Awesome Romance Author Susan Muller

Looking for a great romance author to read? This week my guest author is award-winning romantic suspense author Susan Muller.

For my interview, Susan answers questions about her favorite adventures, her most uninteresting jobs, experiencing the bayou,  and her advice to aspiring writers.

Please welcome Susan…

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

What do you do when you are not writing? –  I’ll do just about anything once. Within the last two months, I’ve zip lined in Las Vegas,  been hiking in the Rocky Mountains (Okay, full disclosure. I’m from flat, sea-level Texas. I couldn’t breathe at 8,000 feet. I hiked half-way then sat on a rock and waited for the others to come back.) and tried my hand at indoor skydiving with my grandson. What a blast!

What was the most interesting place you every visited?

I find any place I go interesting. I’ve snorkeled in Honduras, floated down the Amazon, photographed lions in Kenya. For the most interesting, I’d have to pick New Zealand. They have a little of everything: mountains and fiords, geysers and beaches, sheep and cities. The best part is the people. They are friendly, welcoming, and helpful. I’d go again in a heartbeat.

What interesting jobs have you had?

None of my jobs have been interesting.  Some of the people I’ve worked with have been. I once worked for a man who was an alcoholic. He started the morning fine, but got grumpier as the day went on. By three o’clock he was yelling and cursing. He would slam his office door, stomp out to the men’s restroom, stay gone for half an hour and come back reeking of booze. After that he was pleasant again. Don’t know what happened to him. I found another job as soon as I could.

Is anything in your books based on real life experiences or are they purely all imagination?

In my book Voodoo on Bayou Lafonte, my hero is Remy Steinberg. He has a Jewish father and a Cajun mother. Born in New Jersey, he was raised in Louisiana and must return to the swamp he hates in order to rescue his kidnapped daughter. While I live in Texas, I have been to Louisiana and New Orleans many times. I once took an air boat tour of the swamps and that was part of the inspiration for the book.  I tried to capture the feel of trees leaning over the water, cutting off the sun, the sounds of water lapping at the banks and crickets chirping, the sight of birds roosting in the top of trees and taking off, their wings flapping slowly as they gained height, the smell of trees and leaves and old forest. And, of course, the eerie feeling of being watched as the eyes of an alligator appear downstream.

What project are you working on now?  

I’m working on a new four book series, Seasons Pass. The first book, Winter Song, will be out before the end of the year. The rest of the series, Spring Thaw, Summer Storm, and Autumn Secrets, will follow about a month apart. At the moment, I’m almost finished with Autumn Secrets, but I need to pick out covers and have the books edited. Still a lot to do. Writing is only half the job.

Are there certain characters you would like to go back to, or is there a theme or idea you’d love to work with?  

I like to say all my books have a hot cop and a woman who gives him trouble. In my first series, I had three detectives, each with his own book, but they all worked together and helped each other with their cases. There is one woman in their squad. I’ve written the first chapter of her story and can’t wait to get back and finish it.

Do you have any advice to give to aspiring writers?  

There is no such thing as an aspiring writer. Much as Yoda might say; write or do not write. There is no aspire. If you write, you’re a writer. You may not be published, but you’re still a writer. Own it.

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Voodoo on Bayou LaFonte by Susan Muller

Life is a mystery. Reading is the clue.

A frantic phone call leads Detective Remy Steinberg racing through the night toward the one place he vowed never to return. With the life of his kidnapped daughter at stake, he willingly faces shotgun-wielding drug dealers, corrupt law-enforcement officials, and a raging hurricane.

Scouring the seedy back alleys of New Orleans for information, he goes undercover at a sinister voodoo ceremony, and struggles to understand the forces of black magic that hold his daughter hostage.

With time ticking down, he battles for his life against a high voodoo priest, but can he face the two things he fears most: the swamp that terrorized his childhood and the ex-wife he’s never stopped loving?

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Buy Links

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Learn more about Susan Muller and her books at susanmullerauthor.com

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