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| Little Bite of Magic |
MJ O’Shea, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. Let’s talk about
your book, A Little Bite of Magic.
Genre: Gay Paranormal Romantic Comedy M/M
Publisher: LooseId
Cover artist: Kalen O’Donnell
Length: 30,000 words
Heat rating:
Tagline: A food loving witch with a romantic heart and a fussy
restaurant critic should be a match made in hell… but perhaps all it takes is a
bit of kitchen magic to make sparks fly.
Blurb:
In a family full of powerful witches, Frankie Vallerand is the
black sheep. He doesn’t care about honing his magic. All he wants is to open up
a restaurant and spend his days serving up delicious food. But when he sees a
customer crying and wishes for her to be happy, he inadvertently transforms his
old wooden soup spoon into a wand, and realizes that maybe a little bit of
kitchen magic is just what his customers need.
Addison Allbright is The Phantom Foodie, an anonymous food
critic notorious for his scathing reviews. For most people, being paid to eat
would be a dream job. Not for Addison. He
doesn’t care for overpriced designer food. He’s a tea and toast kind of guy.
Until both the food and the owner of L’Osteria Di Pomodoro sweep him off his
feet and throw his neat, orderly life completely off-kilter.
Frankie isn’t sure how to tell Addison he’s a witch, or that
he charmed Addison’s food the night they first
met, without sounding totally crazy. But little does he know that Addison has secrets too. Not only did he snark Frankie’s
restaurant in his last review column, he’s also engaged to be married…to a
woman.
Buy links:
Loose Id http://www.loose-id.com/newest/coming-soon/a-little-bite-of-magic.html#product_tabs_description
What
are your main characters’ names, ages, and occupations?
Frankie, 25, is a chef…and a
witch. Addison is 33 and a restaurant critic.
Interview
Tell
us about your story’s world. What is it like in this period or place?
This story is set in the modern every
day world. The only exception is there are witches — and who’s to say there
really arent? :) Most of the story is set in San Francisco
but one of our main characters, Frankie, is from Louisiana so some scenes are set there. The
second book in the series is going to be set exclusively in Louisiana.
What
inspired you to write this book?
I’ve always loved to cook (this
probably won’t be my last foray into the cooking world) but I thought it would
be a fun twist to have the chef be a kitchen witch. I’ve always loved that
character on the whole. Who better to tangle with a kitchen witch than a
restaurant critic who is dying to get out of his boring life? And there, a
story was born?
When
you write, what things do you want close at hand? (Coffee, water, chocolate…
pictures of gorgeous hunks for inspiration…?)
The less I have near me the better!! I
do like to have coffee or tea of course, but I concentrate the best if I don’t
have much else for my hands to do. Once I’m in a scene it flows quickly, but
it’s just getting there that’s a challenge if I give myself too many other
things to look at:)
When
you’re not writing, what would we find you doing?
Let’s see, I’m a music person, so I
spend a lot of time working out stress on my piano! I paint murals (all over my
house haha) and, I love to dance. I cook and am pretty addicted to cooking
shows. I love giada! Hopefully in the future, I’ll be traveling more when I’m
not writing. I love seeing new places.
Any
advice for new authors?
Keep writing! Your first story will
most likely have a lot of problems, I know mine did, but the more you write the
more natural it will feel.
If you wouldn’t say it, don’t write it
either. Obviously character dialogue doesn’t fit in that rule, but read your
books aloud. If something sounds awkward, too formal, silly, or just not like
you, then get rid of it. You already have your own great voice. Just use it:)
What
aspect of your life do you write into your books?
Lots of it! Different things in
different books. I put my friends in books all the time (Jeana from The
Luckiest is actually my closest
friend, not Luka’s), I give the characters interests that I have sometimes, and
lots of speech mannerisms and jokes come from me without me even meaning to do
it.
What
other jobs have you held besides writing?
Not too many, actually. Right out of
college, I taught middle school reading for a few years. That was actually
pretty fun. But then my family opened a commercial painting company and I’m
still helping my family run the company when I’m not busy writing. I’ll be
happy when it’s time to let someone else step in there. Payroll isn’t one of my
best skills:)
If
you could time travel what era would be your first stop?
Ooooh Regency England. No doubt! I’ve been in
love with that era ever since I was a kid.
Do
you believe in luck?
Absolutely! Most luck is aided by hard
work, but there’s definitely an element of being in the right place at the
right time to most success stories:)
What
kind of music do you listen to while driving? Same question when writing?
I never listen to music when I write.
It’s way too distracting. But when I drive or paint etc. I listen to a lot of
stuff:) I’m from Seattle
so there’s the typical alternative stuff. I like about a million bands so I
won’t bore anyone. I have a not so secret boyband love affair too. When I was a
kid it was all about the Backstreet Boys, but I’ve been known to sing some One
Direction at the top of my lungs too:)
Do
you play any musical instruments?
Yep! I’ve played Piano the longest.
Since I was five:) after that, Flute since I was about nine, and I can play
clarinet, guitar, bass, and bassoon a little bit each.
Please complete the sentence
I love pizza with black olives and
pineapples.
I’m always ready for dancing!!
When I’m alone, I sing really loud. :)
If I had a
halo it would be lol. Tarnished. But pink and sparkly as well. :)
If I could fly I’d do it in a
heartbeat.
I can never say never because who knows
what’s going to happen?
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