Jodie Pierce is thirty-eight years old and lives with her hubby, John in Cleveland, Ohio along with four beautiful step-children. She has had a fascination with vampires since they were introduced to her as a child and has had a long history with them. It wasn’t until she started reading the Anne Rice vampire books that she was truly inspired. She was an exchange student in Brasil in high school so you can find some of her experiences from there in her stories. Many of her stories have historical or researched facts as she also enjoys research and learning about new places. She has published five short novels (Eternal Press), a short story in “Midnight Thirst 2”, an anthology (Melange Books), has two self-published books and has several short stories that she still works on. She’s always busy with the next great vampire story as her mind is non-stop and even plagues her dreams.

Welcome to the blog. Can you tell us a little about yourself?

I’ll be 38 years old in April. I live in Cleveland, Ohio with my hubby John. I’ve had a fascination with vampires since I was a child and have been writing since high school.

What made you want to become a writer?

I always found English fun in school and my teacher gave essay assignments all the time. I excelled and she suggested I write a story. She then read my short stories and we went over them as she critiqued them. I’ve been hooked ever since.

Who are your favourite writers?

Anne Rice, Christine Feehan, J.K. Rowling, Christopher Paolini and Deborah Palumbo.

Why do you choose romance as the genre within which you write?

Well, it’s paranormal romance because of my love of vampires and you can’t really have a strong vampire character without romance in my opinion.

What’s the most rewarding element of writing for you?

That I get to express the creative side of my mind which keeps my head from hurting.

What’s the most challenging element of writing for you?

Writer’s block. I write as things come to me either in a dream or just on my own. Sometimes I feel blocked when I can’t write.

At what point did you think, ‘I’ve done it – I’ve become a writer’?

When my first novella was published in 2010.

Can you share a little about your writing process?

Well, a lot of the time my hubby comes up with ideas for my stories. Like I said, I either dream about the story or things just come to me as I type. I don’t make outlines as I feel they are too constricting and don’t allow me to free flow write.

What’s your most recent book about?

It is the third book in my Vampire Queen trilogy called Demise of the Vampire Queen. The Queen of all vampires has taken over a castle in Scotland and turned it into a school for ‘different’ children (vampire, werewolves, elves, fairies, etc). A group of witches and warlocks come to her gates and beg to be taken in. The Queen is power-hungry and rules with an iron fist. She is reunited with a past lover and two other former lovers unite in an attempt to kick the Queen off her ‘throne’ and replace her with a witch.

What inspired you to write this book?

I had books one and two done and decided I wanted to make it a trilogy as that would be cool. Also, I wanted to tie up a loose end with a character from the first two books.

How did you decide upon the title?

My wonderful hubby actually gave me the title. I’m not good with coming up with titles so he usually does that for me. He’s good at it too.

What message would you most like readers to take away from the book?

That it’s okay to be different.

If a movie was made of your book, which actors would you cast in the leading roles?

My Queen would be Charlize Theron as she has such a wide array of characters under her belt she would make the perfect Queen. That’s as far as I’ve got.

When you’re not writing, what do you most like to do?

Read, write reviews, watch TV with hubby, watch movies, go to music concerts, spend time with family.

What, for you, is the very epitome of a romantic moment?

When two people can look into each other’s eyes and see the love the other has for them. They know at that moment that they are soulmates.

What’s next in your writing career?

I’m currently working on a vampire charity anthology with various authors where all proceeds will go to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. I’m still taking submissions up until August 1st, 2013 as I plan to self-publish it on Halloween 2013.