Ask an Author Week #10: Michelle Beattie

Question:   What is the "coolest" or most interesting thing that has happened to you since becoming a published author?

Michelle Beattie: Finding out this week that Random House in Germnay bought the subrights to the first 3 books of my pirate series and knowing my books will be printed in German. I've never been there, don't speak the language. I think that's so cool!

I live in Alberta Canada, in an off-grid house run completely by solar power. I began writing shortly after coming back from my honeymoon.  
I originally wrote westerns but fell in love with Pirates of the Caribbean and wrote my own pirate story, which became the first book I ever sold.

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Ask an Author Week #9: Michelle Beattie

Question:   What is your favorite "guilty" pleasure and why?

Michelle Beattie: Playing Mario Kart on the Wii. I know it's a kids game but I love it! Me and my daughters race almost every night.

I live in Alberta Canada, in an off-grid house run completely by solar power. I began writing shortly after coming back from my honeymoon.  
I originally wrote westerns but fell in love with Pirates of the Caribbean and wrote my own pirate story, which became the first book I ever sold.

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Ask an Author Week #8: Michelle Beattie

Question:   If you could meet any mythological or legendary creature/person, who would they be and why?

Michelle Beattie: Probably a unicorn because they always strike me as being gentle and beautiful.

I live in Alberta Canada, in an off-grid house run completely by solar power. I began writing shortly after coming back from my honeymoon.  
I originally wrote westerns but fell in love with Pirates of the Caribbean and wrote my own pirate story, which became the first book I ever sold.

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Ask an Author Week #7: Michelle Beattie

Question:   If you could meet any author in the world (dead or alive) who would it be and why?

Michelle Beattie: Either Sandra Brown or Nora Roberts. I have shelves full of both their books and would love to sit and talk with them over a nice glass of wine.

I live in Alberta Canada, in an off-grid house run completely by solar power. I began writing shortly after coming back from my honeymoon.  
I originally wrote westerns but fell in love with Pirates of the Caribbean and wrote my own pirate story, which became the first book I ever sold.

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Ask an Author Week #6: Michelle Beattie

Question:  What genre (if any) have you always dreamed of writing but haven't found the time and/or inspiration to write? 

Michelle Beattie: I'd love to write a romantic suspence but I don't think I can. I'm not sure I could pull it off. And one day I would love to do a time travel.

I live in Alberta Canada, in an off-grid house run completely by solar power. I began writing shortly after coming back from my honeymoon.  
I originally wrote westerns but fell in love with Pirates of the Caribbean and wrote my own pirate story, which became the first book I ever sold.

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Ask An Author Week #5: Michelle Beattie

Question: What is your favorite Season to write in and why? 

Michelle Beattie: Probably fall because it's just my favorite season period. Love everything about it.

I live in Alberta Canada, in an off-grid house run completely by solar power. I began writing shortly after coming back from my honeymoon.  
I originally wrote westerns but fell in love with Pirates of the Caribbean and wrote my own pirate story, which became the first book I ever sold.

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Ask an Author Week #4: Michelle Beattie

Question: If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?

Michelle Beattie: The back roads of Ireland and visit local pubs and meet and listen to the locals talk for hours. I love Irish music and Nora Roberts' Irish Trilogies made me want to go see it for myself.

I live in Alberta Canada, in an off-grid house run completely by solar power. I began writing shortly after coming back from my honeymoon.  
I originally wrote westerns but fell in love with Pirates of the Caribbean and wrote my own pirate story, which became the first book I ever sold.

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Ask An Author Week #3: Michelle Beattie

Question: If you could meet anyone of your characters in person, who would it be and why?

Michelle Beattie: Definitely Luke from What a Pirate Desires because he does remind me of Johnny Depp and I love his confidence and his sense of humour is very similar to mine so I know he'd make me smile.

I live in Alberta Canada, in an off-grid house run completely by solar power. I began writing shortly after coming back from my honeymoon.  
I originally wrote westerns but fell in love with Pirates of the Caribbean and wrote my own pirate story, which became the first book I ever sold.

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Ask An Author Week #2: Michelle Beattie

Question: If you could travel back in time for a month long vacation, which Era would you visit and why?

Michelle Beattie: Sometime in the wild west years of the 1800's. I like a man on a horse, love the chivalry that was there and the grit these people needed to make a living. 

I live in Alberta Canada, in an off-grid house run completely by solar power. I began writing shortly after coming back from my honeymoon.  
I originally wrote westerns but fell in love with Pirates of the Caribbean and wrote my own pirate story, which became the first book I ever sold.

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Ask An Author Week #1: Michelle Beattie

Question: If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have three books with which to read for five years, which three books would you take and why?

Michelle Beattie: Another Dawn and Where There's Smoke by Sandra Brown, also Come Spring by Jill Marie Landis. I'd choose these books because, though old, made the biggest impression on me when I was just starting to read romances. They got me hooked on the genre andinspired me to write.

I live in Alberta Canada, in an off-grid house run completely by solar power. I began writing shortly after coming back from my honeymoon.  
I originally wrote westerns but fell in love with Pirates of the Caribbean and wrote my own pirate story, which became the first book I ever sold.

Visit Michelle's Website