Bio
C.C. Hunter grew up in Alabama, where she caught lightning bugs, ran barefoot, and regularly rescued potential princes, in the form of Alabama bullfrogs, from her BROTHERS. Today, she's still fascinated with lightning bugs, mostly wears shoes, but has turned her focus to rescuing mammals. She now lives in Texas with her four rescued cats, one dog, and a prince of a husband, who for the record, is so not a frog. When she's not writing, she's reading, spending time with her family, or is shooting things-with a camera, not a gun.
C.C. Hunter is a pseudonym. Her real name is Christie Craig and she also writes humorous romantic suspense romance novels for Grand Central. www.christie-craig.com
C.C. would love to hear from you. Because of deadlines, it may take her a day or so to get back with you, but she will reply. cc@cchunterbooks.com
What has she written?
C.C Hunter is the author of the Shadow Falls Series, and now the Shadow Falls: After Dark Series.
Now for the interview!!
1. How old were you when you started writing, in your
opinion?
I didn’t start putting words on paper until I was 23. I’m
dyslexic, and the idea of being a writer when I had trouble spelling and
reading wasn’t something I considered.
But from about twelve, and all the way through those teen years, I spent
a lot of time in my own head making up stories.
All of them had a cute guy in them, too.
I didn’t realize it then, but I was practicing for my career as a
writer/storyteller.
2. What do you want a reader to gain from reading your
works?
Great question! When
I sit down to write a book, I don’t intentionally try to incorporate a
take-away value. I simply want to
entertain. However, in every book I
write there are life lessons to gain.
And they always have to do with the lessons and dilemmas my characters
are learning and facing. That said, I
think I always give my characters certain traits that have helped me in my own
life: perseverance and the ability to laugh.
My grandmother used to say, “If you can laugh at it, you can live with
it.” And laughter has gotten me through
a lot of hard times. And it has gotten
Kylie and Della out of some real pickles as well.
3. What are your three top suggestions on becoming an
author, or being a pleasure writer?
Read a lot and study the books that really excite you. Figure out what it was that had you turning
those pages. Write regularly. Writing is like exercising. When you keep it up, you love it, but if you
stop doing it, it’s hard to get back into the swing of it. Join a critique group and work with other
writers. When you read someone else’s
work and try to help them with the craft of writing, your eyes can suddenly
become open to some of your own mistakes.
4. What is your favourite novel, why?
Oh, my, that is a very hard question. I love so many books. I think my favorite book when I was young was
Charlotte’s Web. And I don’t even like
spiders. But I think her concern about
saving Wilber just made her special.
5. Who is your favourite author, why?
Hmm, I love a lot of authors because I read so many
genres. I love Susan Elizabeth Phillips,
Kelly Armstrong and Joy Preble.
6. What are your favorite pass times besides writing?
I love spending time at the beach, sitting on the front
porch, and laughing with friends.
7. Who in your life do you credit your imagination to the
most?
My grandparents played a big part in my life. My grandmother was a school teacher, and knew
that sometimes I felt I wasn’t as smart as I should be because I am dyslexic.
But she always told me, “It may be a little harder for you, but you can still
do anything.” And then my grandfather
was a storyteller, and wherever he went, he had an audience he could tell
stories to, so I think I learned a lot about spinning tales from him.
8. What are the top five things on your bucket list?
Rent a house on the beach and stay there for a whole
week. (I’m actually going to do this
next month.) Fly in a hot air
balloon—I’m scared of heights, so this one will be hard. Spend three weeks in Italy. Write a book that people can’t stop talking
about. Get on an airplane and sit next
to someone reading and enjoying my book.
9. What is your funniest childhood memory?
Hmm. I guess I
associate funny with embarrassing, because two memories come to mind. The time I lost my bathing suit top after
jumping off the diving board, which was funny for a long time! And the time I was learning how to drive and
almost ran completely into the post office.
It had a glass wall, bushes and a flowerbed in front. I drove over the curb, smashed the flowers
and plowed down the bushes. The bumper
of my car was kissing the glass and everyone in the post office had jumped over
the counter. My mom still made me go in
and buy stamps.
10. To the youth of today, if you could tell them one thing,
what would it be?
I hear so many people say, “If only I could go back to my
teen years.” I don’t feel that way at
all. Being a teen was hard . . . really
hard. So I guess I would tell them to
hang in there. As hard as it is to
figure out who you are and where you fit into this world, it does get
easier. Don’t beat yourself up for the
mistakes you make. Everyone makes them,
just learn from them. And always
remember, making a mistake isn’t so bad, it’s repeating them that can make us
failures.
Yup, I love this book. Angelbound is about purgatory,
heaven, hell, ghouls, cool tails, gladiator battles, a kick butt heroine, and
destiny. Which in case you don’t know, makes up for a heck of a good read.
Christina’s voice is very much defined in this book, and makes for a smooth
read. It does not have a boring moment, and the villains are truly despicable,
which gets the rise out of every reader. Like I mentioned before, this book has
an incredible kick butt heroine. She is an inhabitant of purgatory, and equipped
with her awesome demon tail, she fights the truly bad guys in the arena, to
make sure they go to hell like they are supposed to. Her name is Myla. Myla is
a half demon… need I say more about how epic this is? This book and all its
characters deserve the rating I am giving it. Five stars for Angelbound!
