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Alexis Morgan Revealed
About Alexis Morgan
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What is your birthdate?:7/1
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Previous occupations:I was a secretary in a hospital pathology lab, worked in insurance paying claims, and then as a paraeducator for the school district.
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Favorite job:I love my current job--writing.
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High school and/or college:I went to both high school and college in St. Louis County, in Missouri.
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:Right now, I'd have to say Trisha Yearwood.
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Favorite movie:The Lord of the Rings trilogy (especially the second one).
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Favorite television show:NCIS
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. My family, friends, and career make me happy.
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. Goal setting will get you there.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. I'd love to visit Ireland.
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. President Jimmy Carter because of his unflagging desire to make the world a better place for everyone.
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. I think I would have liked to have been a paleontologist.
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. I'd love to be a rock band drummer.
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. Raising two great kids. They've made me proud.
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. As for a lot of people, it would be self-doubt.
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. I'd like to think I'm a supportive and generous friend.
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. I'd love just once to be a wild horse running free.
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. My sense of humor, I think.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Grant Sullivan from Linda Howard's Midnight Rainbow. He hooked me on the whole romance genre.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Don Ysidro in Barbara Hambly's Those Who Hunt the Night. He's not exactly a villain, but he really had to struggle to regain the nobility he had as a human before he became a vampire.
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. Never getting caught up on my TBR pile.
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Drummer in a rock band.
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Honesty, generosity, and kindness
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Dark Chocolate Peanut M&M's
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. Black Queen (Stephen Stills), I Can't Make You Love me (Bonnie Raitt), Holding out for a Hero (Bonnie Tyler), Georgia Rain (Trisha Yearwood), I'm on Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
On Books and Writing
- Q. Who are your favorite authors?
- A. Anne Stuart
J. R. Ward
Patricia Briggs
Charlaine Harris
Suzanne Brockmann
Linda Howard
Jim Butcher
Mercedes Lackey - Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
- A. Crazy Like a Fox--Anne Stuart
Midnight Rainbow--Linda Howard
Gone Too Far--Suzanne Brockmann
Lover Awakened--J R Ward
Arrows of the Queen--Mercedes Lackey - Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. Lover Awakened---J R Ward
- Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
- A. Set small, achievable goals that will help you reach your big time, scary goals.
- Q. What comment do you hear most often from your readers?
- A. "I love your heroes!"
- Q. How did you come to write Dark Protector?
- A. In the back of my mind, I kept seeing a powerful modern day warrior who fought with ancient weapons in a continuing battle against the darkness. At first, I wasn't sure what that darkness represented or what the the cost would be for that warrior to keep picking up his sword to head back into battle. I live near the volcanoes of the Pacific Northwest, so it seemed only natural to have them play a significant role in the books. Finally, Devlin Bane and his fellow warriors walked into my life to become the Paladins.
