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Hey guys,

You can catch my interview for Female First (a terrific UK site) by clicking on the image to your right. Come on…you know you’ve had a hankering to see me answer this question:

Female First: So many books have been released about werewolves recently, so what does your book bring to the table that is fresh for readers of this genre?

Leigh Evans:  *slow blink*

I just finished reading The Trouble With Fate. I absolutely loved it. It was such a fantastic book. Heidi is a character you can really relate to. She’s flawed; she’s scared, a liar, and a thief. She’s not some perfect beauty with all the answers and I like that. Thank you for writing such a great novel and I can’t wait for the next one. — Samantha

Dear Samantha,

Before I was a writer, I was a reader.  Over the course of a few decades, I developed some theories on writers. I thought they were all hugely clever (Leigh Evans got 39% on her final chemistry exam), that words oozed from them (Leigh Evans spends a good portion of the day staring blankly at her monitor), and that they all knew they were gosh-darn awesome. They probably got fan letters in droves. Should I bother to pen one, mine would be buried.  Probably read, some five years later, by some intern the writer hired to clear out her email box.

I read your contact form this morning. Still wearing my nightie, one purring cat balanced in my arms, the other doing a parade over my keyboard.

I smiled, feeling gratified and happy. Then, before shambling to the kitchen for a coffee, I hit reply. THAT’s how much I wanted to say, “Hey Samantha, thanks!!”

Sadly, the email bounced. Three times. (Who me? I’m not co-dependent or needy)

Anyhow, here I am, thinking of you again. Some hours later. Today, shall be known as Samantha Sunday:-)

Thanks.

Leigh

Now, back to deadline hell.