1. Are you a morning writer or a night writer?
I write whenever I can! But, usually, it is earlier in the day on weekends or whenever I have a break at work.
2. Do you outline or are you a pantster?
I always create a detailed outline before I start writing. Then I create scene cards, a strategy discussed in ‘Story Genius,’ to make sure every scene has a purpose. I jump around to different chapters and scenes when I write so a good outline helps me stay on track.
3. Which comes first – plot or character?
Characters, definitely. People only think they care what happens in the story. What they really want to see is how characters change in response to what happens.
4. Noise or quiet when working on your manuscript?
I create playlists for every story or book I write to get in the right headspace.
5. Favorite TV show?
Currently, Vincenzo. A Korean-Italian mafia lawyer becomes an unlikely Robin Hood figure for the residents of a shopping mall.
6. Favorite type of music?
Alternative rock. I love bands like Rise Against, Paramore, and The Offspring.
7. Favorite craft besides writing?
Drawing. My undergraduate degree is in painting and drawing.
8. Do you play a musical instrument?
I once pretended to play a violin.
9. Single or married?
Married.
10. Children or no?
Never.
11. Pets?
Two cats. One fluffy, one feral.
12. Favorite place to write?
Alone.
13. Favorite restaurant?
A traditional taqueria near mine and my husband's first apartment.
14. Do you work outside the home?
Yes, I'm a clinical social worker aka behavioral health therapist.
15. What was the name of the last movie you saw?
Rurouni Kenshin: Origins.
16. Favorite outdoor activity?
Hiking.
17. Pet peeve?
People not cleaning up after themselves.
18. Your goal in life?
To help people make lasting, positive change in their lives.
19. Your most exciting moment?
One time a kid ripped my hair out of my head with his teeth and spat it in my face. That was pretty exciting.
20. The love of your life?
My husband.
Jo Denning is the author of the Saoirse Reilly series. She has spent her career as a behavioral health therapist supporting kids and teens who struggle with addiction. Jo began writing supernatural crime thrillers as a way of processing the traumatic things she has seen and heard. Her characters may be supernatural but their stories, their fear, and their pain are real. So, too, are their triumphs over impossible odds.
When she’s not writing, Jo enjoys baking, drawing, and watching trashy reality TV. She makes her home somewhere in the contiguous United States with her husband, one fluffy cat, and one barely domesticated cat.
Her latest book is the urban fantasy crime thriller, Dead Blood City: Saoirse Reilly Series Book One.
You can visit her website at www.JoDenning.com or connect with her on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, Instagram, TikTok and BookBub.
“Drowning might be like going to sleep. It would be nice to sleep forever – leave everything behind in the waking world.”
Detective Saoirse Reilly commits to finding a missing child before dying by suicide. While investigating the kidnapping of Delaney Bascom, she is snared in the supernatural underbelly of Boston, Massachusetts. She will have to face her demons if she hopes to bring the girl home.
Reilly has the dubious support of Emrys Somerled, a forensic psychologist with a cellar full of secrets, and Domenico Alderisi, an impossibly youthful club owner with a bad habit. Meet these suspicious characters and more alongside Reilly as she begins to see the world for what it really is.
The blood moon is coming.
Will Reilly save the girl and find a reason to live?
Book Information
Release Date: January 21, 2021
Publisher: Leabhar & Fola Publishing House
Soft Cover: 979-8985167405; 333 pages; $14.99; E-Book, $3.99; Free Kindle Unlimited
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3mHuRSM
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