Welcome to Author Wednesday. Today Elaine White visits my blog for an interview about her writing life and her book Runaway Girl. Elaine writes paranormal romances featuring vampires. She uses the genre to teach some very important lessons about life. Runaway Girl is the first book in the Secrets of Avelina Chronicles series, which contains six books in total. The other books in the series also delve into the lives of witches, seers, magical lands and lycanthropes (werewolves).
It took me quite some time before I could call myself a writer so it fascinates me to learn when other authors were able to make the public pronouncement. When were you first able to call yourself a “writer” or “author?”
Probably around five years ago, when I first started sending my books to publishers and agents. The positive feedback, even through rejections, gave me confidence in what I was doing.
That’s great that you saw beyond the negative to concentrate on the positive. Congratulations, Elaine. What messages or themes do you try to convey to your readers?
I try to put something positive in my stories. Even when I’m writing paranormal or crime stories, I try to have something inspiring and helpful that my readers can connect to. I want to give them the self confidence to step out of their shells the way I never could. And, of course, I try to inspire my readers to help make the world a better place. Even if it’s just one person at a time, a reader who smiles after a bad day or feels better because of my words, then that’s enough for me.
That’s a very worthy goal. What’s the best thing said about one of your books by a reviewer?
It was a very nice comment about how my use of various POVs [point of view] nspired him to use the same technique in his own writing. I’ve never inspired anyone before. And I’d recently been getting a few comments about how some people didn’t like that there were so many different POVs in my story. But to me, every character is important. They wouldn’t be in the book otherwise and some of them so important that the reader just has to see things their way.
Your experience is a valuable lesson to learn as a writer – reviews often contradict one another pointing out to the subjective nature of the review. What advice can you give to other writers about receiving a bad review?
Don’t let it get to you. You can’t please everyone. Just remember that J.K. Rowling spent years having Harry Potter rejected and still gets bad reviews. The Twilight series still has people debating over the love/hate aspect of the story. Everyone is different, and everyone will have an opinion. Read every review and don’t just assume that a low rating is a bad review. Just soak it in and accept that it’s a fact of life.
That’s the best possible advice. I like to say I don’t believe either my excellent reviews or my poor reviews. What’s your one sentence pitch for Runaway Girl?
Runaway Girl is a paranormal romance that sees vampire soldier Damian finally facing the demons vampire princess Amelia left him with when she sent her soul into the netherworld, fracturing it between five young human girls.
What is the message conveyed in Runaway Girl?
That love and loyalty are the most important things in the world. Power is enticing, lust can be consuming, and money can be corrupting. But over all of those things, love and loyalty shine through and show the right path any one soul should take. When people stray from that path, the trouble starts.
That’s an excellent message to convey. Thank you for sharing today, Elaine. Best wishes as you continue to share your words with the world.
About Elaine White: Elaine White was born and raised in the small town of Haddington, Scotland. She began writing from an early age when she thought that she would have written differently passages from the books she was reading. Elaine currently lives at home in Scotland with her parents and boisterous poodle. She is a full time student and full time writer.
Where to buy Runaway Girl:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17255023-runaway-girl
How to connect with Elaine White:
Twitter – https://twitter.com/ElleLainey
Facebook Author page – https://www.facebook.com/elainewhite.author?ref=stream
Smashwords – https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/ellelainey
Blog – http://ellelainey.wordpress.com/
Goodreads – http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6895396.Elaine_White
P.C. ZICK 
4 responses to “Author Wednesday – Elaine White”
Reblogged this on Vampires, Crime and Angels…Eclectic Me and commented:
This is me! 🙂
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Thanks for reblogging, Elaine. Nice interview.
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All the way from Scotland? Wow, PC! Your word is spreading! Nice Q&A. 🙂
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Yep – I also have some authors from Germany and England scheduled in the coming weeks. This is the best part of writing a blog. I’ve met some very lovely people such as you and Elaine. It makes the world just a little bit more personal.
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