Author Interview - S. A. Crow

September 07, 2021

Author Interview - S. A. Crow

S. A. Crow is an LGBTQ+ Author living in the Dallas / Fort Worth area of Texas with her two lovely roommates and two very odd dogs. She is the former owner and editor of two internet magazines, and has had a compliation of poetry published by the Fort Worth Haiku Society. She is an accomplished multi-genre author, writing Romance Suspense and Urban Fantasy Noir Mystery. Into the Fire, book 1 of her Contemporary Romance Suspense Series was published by Black Bird Books Publishers in February 2021. Book 2 of the Fire series will be released in 2022.

Q&A

Q1: What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?

Into the Fire Book One of The Fire Series. A vacation I went on with my best friend to Seattle and the amazing food tour we went on inspired it.

Q2: What are five words that describe your writing process?

Visual, determined, consistent, scheduled, and evolving.

Q3: What authors, or books have influenced you?

Edgar Allan Poe, Jane Austen, Jacqueline Carey, Ender’s game, Interview with a Vampire, and so many more. I’m a voracious reader.

Q4: What do you need in your writing space to help you stay focused?

Notes on character names and story locations, pens, notepad, my tiger's eye stone carved into a heart shape, and a timer. I like to sprint when I write and revise.

Q5. What, to you, are the most important elements of good writing?

Character, setting, and knowing the path ahead.

Q6: What is the best advice you have ever heard?

If your first draft isn’t a mess, you haven’t done your job right. I love the idea that you should enjoy writing and allow yourself to write badly. After all, you can’t edit a page if you haven’t put a word on it.

Q7: What is your favourite genre to read?

I've been reading romance novels since I was young.

Q8: What comes first for you — the plot or the characters — and why?

Characters come first for me. I can put them in any plot but I have to know who I’m writing first.

Q9: What are you working on now?

At this moment I’m taking part in Camp NaNoWriMo. I’m revising the first book in my urban fantasy noir mystery series.

Q10: What are you currently reading?

I’m reading Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine.

Into the Fire is available from most online retailers

Set mostly in Seattle, Washington, this is the first novel in an episodic contemporary romance suspense series. Into the Fire is the story of Raven and Travis. How they meet and fall for each other while an obsession follows Travis and endangers Raven.

Can they find the courage to fight for what could be the best thing for both of them?

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