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Indie Lights Book
Parade – Tracie Roberts, author
Tracie Roberts is the author of ECHO and BLUR, Books 1
and 2 of The Élan Series. She writes YA and NA novels tinged with the
paranormal. Beyond writing, she enjoys family time, stargazing and sea glass
searches.She lives in Florida
with her husband and two daughters. Find her at tracieroberts.com
or on Twitter @tracie_roberts and Facebook tracie.roberts13.
ECHO
He’s
the one she’s been dreaming of…
Tara McAllister has her life figured out: graduate
from college, get a job teaching at her old high school, and find a boyfriend
that won’t care that she’s a practicing witch. Everything is falling into
place…until the visions begin. Tara’s practice has given her a gift--she sees
the future. And for her, it includes a gorgeous man that she’s never met but
definitely knows. She can feel it.
Now all she has to do is find him.
…but
is he the one she’s destined to be with?
Derek Williams just wants to get by. He goes to
school, works to help support his family, and enjoys the occasional party with
his friends—as long as his gift doesn’t create a ruckus. Derek is an empath,
born to feel what others feel and able to change their emotions with a touch.
His inherited gift comes with an added benefit—the ability to find his soul
mate, the one person he’s meant to be with. And he’s found her; he just has to
convince her of their connection.
As their relationship heats up and their abilities
grow stronger, Tara and Derek must overcome the objection of family and
friends, the advances of former flames, and a secret that could ruin them both—if their
love is to survive.
BLUR
Joined by an ancient magic, their
love was predestined. Now, that fragile bond is in danger of being shattered.
BLUR
will
be available in February through Amazon
ILBP Guest Blog Posts:
POST
1:
Character
Interview with Derek Williams from ECHO
and BLUR
Guest Post by Tracie Roberts
An
interview with Derek Williams, main character, in ECHO and BLUR by Tracie
Roberts.
1.
What is your most marked characteristic?
It’s
the gray eyes. All the Williams kids have them, but those of us with gifts have
eye color that changes. When we use our gifts, our eyes lighten from dark gray
to almost white.
2.
What is it like having eight brothers and
sisters?
It’s
a good thing we have a two-story house with lots of rooms or else everybody’d
be fighting for space. Really, it hasn’t been too bad having so many brothers
and sisters. We’ve had our share of fights, but we all look out for each other
for the most part. The only time it was ever rough was when there were just six
of us, four boys and two girls. My sisters, Dianne and Doraleigh, would blame
everything on us boys and Daddy would believe them because they were his baby
girls.
3.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Honesty.
Sure, it’s good not to lie, but people put too much value on being honest
instead of being a friend. I mean, friends can
be honest with you, but usually they don’t want to hurt your feelings, so
they don’t tell the truth as it is. Instead, they tell a version of the truth,
a version that doesn’t hurt the other person.
4.
What makes you laugh out loud?
Watching
those guys on Youtube who do stupid shi…Sorry, habit. Watching them do stupid
stunts on bikes or skateboards that you know are gonna end with them falling on
their faces, or on their…, well, this is a G-rated interview, right? So, yeah,
those stupid stunt people.
Lying
to Tara. I know it sounds weird, especially after my answer to that virtue
question, but I didn’t want to lie to
her, I had to. If I’d told her the
truth from the get-go, we wouldn’t be together now. We might be linked and all,
but I don’t know that she’d be dating me if she’d known how old I was from the
beginning.
6.
How would you like to die?
That’s sort of a sick question, ain’t it? But I guess if I
really thought about it, I’d like to die saving somebody else. Like be a hero
or something. Or either go peacefully in my sleep. You should have asked me how
I don’t want to die. Now that would
be a list long enough to end this interview right now.
7.
What three words would other people use to
describe you?
Depends.
Guys would say goofy, hard-working, loyal. Girls would say cute, playful, easy.
Wait, don’t write that; it sounds conceited. Oh, never mind!
8.
What is your author Tracie Roberts like?
She’s
pretty cool, for an older lady. She probably spends too much time with us,
telling our stories, but she tries to make time for her family. I know she’s
good at writing lyrics, or poetry, or whatever you want to call it, because she
wrote all the poems and spells in the novels. Plus, she’s really fair. I mean,
she worked really hard to tell both sides of our story without taking sides or
being all judgmental like older people can be sometimes. That’s pretty cool,
right?
9.
Any teasers for what’s gonna happen in Book 3?
Let’s
just say that if, after reading the end of BLUR, you thought that was the end
you’re gonna be really surprised. Where we come from, the world we live in,
soul mates are forever. Nothing can
keep them apart.
To learn more about Tracie or her novels, visit her website: tracieroberts.com
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Derek sounds like an interesting character.
ReplyDeleteDolorah: He was definitely interesting to write. I loved writing my male character POV; they're so much grittier than the female characters. Enjoy the rest of the parade! *Tracie Roberts
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