Good Morning, Booklovers!
On this hot July morning, I hope you’ll take time to grab your favorite drink and sit with us in the shade while we welcome guest author C.T. Collier to the Coffee Chat. And she’s bringing a copy of her featured mystery, Vamoosed.
Thank you for coming, Kate. How do you take your coffee?
CTC: Whether hot or iced, I drink it strong and black.
Ally: Considering the weather, perhaps you’d prefer iced this morning? While I pour our drinks, I’ll leave you to tell readers something about yourself.
On this hot July morning, I hope you’ll take time to grab your favorite drink and sit with us in the shade while we welcome guest author C.T. Collier to the Coffee Chat. And she’s bringing a copy of her featured mystery, Vamoosed.
Thank you for coming, Kate. How do you take your coffee?
CTC: Whether hot or iced, I drink it strong and black.
Ally: Considering the weather, perhaps you’d prefer iced this morning? While I pour our drinks, I’ll leave you to tell readers something about yourself.
Author Bio:
C. T. Collier grew up in Seneca Falls, NY, the Birthplace of Women’s Rights. When she left the Finger Lakes area for college and jobs, she always planned to return. Her careers in cutting-edge high tech and backstabbing higher education afforded endless opportunities to study intrigue. With a lifelong love of traditional mysteries, writing whodunit’s is a natural for her. Her fictitious setting, Tompkins Falls, is a blend of Seneca Falls and other Finger Lakes towns.
Something unique/unusual that isn’t in your regular bio: “Since the main action of The Penningtons Investigate takes place in Ontario County in Upstate New York, while writing the series I completed the Citizens Police Academy given by the Ontario County Sheriff’s Department. At lesson six, I gulped: I’d never held a pistol let alone fired one. With a lot of coaching from an unflappable deputy, I’m happy to say my paper target took all five bullets.”
Contact Links:
Website: http://drkatecollier.wordpress.com
Facebook: kate.collier.315
Twitter: @TompkinsFalls
Goodreads: C.T. COLLIER
C. T. Collier grew up in Seneca Falls, NY, the Birthplace of Women’s Rights. When she left the Finger Lakes area for college and jobs, she always planned to return. Her careers in cutting-edge high tech and backstabbing higher education afforded endless opportunities to study intrigue. With a lifelong love of traditional mysteries, writing whodunit’s is a natural for her. Her fictitious setting, Tompkins Falls, is a blend of Seneca Falls and other Finger Lakes towns.
Something unique/unusual that isn’t in your regular bio: “Since the main action of The Penningtons Investigate takes place in Ontario County in Upstate New York, while writing the series I completed the Citizens Police Academy given by the Ontario County Sheriff’s Department. At lesson six, I gulped: I’d never held a pistol let alone fired one. With a lot of coaching from an unflappable deputy, I’m happy to say my paper target took all five bullets.”
Contact Links:
Website: http://drkatecollier.wordpress.com
Facebook: kate.collier.315
Twitter: @TompkinsFalls
Goodreads: C.T. COLLIER
INTERVIEW:
Ally: Who or what inspired your featured book?
CTC: Vamoosed has the Penningtons, Kyle and Lyssa, chasing leads in the spectacular fjord country of Norway. A trip up the coast of Norway in 2017 convinced me it was the right setting for the couple to make a life-changing decision. And, of course, it was a photographer’s dream come true for me!
Ally: Are you self-published or traditionally published? How did you make the decision?
CTC: Although my first four books were traditionally published with a small press, I took the leap to self-publish The Penningtons Investigate. Thanks to an outstanding editor, a talented book artist, and my critique partners, I’m very happy with the decision and the results.
Ally: Is writing your only career, or do you have a “day” job?
CTC: When I began writing for publication in 2012 I had a fulltime day job in higher education and two adjunct teaching gigs. I told myself I could find one hour each day to satisfy my passion for writing; two books later, I quit all my jobs, finished my first series, and turned my attention to mysteries.
Ally: Have you co-authored a story or novel?
CTC: LOL! When my good friend Janet and I were about 15, we decided to write a mystery together. We may have killed our science teacher, I’m not clear about that. That book never saw The End, but Jan and I both went on to be huge mystery fans. She’s a voracious reader of hard-boiled and thriller. I read and write cozy and traditional mysteries.
