Author C.A. Tibbits is in the Spotlight

WELCOME TO C.A. TIBBITS

INTERVIEW:

When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

I've always read, and more than 15 years ago, I started a fanfic group for La Femme Nikita (Peta Wilson version). As I got better writing there, and was miserable in my "outside of home" job, I decided to give writing a serious shot. So I wrote and published my first book last August!

How long does it take you to write a book?

Depends on the book! I would say it usually takes from 1-2 months for my novella length (around 40k words). It mainly depends on if the characters are talking to me and I feel a connection at the time. When I was writing my Forrest Scott story (Shifter Under Cover), I was able to write 5k a day and finished it quickly! Normally, I consider myself lucky to write 2k in a day.

 

What is your work schedule like when you're writing?

Writing is my "full time" job, so when I ignore the household chores, I sit down for 4-8 hours in a day.

What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?

I'm a visual person, so I guess my weird quirk would be that I decide what actor/model/athlete my character should be based on. If I get stuck, I will seek out videos/pics,etc. of the person and that usually helps me to get ideas!

How do your books get published?

I am self-published, so I do everything. I write, format, and upload. All covers but 1 (Healing A Shifter) have been designed by me.

Where do you get your information or ideas for your books?

I make up my own lore and special abilities that I think my characters should have. You won't find my (one so far) vampire being adverse to light/garlic, etc.

When did you write your first book and how old were you?

My first actual book, Shifted For Love, was written and published last year (2014). I was 37 years old.

What do you like to do when you're not writing?

Watch tv, hang out with my husband, swim, cook, clean, etc. Facebook!

What does your family think of your writing?

My husband likes it, because he knows I have found my niche. I know he wishes I made more at it though! The few other family members that know are supportive, but we don't speak of it. I don't write the type that they want/like to read.

What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books?

How involved the "back" process is! Formatting, cover creation, advertising, social media - it is all very involved!

How many books have you written? Which is your favorite?

I now have 4 books, and 7 short stories. My favorite is Shifter Under Cover. Forrest Scott has stolen my heart, and is the reason I am currently writing a short story prequel for him!

Do you have any suggestions to help me become a better writer? If so, what are they?

I say write what you know, what interests you, and what you like to read. Also, always read others work! Don't steal ideas, obviously, but just the creative process of reading and working your mind will help your imagination soar!

Do you hear from your readers much? What kinds of things do they say?

I do! I consider several of them my friends as well. I always welcome feedback, and I have a core team of betas. On the rare occasion that I get specific feedback on a story, I LOVE it! I had two people in the span of a day ask about another story to follow a short I wrote for an anthology. The funny part was, I was working on it at the same time they asked.

 

Do you like to create books for adults?

Yes! I write the books that I like to read, which happens to be adult romance. My first book might be considered NA, but I could not write for a younger crowd. I just do not identify with reading/writing for youth and below.

 

What do you think makes a good story?

Something that comes from the heart. Stories are like children! They come from inside you and they contain little pieces of your soul. If they do not, you aren't doing it right!

 

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

I think I wanted to be a pop star. I was in all the school productions in elementary school, but never as a solo. That's where I would have had the trouble! I still can't do much in front of a crowd!

BOOK LINKS:

A Shifter Christmas, Pepper Valley Shifters #0 (prequel)

---will be perma-Free on all platforms!

A horse and hawk shifter, Kate Kalei is a widow living life as a recluse. Little did she know, while running as her horse, she was almost made a meal by a hungry lion shifter!

Jaxson Barnes, an Englishman visiting Colorado on holiday, attempts to hunt a tasty meal. He is knocked to his butt both literally and figuratively when the bay-colored horse turns out to be a beautiful woman shifter!

As the snow begins to fall, Kate allows Jaxson into her home.

But if the lonely widow gives her heart to him, can she be sure he'll stay?

***Please note: This short story is approximately 9500 words and includes profanity and depictions of sexual situations. Intended for readers over 18+.

---Originally published in Mystical Xmas Box Set in November 2014.

https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-ashifterchristmas-1838314-142.html

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/550939

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZRYE4TW

Shifted For Love, Pepper Valley Shifters #1

Jace moved in with Fiona and her father when she was fourteen. Tall, lean, and hotter every day, Fiona has had a crush on Jace since day 1. The problem is, Jace did not look at her as anything but a friend.

On Fiona’s sixteenth birthday, her dad announces she is going to mate a shifter she has never met when she turns twenty-one. Zane is cute, muscled, arrogant, older, and not her type.

One night, Jace finally sees Fi for the woman she has become. In a moment of weakness, Jace succumbs to her request for 'just one kiss'. A mate's addictive taste is something neither Jace nor Fiona can deny.

Caught by a secret past, Jace believes he will never deserve a woman like Fi. However, Fiona harbors a deep dark secret of her own. A secret that may change all of their lives.

Pepper Valley... A town where shifters, vampires & other creatures are a part of society. What will happen when two shifters fight over a love that is ordained & one that is forbidden?

They are caught...Shifted For Love.

***Please note: This story is approximately 15,000 words and includes profanity and depictions of sexual situations.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MF6RDEI

Healing A Shifter, Pepper Valley Shifters #2

Living a life of bitter seclusion, Griffin Tago is a mentally and physically broken puma shifter without a family, through no fault of his own.

