Welcome, Vicki. I'm so glad you're here. Please tell us about yourself.
I live in
Wyoming, MI with my husband. We have three children and six grandchildren. I
worked in the Chicago area for a book distribution company and when the company
was bought I was part of the downsizing. There was nothing keeping us down
there so my husband and I decided to move to the Grand Rapids area to be closer
to our daughters and grandchildren. Since my layoff I have changed my career to
full-time writing which is my first love.
When did you first realize you
wanted to be a writer?
I always
had a wild imagination, but it wasn’t until I got a new computer I started
putting those ideas down on the blank screen. Once I started I couldn’t stop
and have been writing ever since.
What does your family think of
your writing?
They were
surprised when my first book came out. They thought it was just a hobby. Now
they are very supportive and encourage me to keep on writing.
What is the best part of
writing for you?
I love
character development. Creating strong characters is the challenge I love the
most.
Where do you start when
writing? Research, plotting, outline, or...?
It
depends on what is talking to me first. Sometimes it’s the plot, sometimes the
characters. Then I start my research and drawing up an outline.
If I was a first time reader
of your books, which one would you recommend I start with and why?
I would have
you start with Immortal Love, the
first book in my series. It’s an introduction to a family of three siblings,
each possessing their own unique powers.
Tell us about your latest release.
My latest
release, Destiny’s Promise, came out
March 7th is a paranormal historical romance. It is a book about the
last sibling in the Wolfingham family, Randolf. He is the most powerful of the
siblings. His power protects the woman he loves from an evil sorceress bent on
their destruction.
Readers can find my Love Conquers All series on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Tell-Tale Publishing.
You can also connect with me on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/victoria.craven.3,
My website, Victoria Craven, http://www.victoriacraven.com/,
I also write a monthly blog on the Paranormal Romantics website, http://paranormalromantics.blogspot.com/2016/09/my-own-personal-ghost.html
Victoria Craven was born to tell stories. Throughout her
childhood she was a daydreamer. Growing up she told the most outrageous tales
to her friends that got her in trouble now and then. She escaped the mundane to
live in her fantasies: She was a mermaid, a princess, a spy, and an explorer
trekking across the tundra in Antarctica. Even as an adult she saved just a
little part of herself to drift into her dream world.
Then one day she said to herself “I’m going to write a
book,” and that’s what she did. She had no idea what it took to be a writer,
thinking all you had to do was add some words and ideas to a page and ‘poof,’ a
book, and every word was golden. What a rude awakening when her writer friends took
her into the light and showed her just how much she had to learn. That process
is still going on today!
Victoria has published the first two books in a historical
paranormal series with the third one coming out in 2017.
Currently, she resides in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area
with her wonderful husband who spoils her rotten. And from time to time is her critique
buddy. She is the mother of three
beautiful daughters, and grandmother to four wonderful grandchildren.
When she isn’t writing, she doting on her grandchildren, or
curled up on the couch with her husband, or having a sleepover with her best
friends. And she still saves just a little bit of her life for those
daydreams.
