NURTURE YOUR BOOKS AND MY BOOK ADDICTION AND MORE PRESENTS….
CAROLINE MILLER…
MBA&M: TELL OUR READERS A FEW TIDBITS ABOUT CAROLINE MILLER
CAROLINE: I’m the child of a Costa Rican mother and an American father with strong Germanic roots. His family name was Mueller but it was changed to Miller during WWII. My mother loves to laugh and play. My father loved to organize and work. If ever they was an ant and cricket marriage this was one. Somehow, I managed to blend both sets of genes and feel pretty lucky about it. I can focus and see a job to the end but I also know how to play.
MBA&M: WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO WRITE Y A GOTHIC FICTION?
CAROLINE: I don’t consider Gothic Spring to be young adult fiction though the heroine is 16. I never loved, laughed, or played harder than when I was 16. I never felt as deeply betrayed by the universe as when I was 16. An half developed mind, raging hormones and bodily changes create the perfect stage for drama on a grand scale. Shkespeare undrestood this when he wrote Romeo and Juliet.
MBA&M: WHAT IF ANYTHING MADE YOU WANT TO WRITE GOTHIC SPRING?
CAROLINE: Gothic Spring is a journey into a mind that is unraveling. The heroine, Victorine, is a young woman poised at the edge of sexual awakening and cursed with more talent and imagination than her Victorian society will tolerate. The conflict between her desire and the restrictions that rule her life lead to dramatic circumstances. I created this character and setting to explore how society and the attitudes of other women can deny a woman her freedom. Having been active in the effort to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) I saw first had how little freedom exists for women in our society, though we imagine it to be otherwise.
MBA&M: IF YOU COULD SWITCH PLACE WITH ANY CHARACTER IN GOTHIC SPRING WHO WOULD IT BE?
CAROLINE: Though some of my characters are admirable, they are too flawed to wish to be any of them.
MBA&M: DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS AS A WRITER?
CAROLINE: I have no regrets about being a writer though I came into the field enormously ignorant. Given today’s technology , anyone with ambition can publisher a book. The biggest challenge, given the number of works being printed, is to sell yours. Having to hawk a book as if it were a commodity on the Chicago Stock Exchange and not art is a disappointment. Still, if it must be done, it is better to wade in without complaint.
MBA&M: IF NOT WRITING WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CAREER CHOICE?
CAROLINE: I’d like to be Bill Gates, not for his money, but for his ability to bring hope to shattered people because of it.
MBA&M: TELL YOUR READERS WHERE TO FIND YOU AND WHERE GOTHIC SPRING IS AVAILABLE.
CAROLINE: I write a blog 5 days a week on writing and life. I invite any readers to join me at: carolinemillerwriteaway.com.
I am working on a new website. You can find me at: www.booksbycarolinemiller.com
if not now, soon.
Gothic Spring can be ordered at any book store. ISNB # 978-0-9845424-9-9
Of course, I can always be found on Amazon and Barnes & Noble in both the paperback and e-book versions
MBA&M: CAROLINE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TODAY?
CAROLINE: Yes, I want to thank you, April and Wendy, for this opportunity to reach new readers and to announce that my new book, Trompe l‘Oeil (to fool the eye) will be coming out in October of this year. If readers like the works of the Brontes or Daphne du Maurier, I urge them to give my books a try.
THANK YOU CAROLINE FOR VISITING WITH US AND OUR READERS TODAY!!
Find & Follow Caroline Miller:
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Gothic Spring by Caroline Miller – NURTURE Book Tour Schedule:
- May 14th – Jaidis @ Juniper Grove
- May 15th – MK @ MK McClintock Blog
- May 15th – Mindy Wa. @ Books, Books, and more Books
- May 16th – Peggy Ma. @ Book Absorption
- May 17th – Grace L. @ Books Like Breathing
- May 17th – Sydney Ch. @ A Case of Reading Insomnia
- May 18th – Bobbie @ Nurture Virtual Book Tourz™ Blog
- May 21st – Adrienne Ge. @ Paper Hangover
- May 21st – Laurie J. @ Laurie’s Thoughts & Reviews
- May 22nd – Jaidis @ Juniper Grove
- May 23rd – April R. & Wendy @ My Book Addiction and More
- May 23rd – Inga K. @ Me And Reading
- May 24th – Beverly G. @ Everyone Loves A SiNner
- May 24th – Laurie J. @ Laurie’s Thoughts & Reviews
- May 25th – Bobbie @ Nurture Virtual Book Tourz™ Blog
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Gothic Spring by Caroline Miller
Victorine Ellsworth knows something about the death of the vicar’s wife… but what? Is she the killer? Or the next victim?
Gothic Spring is a journey into a mind that is unraveling. Victorine is a young woman poised at the edge of sexual awakening and cursed with more talent and imagination than society will tolerate. The conflict between her desire and the restrictions that rule her life lead to tragic circumstances.
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**GIVEAWAY ALERT**
*Sponsored by the author*
We are offering 1 lucky commenter an e-book copy of “Gothic Spring” by Caroline Miller. Giveaway to run from today May 23 until May 30,2012.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND ENJOY!
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Please check out our “Thoughts” on “Gothic Spring” by
Caroline Miller!
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We hop you have enjoyed our visitor today and will spread the word!!
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HAPPY READING!!
Thanks for posting! Caroline, It's been so super finding out a little more about you during these tour stops.
This book sounds so good and I love the cover!
[...] May 23rd – April R. & Wendy @ My Book Addiction and More Nurture Book Tour Post with Author Interview & Book Giveaway! [...]
I'm a gothic fan. Has been since reading Edgar Allen Poe.
Thanks so much for another great interview, April! Caroline, it was nice to learn more about you and your book today. There are actually a few interviews here at MBA&M from the past week that I want to comment on, but as soon as I read yours from today I knew I wanted to stop here first! I am a huge fam of Gothic writing, it was my first love growing up (when I could devour books nonstop), and the Bronte sisters are, in all honesty, my favorite authors of all time. I am pretty sure I have read everything they ever wrote that has seen the light of day! Jane Austen was great and all, but……for me it's always been the Bronte sisters
. So I'm super excited to hear about your book today. If I don't win this copy I will certainly be checking it out anyway!
Congratulations to you on having the guts to put yourself – and your art – out there. I know it must be very difficult to have to be more of a salesperson and less of a writer/artist sometimes. I agree that it is the less positive outcome of the industry being basically broken open to the masses, as it were! But hopefully the positives far outweigh that for you. Best of luck on finishing book 2, and thank you for the giveaway. I can't wait to read your book, one way or another!
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Great Cover! Always love to read about characters who are not perfect. It seems that most characters are perfect in form and brains, it is always nice to see some who are like us regular people with faults and problems. Congrats on the book.
Very nice interview. The book and characters sound interesting.