I’m excited to introduce my guest authors for July!
*suspenseful music builds to a big-ass cymbals crash*
BB Miller and Leslie Carson!
I’ve known these two talented ladies for a long time! Leslie & I met maybe seven years ago, I believe! Crazy how time flies!
Pretty sure BB & I have chatted before about her WSU Cougars (I was probably griping about my OU Sooners at the time ๐ ) and Swess (I call Leslie this because, well, no reason, except she’s just Swess โค ) had me edit for her yearssss ago and I loved getting to read her stories before anyone else did! ๐
These lovelies published their first book together, Rock the Dream–Redfall Dream Series (Book 1), on February 1, and it not only made a huge splash as a debut novel, but the reviews have all been raves!
And Kennedy Lane? Oh, my. He’s as sexy as he is infuriating. And just when you wanna smack him, he makes you swoon ๐ I think I’ve found my new book boyfriend! lol โค
Let’s find out more about these girls!

Thank you so much for these questions and for including us!ย (Thank YOU for participating! โค )
1. Whatโs your hidden talent?
BBโI can make a mean Cosmopolitan!
LCโBB, that may be the best talent ever. ๐ Back in the day, I won several lip sync battles- before they were popular and featured on late night TV. ๐
2. If you could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, what would you win a medal for?
BBโCocktail shaking.ย ( ๐ )
LCโReading.
3.Whatโs your go-to band when you canโt decide what to listen to?
BBโThis is a hard one! I guess either Ed Sheeran or Kings of Leon or Mumford and Sons or the Beatlesโฆ
LCโThere are too many to list! Queen would be at the top, The Eagles, Foo Fighters, Blue Rodeo
4. Whatโs something you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?
BBโGet a birdโs eye view. Whether itโs zip lining, or hang-gliding, or finding the tallest observation deck around, find somewhere you can take a few minutes to see the world from high up. Your troubles slip away and it gives you new perspective.
LCโGet lost in a city. Too many people travel with these high activity, stressful itineraries when theyโre on holiday. One of the best times Iโve ever had is when I got lost in the Underground in London and got off at the wrong station. I spent the day just exploring without an agenda, and it was fantastic.
5. Whatโs something that a ton of people are obsessed with but you donโt get the point of?
BBโSelfies. I can see taking a couple of you and a friend if you get together once in a while and you want to remember what you did. But constantly taking pictures of yourself with nothing but your car, sushi, or whatever? I donโt get it.ย (My 20 yo daughter would SO disagree ๐ )
LCโSelfies are bad, and those selfie sticks are equally horrible. Right now, itโs bottle-flipping. It makes no sense at all, and I think my 13-year-old would medal in that if it was an Olympic sport. Please, please, MAKE IT STOP! (hahaha)
6. What are you looking forward to most in the next 10 years?
BBโBeing cancer-free.ย (That would be fabulous! โค )
LCโBB and my sister being cancer-free. (Also fabulous! Keeping you all in my prayers โค )
7. What fad or trend do you wish would come back?
LCโRoller skating. Ah, the memories of Studio 801!
BBโI loved roller skating!!! Iโm a danger on ice skates.
8. Would you rather give up bathing for a month or give up the internet for a month? ๐
BBโEasy! Iโd give up the internet over showers.
LCโThe internet! Thereโs no way Iโm giving up my showers.
9. Whatโs the first book that made you cry?
BBโThe Witch of Blackbird Pond. I loved that book. I still do!
LCโCharlotteโs WebโI distinctly remember bawling my eyes out in class.
10. Which character have you written thatโs most like you?
BBโI think thatโs best answered by someone else!
LCโI think thereโs a little bit sprinkled into most of them.
11. What do you munch on when writing?
BBโI try not to! But I have to say Iโm addicted to sweet potato tortilla chips.
LCโThereโs this trail mix that I love far too much, and I have a weakness for chocolate almonds. If theyโre in the house, they wonโt last long.
12. If you had to do something differently as a child or teenager to become a better writer as an adult, what would you do?
BBโI would have paid more attention to punctuation drills!
LCโHoly cow–commas! BB can tell you alllll about it. ๐
13. Have you ever Googled yourself? ๐
BBโI have for work, but not for writing.
LCโNo way!
14. Music or silence when you write?
BBโDepends on my mood! Sometimes, even music is distracting to me.
LCโI almost always have music playing. Unless Iโm writing at work, which Iโve been known to do.
15. Is there any other genre youโd like to try writing?
LCโIโd love to give horror a try. Not gruesome, bloodshed horror. More along the lines of suspenseful, you want to sleep with the lights on horror.
BBโYouโd be great at that!! Iโve had a mafia storyline floating in my head for a couple yearsโone day, Iโd like to get that on paper.
16. If you could spend the day with one of your characters, who would it be and what would you do?
BBโKennedy Lane. Iโd like to spend the day listening to the band rehearsing in his home studio. (I could stand a day with KL ๐ )
LCโSean Murphy. Give me a British accent, and a free spirit, and Iโm hooked. (Well, damn…I could hang out with a drummer too lol)
17. Which character in your books would you be least likely to get along with?
BBโNadia (although thereโs another one coming up that I detest as well).
LCโBrodie (Iโm with Barb on this though. Thereโs a new one that is beyond awful in Cameronโs book).
18. How do you choose the names of your characters?
BBโHmmโฆI seem to remember one evening in a bar in San Francisco and names scribbled on a cocktail napkinโฆ
LCโ*laughs hard* Yep- cocktails are usually involved.
19. Your latest book continues your Redfall Dream Series. What got you into writing about rockstars?
LCโIโve been writing for a while. (Side note: On a recent trip back home, my mom gave me a stack of old short stories I wrote, which included an entire soap opera set in the eighties. I had completely forgotten about it, and spent the next several hours laughing so hard I was crying at the scenarios I put these people into.) RTD actually started out as a graduation surprise for a very dear friend of ours who finished nursing school. Weโre so proud of Mandy!!! (YAY Mandy!!) Iโve always been drawn to Rockstar romances. Thereโs something a bit mysterious about musicians and what drives them. And who doesnโt love a talented, tattooed man playing just for you? (This girl does!)
20. Whatโs one thing youโd like readers to get out of your books?
LCโTo never, ever give up.
BBโTo be true to yourself.
21. Whatโs the best compliment youโve gotten when it comes to your books?
BBโThat we convey emotions well. I think that is really hard to do without being melodramatic, and I love it when people say weโve struck the right balance.
LCโThat people can relate to the characters and the challenges they try to work through.
22. Can you tell us what youโve got coming up next?
BBโThe next book, Live Your Dream, focuses on Matt Logan, Redfallโs bass guitarist. (Aw! I wanna give Matt a great big hug for all he’s gone through)
LCโYes! Matt makes me swoon just a little. ๐ Heโll be out in the fall this year. Weโre also working on Cameron and Seanโs books which will be out sometime in 2018. (*squees*)
Thank you both so much for coming by! I LOVED Rock the Dream & can’t wait to read Live Your Dream! mwah! โค
You can purchase Rock the Dream (Redfall Dream Series, Book 1) from Amazon by clicking the amazingly hot guy on the cover below ๐
(or from BN on the pic beneath!)


Thank you again, BB & Swess, for stopping by! I wish you both TONS of success! โค
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