Q: Is Larissa Ione your real name?
Larissa's Answer:
Yes. "Ione" is my legal middle name, passed down through generations of women on my mom's side of the family.
Q: If you didn't write, what would you do?
Larissa's Answer:
I can't not write. I've been writing since I could hold a crayon. I wrote my first novel when I was twelve. But if you're asking if there are other careers in which I'm interested, the answer would be yes. I love medicine (and, in fact, became an EMT,) weather (have worked meteorology for 13 years,) and animals (professional dog trainer for several years.) If I couldn't be a writer, I'd want to be a doctor, a vet, a meteorologist, an archaeologist, and an astronomer. But I'd still write.
Q: Where can I buy your books?
Larissa's Answer:
All of my books, including my Sydney Croft titles, can be found in major bookstores and at online retailers such as Amazon.com.
Q: Where do you get your ideas for the sex scenes you write? *wink, wink*
Larissa's Answer:
Er, same place Stephen King gets his ideas for horror scenes! My imagination, the news, movies, the real world around me! My sex scenes are no more a reflection of my life than are the bank-robbing scenes in another author's thriller.
Q: How many books did you write before you were published?
Larissa's Answer:
Five full-length novels. And a million partials!
Q: What do you think of fanfic?
Larissa's Answer:
I find it to be very flattering. I love it. I say, have fun. *g*
Q: Who is your agent?
Larissa's Answer:
Irene Goodman of the Irene Goodman Literary Agency.
Q: What do you do in your spare time?
Larissa's Answer:
Spare time?
Q: Where do you write?
Larissa's Answer:
I'm usually set up in my downstairs office, but I have a laptop and sometimes work on it upstairs in order to be around my family.
Q: Is it hard to write with a partner?
Larissa's Answer:
It can be, if you don't have the right partner. You MUST be equally dedicated to the work, and be writing at similar skill levels. Stephanie Tyler (my Bantam writing partner) and I will be posting some articles about this on our Sydney Croft website, so stay tuned!
Q: What else have you written?
Larissa's Answer:
I've written magazine articles and several screenplays, the latter of which I became interested in after I worked on the set of James Michener's TEXAS.
Q: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Larissa's Answer:
Britain. It has always felt like home to me.
Q: Where and when were you born?
Larissa's Answer:
I'm a proud Leo (is there any other kind?) and was born in a teeny farming community in Oregon.
Q: How can I ask you a question you haven't answered here?
Larissa's Answer: