the overpowering love that still burns between them…
*blurb from Shiloh's website*
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