Ally: What is your next writing project? Anticipated release date?
CTC: The Penningtons Investigate books are set in a fictitious college town, Tompkins Falls, in the beautiful Finger Lakes of Upstate New York. Before the Penningtons, however, I wrote four romances which were traditionally published and established the history of the town and the college. These early books are the backstory for The Penningtons Investigate; in 2020, the rights for them reverted to me.
As soon as I completed book four of The Penningtons Investigate, Vamoosed, I got busy revising the four romances; that is, making countless improvements and updates, and giving them fresh titles and covers. Readers of Lyssa and Kyle Pennington’s investigations will especially enjoy the fourth romance in that quad, Lyssa Gets a Clue, which is both the Penningtons’ love story and their very first investigation together. The expected release date is 2022.
Ally: Which of the short trivia questions did your choose to answer?
CTC:
Ally: Who or what inspired your featured book?
CTC: Vamoosed has the Penningtons, Kyle and Lyssa, chasing leads in the spectacular fjord country of Norway. A trip up the coast of Norway in 2017 convinced me it was the right setting for the couple to make a life-changing decision. And, of course, it was a photographer’s dream come true for me!
Ally: Are you self-published or traditionally published? How did you make the decision?
CTC: Although my first four books were traditionally published with a small press, I took the leap to self-publish The Penningtons Investigate. Thanks to an outstanding editor, a talented book artist, and my critique partners, I’m very happy with the decision and the results.
Ally: Is writing your only career, or do you have a “day” job?
CTC: When I began writing for publication in 2012 I had a fulltime day job in higher education and two adjunct teaching gigs. I told myself I could find one hour each day to satisfy my passion for writing; two books later, I quit all my jobs, finished my first series, and turned my attention to mysteries.
Ally: Have you co-authored a story or novel?
CTC: LOL! When my good friend Janet and I were about 15, we decided to write a mystery together. We may have killed our science teacher, I’m not clear about that. That book never saw The End, but Jan and I both went on to be huge mystery fans. She’s a voracious reader of hard-boiled and thriller. I read and write cozy and traditional mysteries.
Ally: What is your next writing project? Anticipated release date?
CTC: The Penningtons Investigate books are set in a fictitious college town, Tompkins Falls, in the beautiful Finger Lakes of Upstate New York. Before the Penningtons, however, I wrote four romances which were traditionally published and established the history of the town and the college. These early books are the backstory for The Penningtons Investigate; in 2020, the rights for them reverted to me.
As soon as I completed book four of The Penningtons Investigate, Vamoosed, I got busy revising the four romances; that is, making countless improvements and updates, and giving them fresh titles and covers. Readers of Lyssa and Kyle Pennington’s investigations will especially enjoy the fourth romance in that quad, Lyssa Gets a Clue, which is both the Penningtons’ love story and their very first investigation together. The expected release date is 2022.
Ally: Which of the short trivia questions did your choose to answer?
CTC:
- memorable book you’ve read: Maurice O’Sullivan’s Twenty Years A-Growin’
- an item on your bucket list: See the tulips in bloom in Holland
- the best thing a book fan has ever said to you: After reading Vamoosed, a fan told me, “You captured how men think.”
- pie or cake? Pie What kind? Peach & Blueberry Pie made with fresh fruit grown in the Finger Lakes.
- best place you’ve ever visited: the rocky coast of Maine
Ally: It was a pleasure meeting you, Kate. Good luck with getting those earlier books out to readers. Before we finish today, please show us your featured book in the Penningtons Investigate series.
Vamoosed (The Penningtons Investigate)
Genre: Cozy/Traditional Mystery
PG-13
Professor Rand Cunningham is shot and left for dead on the Penningtons’ front lawn, and Lyssa Pennington could be next.
Who’s behind the drive-by hit? While Detective Shaughnessy hunts for the badass truck seen speeding away from the scene, Lyssa and Kyle follow a lead to Norway, where villains, trolls, and other bombshells will change their lives forever.
Buy Links:
Amazon: Paperback
Kindle: Kindle ebook
Barnes and Noble: B&N Paperback
Nook: Nook ebook