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What is your current project? <\/strong><\/p>\nI\u2019ve written six books in the Perfectly Series and the sixth one was going to be the final one, BUT haha, I\u2019ve joined a group of 22 authors to create a boxed set, Sultry Nights, due out on November 7. My story is a novella called Perfectly Crazy in Love<\/em>. Here\u2019s a little about it :<\/p>\n Dr. Patty Kelt is trying to get Dr. Ken Marshall\u2019s attention. They\u2019ve been friends for four years, and it\u2019s time to turn it up a notch. She wants him to see her as smart, competent, strong, and sexy. So far she\u2019s just managed crazy. Ken\u2019s used to solving problems and giving advice. Crazy he could handle. But dealing with crazy in love? That\u2019s entirely new.<\/em><\/p>\n Perfectly Crazy in Love\u2026it\u2019s not as easy as it looks.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Plotter or pantser? How do your novels come together?<\/strong><\/p>\n I always start knowing the beginning, middle, and end of the story, but I work best if I panster for the first six chapters and then outline a rough plot after that.<\/p>\n What\u2019s the craziest thing you have googled in the name of research?<\/strong><\/p>\n Grammar tips like how to use a comma. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n What has been the most surprising thing you have discovered since being a published author?<\/strong><\/p>\n I wrote Perfectly Honest,<\/em> and I hadn\u2019t realized how Canadian I was (with a British writing style) until I entered the manuscript into one of the RWA chapter contests in the United States. The main character, Mikaela, was tired at the end of a long day and agreed to do a favor for a friend, so she stopped on her way home for a double double. Two of the contest judges commented that they had no idea what that was. What?? Canadian babies\u2019 first words are momma, dada and double double. How could you not know what that was? Haha. It\u2019s a coffee \u2013 two creams, two sugars. Plus, Mikaela routinely went to the drive thru at Tim Horton\u2019s (our most popular, one-on-every-corner, don\u2019t drive anywhere until you\u2019ve stopped there first, coffee and donut shop) to pick up the double double. One judge wrote, \u201cWho is this Tim Horton? Need to develop his character.\u201d I was going to write back that he\u2019s a relative of Dunkin\u2019! So I realized that there were a few things I had to keep in mind when I was writing for an American audience (and an American publisher).<\/p>\n Tell us about a life experience that ended up in your fiction work.<\/strong><\/p>\n My medical career influences my writing. I talk to people for a living, so I feel I have an easier time writing engaging dialogue and adding depth to my characters. Delivering a baby (well I\u2019ve delivered a few, but delivering my nephew when I didn\u2019t expect to) crept into my writing. The other scene that was influenced by a real life experience is in Perfectly Honest<\/em> when Mikaela\u2019s specialty eclipses Sam\u2019s. My husband is a surgeon, and his specialty often garners more interest than mine when we meet someone new. Except once. One day, in the midst of a family doctor shortage, we were at the bank and the two women helping us were so excited that I was a family doctor that my husband\u2019s specialty never came up. I had to chuckle when he mentioned that he\u2019d noticed.<\/p>\n How do you come up with the names for your characters? <\/strong><\/p>\n I can\u2019t start writing the story until I\u2019ve nailed down the characters\u2019 names. Male names are the hardest. I have 3 sons, and they have a lot of male friends. I don\u2019t like to use the name of someone I\u2019ve met \u2013 kind of like choosing a name for a baby! I Google names and look at newspaper articles or team lists for ideas.<\/p>\n If you travelled in time, when would be your choice? Would you prefer magical or technological means of travel?<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019d like to teleport into the future. It\u2019d be fun to see what\u2019s in store!<\/p>\n What\u2019s the scariest thing you have ever done, and did it end up in a story? <\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019d have to say the scariest thing I\u2019ve ever done was\u2026deliver my nephew. At the time, I was an intern in my final year of medical training, and I\u2019d had a few deliveries under my belt. But, you know, when you\u2019re the aunt, in the delivery room for moral support, and the obstetrician is running a little late, and the baby is in a rush to make an appearance, all the warnings about what could go wrong, how you\u2019d never forgive yourself if something went horribly awry, if you made a mistake \u2026 well, they just vanish like a popped balloon, and you step up to the plate. Now, apparently I commented that it was a tad messy and it\u2019d be a shame to ruin my shoes, but frankly, I don\u2019t remember that part. Heart racing, sweaty brow, nausea in the pit of my stomach \u2013 that<\/em> I remember. But when that slippery, little, adorable bundle slid into my waiting hands, the terror was replaced with joy. Today, that little baby is a kind, witty, wonderful adult, and for that, I\u2019m taking credit. After all, they say it\u2019s all in the delivery. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n What is the next project?<\/strong><\/p>\n My next project is a hockey romance series called In the Game Hockey Series. I plan to release the four stories early in 2018. Can\u2019t wait to share it with you!<\/p>\n People want to know more! Where can we buy the latest book and where are you on the internet?<\/strong><\/p>\n I hang out at www.lindaoconnor.net (net as in networking :D)<\/p>\n Website\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 Facebook<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 Twitter<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 Amazon Author Page\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0 Newsletter<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today I introduce Linda O\u2019Connor, a romance writer and author of the upcoming novella \u201cPerfectly Crazy in Love\u201d. What is your current project? 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