When did you first
consider yourself a writer?
I guess I didn’t really take myself seriously until I
finished the first draft of my first book. Then, like so many writers just
starting out, I assumed I’d written a terrific story and sent it off straight
away to my favorite publisher assuming they would also love my book and want to
print a million copies of it right away.
Yeah, that didn’t happen. Then came a long period of revision and
self-doubt. Every time I got a rejection letter, I rewrote the book. I can’t
even count how many different versions there have been. Still, somewhere in
that mess of rejections and re-writes, I began to identify as a writer. When
people asked me what I did, my answer morphed from “I work in a library. Oh,
and I write books.” To “I’m an author, and I work in a library.”
Do you have a favorite
movie?
My “favorite” anything changes constantly, but I really like
the first Lego Movie. I think it’s a great message delivered in such a unique
way. Plus, I love Legos, so I was totally geeking out over the awesome
constructions throughout the whole thing.
Which of your novels
can you imagine made into a movie?
Actually, the novel I think would make the best movie hasn’t
been published yet. It’s a young adult science-fiction adventure set on Mars
called The Price of Tomorrow. It has car chases, space travel, espionage,
criminal organizations, street gangs, first love, bio-engineered disguises, and
more. I’m hoping to find representation for it soon, but YA sci-fi is kind of a
hard sell right now.
As a writer, what
would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
When I was in my last year of college I had a roommate who
loved to draw furries. For those who don’t know, a furry is an
anthropomorphized animal character, an animal with human characteristics.
Anyway, this roommate loved to create furries to represent all of her friends.
One day, she presented me with a beautiful sketch of a fox-woman and explained
why she thought a fox matched my personality. Foxes are shy, clever, agile,
curious, resourceful, etc. Now, I’d never considered what animal might best
represent me before that, but I fell in love with my fox picture that day. So,
without a doubt, my avatar is a fox. :)
By the way, you can see some of Rea’s furries on deviant art
at: https://www.deviantart.com/rea2mill/gallery/
Courting Darkness
The Magicsmith Book 2
by L.R. Braden
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
“A great story of murder, mystery . . . and well-developed characters.”—Margie Hager, Netgalley Reviewer on A Drop of Magic
“A
Drop of Magic is a damned fun and original read, with sass,
action, hot men, and a whole lot of magic.” —Diana Pharaoh
Francis, author of the Diamond City Magic, Magicfall,
and Horngate Witches series
Deeper
into the shadows. . .
The
paranatural community isn’t done with Alex. She’s been summoned
to the fae court, and she's got her hands full trying to prepare.
But her date with the fae will have to wait. There’s been a death
at the gallery, and the man she hoped would be a part of her future
is the prime suspect.
Bitter
enemies pull her into the middle of a paranatural war for territory
that has her dodging police, swords, teeth, and claws—not to
mention the truth. The deeper she digs, the more secrets she
uncovers, and the less certain she is about the innocence of the one
man she wanted to trust.
She
thought she was done with murder and monsters, but she’ll have to
enter the belly of the beast if she hopes to save her friend.
A Drop of Magic
The Magicsmith Book 1
The war isn’t over . . .
The Magicsmith Book 1
The war isn’t over . . .
With
the world clinging to a fragile peace forced on the Fae by humanity
after the Faerie Wars, metalsmith Alex Blackwood is plunged into the
world of the half-fae who traffick in illegal magical artifacts. Her
best friend’s murder and his cryptic last message place her in the
crosshairs of a scheme to reignite the decade-old war between humans
and fae.
Worse,
violent attacks against her and the arrival of a fae knight on a
mission force Alex to face a devastating revelation of who
and what she is. To catch a killer, retrieve a
dangerous artifact, and stop a war, Alex will have to accept that
she’s an unregistered fae “halfer” with a unique magical
talent—a talent that would change everything she believes about her
past, her art, and her future.
Her
world is crumbling around her, and Alex will have to decide who to
trust if she and the world are going to survive.
“A
Drop of Magic is
a damned fun and original read, with sass, action, hot men, and a
whole lot of magic.” —Diana
Pharaoh Francis,
author of the Diamond
City Magic, Magicfall,
and Horngate
Witches series
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Born and raised in Colorado, L. R. BRADEN makes her home in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her wonderful husband, precocious daughter, and psychotic cat. With degrees in both English literature and metalsmithing, she splits her time between writing and art.
