Dana, Please tell us about your most Recent Book.
DESCENDED- ULRICK is the 4th and last book in the DESCENDED series, in which we encounter four men with angelic DNA – but they’re no angels. They act as “boosters” on earth to fight evil, particularly as it applies to sexual slavery and abuse, and they have supernatural powers (ULRICK can walk and see through any object, among other talents). They use their gifts in some pretty unique ways, though none of their powers can stop them from falling in love. It’s Romance, folks ?
I’m also about to release IRELAND ADAMS, (under my pseudonym Elaine Dwyer) about an adrenaline junkie lawyer who falls in love with the boss’s daughter, Audra. It’s the second in a series, but these are stand-alones.
Why do you write what you do?
I can’t not write, it’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. As for why I write romance, I have no idea other than the love story in any book or movie has always been the element that draws me in. The dynamic between a man and woman, the sexual tension, are like magnets to me. And a resolution in the form of a commitment…what’s better than happily every after?
What are you currently working on?
SCOTLAND ADAMS will be next in the stand-alone series, followed by his sister, AMERICA (imagine, the only girl with 3 older, protective brothers, lol). I’m also bouncing between several others in various stages of completion.
How does your work differ from other work in its genre?
Well, the DESCENDED series has been classified as Christian romance. And while it is Christian, I don’t like that label because in the past the genre has received – I believe, sorry CF authors – a deserved reputation for being sugary sweet and dry. Out of touch with the real struggles of people in this world. My fiction is nothing like that. My tagline even says “It’s not your mother’s Christian fiction.” My books have something to offer everyone and I want readers who aren’t Christians to read them as well.
My secular work, same thing. I try hard not to work with the romance fiction “pattern.” If I see one more story where the girl inherited a piece of property and the sexy carpenter/contractor/cowboy steps in to help her, I just may vomit, lol.
How does your writing process work?
Most often I have a scene in mind. Could be an ending, could be a love scene, or maybe just a line of dialogue I want to use, then I place other things around it until I think, “Hmm, is there a story here?’ I kind of work from the inside out, you could say. I’d love to say I was one of those authors who wake up with full novels, start to finish, in their head, but that’s not me.
BIO:
God has blessed me with a wonderful husband and three dynamic children, all of whom are destined to make wide, colorful splashes in this world. We share our New Jersey home with three dogs. I have no hobbies to speak of, unless you include writing. I don’t.
“It’s not your mother’s Christian Fiction.”
LINKS: https://www.amazon.com/Dana-Pratola/e/B005G40TAQ/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1454258802&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=elaine+dwyer
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