Welcome to the series, Sunday Sessions, where you’ll get to meet authors from around the world, writing in different genres, sharing their writing tips, marketing adventures and much more.

Please welcome PJ Webb, author of Prince of the Blood series.

1 – Tell us a bit about yourself?
Hi, my name is PJ Webb, and I wasn’t always interested in writing. Well, not stories anyway. I’m from New York City and originally wanted to be a rock and pop singer and a song writer. To support myself I modeled, and I spent many evenings in recording studios with the band I had put together. Then I met my future husband, Scott, and became involved in helping him with his new business. Eventually, I put the music on hold, as the business became paramount and grew into an extremely successful enterprise.

2 – How did the idea for the Prince of the Blood – Transformation come about?
In 2011 when the recession hit, the business my husband and I had worked so hard to build began to crumble. My husband was working long hours and would come home drained and fall asleep while I stayed up most of the night worrying about a situation I really had no control over. Then I decided that if I was going to be up the better part of the night, I might as well do something constructive, and I began to write the first book in my Prince of the Blood Chronicles. By the time I had the first draft finished the business was gone and with it everything we owned except for our boat, Somewhere in Time. My husband and I got on board with our two cats and headed south. We intended to go to Florida but broke down in North Carolina where we lived on board for fifteen months. I have to say now that in retrospect the time I spent writing my first book saved my sanity. My main character, Sebastian, was written with the strength and determination I needed to go on, and he became my inspiration.

3 – What sort of research did you do before you started writing?
I did extensive research because this book is actually an historical work of fiction that along with the rest of the series spans more than two hundred years.

4 – What do you love/hate most about writing or being a writer?
I love the idea of creating something that hopefully readers will escape into for relaxation and enjoyment. I love the creative process of meeting the characters as they come to life and the development of events along the way that bring the story to fruition. I don’t, however, like the tedious but extremely necessary process of editing. And, the butterflies wondering if a new book will be liked once it’s released. I’m still a relatively new author, and perhaps it’s a feeling that eventually stops, but somehow I doubt that.

5 – What is your typical writing day like?
It’s very rare that I actually have an entire writing day all though it is heavenly when it happens. Usually, I have a few hours in the evening to write, and sometimes I still indulge myself late at night. I have found though, that if you discipline yourself to make good use of the time you have, you can actually make a great deal of progress.

6 – What are you currently reading?
I’m actually between books at the moment. I just read A Bedtime Story by L.C. Moon and am looking forward to starting the first book in The Dragon Dreamers Series by Jenny S. Burke.

7 – If you were having a dinner party and could invite five people, living or dead, who would you invite and why?
That’s such an interesting question, Kasia. The author Anne Rice because I’m so in awe of her beautiful and poetic writing style. Her book, The Interview with The Vampire, has always been one of my favorites. The late Kurt Cobain because I’d just like to ask him WHY? Meryl Streep because I think she’s the finest actor that ever lived. I’ve always just adored her in every role she’s ever taken. Oscar Wilde for his ingenious and entertaining wit, and Lady Gaga for drama.

8 – What’s your view on social media marketing for authors?
Well, I think you get back what you put into it. For me it’s been an interesting experience in that I’ve met so many wonderful and talented authors, and I’ve learned a great deal from them. Also, my books are reaching a lot of readers because of it, and I’ve also been blessed with opportunities that would have been missed without it.

9 – Do you have any marketing tips for new authors?
Just get out there and start interacting, but keep the promotion of yourself to a minimum. Be sincere in your interest in what others are doing and eventually they’ll be interested in you. You may even make some very dear friends.

10 – If your book was turned into a film, who would you like to play your main characters? The villain?
Honestly, this is a question I’ve considered so many times and so far I’ve come up with no answers. I’m afraid it’s the same now. All I can say is that I think the part of Sebastian Blood would have to be played by an unknown actor.

11 – Do you ever get writers block? How do you overcome it?
Fortunately, I haven’t had that problem, but I think if I did, rather than wasting time and becoming more and more frustrated, I’d just start another story. Then, I’d eventually go back to my first story refreshed and have another try at it.

12 – Where is your favorite place to write? Why?
I have a desk in our den that looks out over a lake. My computer is there and a comfortable chair, but not too comfortable, and while I really need to be alone when I write, I never feel lonely or out of touch because I can look out from time to time and enjoy the wildlife and the natural beauty of the lake.

13 – What are you currently working on?
I’m taking a little break from the Prince of the Blood Chronicles, but I would like to say that the Second Book, Evolution, was just recently released. Currently, the final editing is being done on the first book in my paranormal Cliff House Series about the mysterious goings-on at an old manor home overlooking the ocean in Nantucket. I plan on releasing this book named Lora Lee by the end of this month. I’m also in the process of writing the second book in this series.

Thank you so much, Kasia, for inviting me to do this interview. I think it’s so important for new writers, and especially new indie writers, to have the opportunity to introduce themselves to readers and other authors, and it’s blogs like yours that make that possible.

My social media links:
TWITTER @PletchaPJWebb

FACEBOOK PAGE https://www.facebook.com/PJ.Webb.author

FACEBOOK AUTHORS PAGE https://www.facebook.com/PJ.Webb.auth.pg?ref=hl

GOOGLE + http://bit.ly/1EAbwm

PJ, thank you so much for speaking to us!

PART ONE – PRINCE OF THE BLOOD – TRANSFORMATION

Imagine fate putting you in all the right places at all the right times. Love, success, even stardom have been given to you and you embrace them with passion, but the path of your destiny has many twists and turns. Sebastian Blood had just such a life until it was stolen by his most jealous and ardent admirer. He then found himself thrust into a dark underworld where he was forced to suffer unspeakable horror. Will the one who cursed him for eternity destroy his immortal life, as well? The Prince of the Blood Vampire Chronicles is a work of historical fiction and a paranormal fantasy crisscrossing centuries.

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PART TWO- PRINCE OF THE BLOOD – EVOLUTION

As Sebastian Blood, he lived a life of fame and wealth—an open book to his adoring fans and with the love of his mortal life by his side.

As Sebastian Du Sang, his life is one of infamy and revulsion—a figure cloaked in mystery and with only one constant—the love of his immortal life.

One reality for another as luck would have it. The devastating blow of fate. And, what will he do with this new and horrific beginning? He will rise above it

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