Daniela "Dani" Celinho grows up in a happy family of shifters, until a malicious act during her teenage years leaves Dani with a limp and no hope of competing as a swimmer. After her father's murder, her mother and sister fall apart. Dani decides to make a life for herself in a little town called Pepper Valley, Colorado.

Griffin's best friend talks him into having a beer at his sworn enemy's place…Great Scotts Bar & Grill. After a short run-in with "Great Scott" himself, Griffin's friend distracts him by pointing out a brunette beauty standing at the jukebox. One look at her takes Griffin's breath away.

Dani looks past the wheelchair and sees the strong handsome man with long dark hair and black tattoos.

Their physical desire leads to a quick mating. Can Dani not only heal Griffin's body, but his soul?

***Please note: This story is approximately 37,000 words and includes profanity and multiple depictions of sexual situations.

US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NWLLME2

CA: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00NWLLME2

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NWLLME2

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/healing-a-shifter-c-a-tibbitts/1121206909?ean=2940151892193&itm=1&usri=c.a.+tibbitts

https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-healingashifter-1790583-340.html

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/538402

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/healing-a-shifter

Shifter Under Cover, Pepper Valley Shifters #3

Forrest Scott has worked too long and too hard as an undercover operative for the D.E.A. Shifter Division to get stuck with a mission partner straight out of training. When his new partner turns out to be the one shifter woman he's been asking on dates repeatedly for years, he can't help but imagine the possibilities.

Adeline Lahey may be new to the undercover job, but she's had plenty of experience turning down his advances. She does everything she can think of to turn him off, yet sparks still fly. While their chemistry is palpable, even Forrest Scott can't be trusted with her heart.

When Forrest is forced to split his time between two missions, a third undercover operative takes over as Addie's full time mission partner.

Will their undercover mission bring Forrest and Addie closer, or will the addition of a third operative drive Forrest and Addie apart?

***Please note: This story is approximately 40,500 words and includes profanity, multiple depictions of sexual situations, and some depictions of torture.

US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RMB8GMO

CA: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00RMB8GMO

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00RMB8GMO

https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-shifterundercover-1817865-142.html

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/546465

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/shifter-under-cover

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shifter-under-cover-c-a-tibbitts/1121180258?ean=2940151943574&itm=1&usri=c.a.+tibbitts

Star Crossed Shifters, Pepper Valley Shifters #4

Nick Caputo is a wolf shifter, and the new clan enforcer. He knows with every fiber of his being that Violet Tago (a shifter that can't shift) is his mate. One kiss. One simple taste and she'll be his.

Since arriving in Pepper Valley, Violet has ignored any burgeoning attraction for Nick, and instead crushes big time on her brother's best friend, Brody.

Brody Westwood, also a wolf shifter, has never thought twice about his best friend's kid sister. The fact is, he wants nothing to do with any supernatural being. After seeing his best friend, Griffin, fall in love, marry, and have children, Brody decides it's time to settle down with a family of his own. When a new curvacous beauty shows up in town, the attraction practically crackles the air between them. But Leah Cross isn't human...or a shifter.

Two couples with undeniable attraction. Under the Colorado sky, they are Star Crossed Shifters.

***Please note: This story is approximately 40,000 words and includes profanity,multiple depictions of sexual situations, and violence.

US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V2P4XUK

CA: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00V2P4XUK

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00V2P4XUK

AU: http://www.amazon.co.au/dp/B00V2P4XUK

MX: http://www.amazon.co.mx/dp/B00V2P4XUK

JP: http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00V2P4XUK

BR: http://www.amazon.co.br/dp/B00V2P4XUK

IN: http://www.amazon.in/dp/B00V2P4XUK

AUTHOR BIO:

C.A. Tibbitts lives in Oklahoma, USA, with her husband of 18 years and a bossy parakeet. She has a degree as a paralegal and worked for the District Attorney's office, and before that, she worked as a travel agent.

Though she wrote for years as a hobby, her first published book was in August of 2014. Best known for her Pepper Valley Shifters series, she also has several short stories published with the Mystical Box Set Babes and in the Wickedly Exotic seasons series.

She loves to hear from her readers, and deeply appreciates honest reviews.

AUTHOR LINKS:

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Books and Stories by C.A. Tibbitts:

Pepper Valley Shifters

* A Shifter Christmas, A Short Story Prequel (contained within Mystical Xmas Box Set - October, 2014)

* Shifter In Training, a Forrest Scott prequel (contained within Wicked After Dark - coming October, 2015)

* Shifted for Love (August 4, 2014)

* Healing A Shifter (October 28, 2014)

* Twice Fated Shifter, book 2.5 (contained within Mystical New Love Box Set - December, 2014)

* Shifter Under Cover (February, 2015)

* Star Crossed Shifters ---(June, 2015)

Royalty Of Vezul series

* Prince Of Vezul: Tallen (contained within Mystical Royal Love Box Set - January, 2015)

* Prince Of Vezul: Brayden - coming soon

Christmas In D.C., a contemporary romance short story (contained within Wickedly Exotic Winter Erotic Wonderland Box Set - January 20, 2015)

Ghost Of A Chance, second chance romance with some meddling ghosts (contained within Wickedly Exotic Spring Erotic Wonderland Box Set - April 20, 2015)

SEALed By Fate, a werewolf mating story with suspense (contained within Mystical Hot Military Box Set - coming July, 2015)