Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews: Interview with romance author Laura Brown

Novelist Laura Brown joins me today to chat about her new contemporary romance, A Perfect Mistake

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Bio:

Laura Brown lives in Massachusetts with her quirky abnormal family. Her husband has put up with her since high school, her young son keeps her on her toes, and her two cats think they deserve more scratches. Hearing loss is a big part of who she is, from her own Hard of Hearing ears, to the characters she creates.

Welcome, Laura. Please share a little bit about your current release.

A Perfect Mistake involves social worker Nica Anders having a one-night-stand with a deaf man, Cam Thompson. She soon discovers that he’s the grandson, and caregiver, for an elderly client, making him someone she should not have gotten involved with!

What inspired you to write this book?

I worked as a social worker for ten years and wanted to put some of that onto the page.

Excerpt from A Perfect Mistake:

He collected me in his arms. The earlier passion was gone though. This was serious. A confirmation that the desire to mess things up was so ingrained I’d sabotage without trying.

“I’m sorry. I don’t know how to do this.”

“Well, we kiss and then—”

I shook my head, a revelation brewing. “Relationships. I don’t know how. I’ve only witnessed the kind that ends in divorce.”

What exciting story are you working on next?
My next book is titled MATZAH BALL SURPRISE and it involves a fake date for Passover. Like A Perfect Mistake, my heroine is hearing and my hero is deaf, only this heroine doesn’t know ASL!

When did you first consider yourself a writer?

Oh, tough question. I think I considered myself a writer when I started actively pursuing it as a passion. Being published doesn’t make someone a writer, it’s more a tiny trophy for all the hard work.

Do you write full-time? If so, what's your work day like? If not, what do you do other than write and how do you find time to write?

I write as often I as can, but I have a day job, and a family life, that also demand my attention. Since my day job involves high end window treatments, I tend to have a decent amount of down time where I can get some words in. A typical day has me writing on and off, until my days off, where I try and get a little more in. It’s a hard juggle, but I’m so used to being attached to my laptop that it comes naturally!

What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?

Beyond being attached to my laptop at all times? LOL! I find that the more difficult the scene is to write, the more comfortable I need to be. I try and sit at my desk whenever possible, but I’ll end up in my bed, curled up under covers, writing when I need that extra boost. It’s bad on my posture, and my knees, so I don’t recommend it, but there’s something about that comfort that helps the words flow.

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A teacher. Then an actor.

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