In April of 2010 Iris was named Debut Author the Year, at the Romance Slam Jam conference. Her first novel, Once You've Touched the Heart has been nominated for the Readers Choice Award with Shades of Romance Magazine for, Romance Book of the Year and Self-Published Fiction Book of the Year. Iris Bolling had been nominated for New Author of The Year, Self-Published Author of the Year, Romance Author of the Year and Author of the Year. I hope after learning more about Iris, you'll add her to your bookshelf, Kindle, Nook, iPad or any other e-reader.
Can you tell us a
little bit about yourself?
Professionally
I’m a trainer. I teach and develop the employee workforce for an agency. I’m
also an author (I love saying that). Personally, I’m a happy woman with a man I
love very much. A son who makes me proud to be a mother and several nieces and
nephews I play mother too. I will tell anyone that asks, I’m not perfect but I’m
the best me I can be. I love to smile and make others smile. Oh, I can’t dance.
Tell us about your current book.
My current novel The Pendleton Rule, is about an entertainment Agent who lost the love of his life due to fear of commitment issues. When her life is threatened, he becomes involved in a chase for an assassin. He then becomes the target. To protect both of them he elicits an intriguing group of friends, who bring a lot of action to add to the drama between him and his lady love.
What do you do when
you are not writing?
Spend time with
my family who patiently listen to my story ideas, cook, clean and feed me when
I’m in my writing zone. I love watching sports, baseball, football, and basketball.
My favorite pastime is reading.
When did you first
start writing and when did you finish your first book?
I began writing
in 2007 and published my first novel, Once You've Touched The Heart, in 2008.
How did you choose
the genre you write in and what’s the genre?
That was easy,
Romance - Suspenseful Romance. I love being in love and seeing others in love.
Where do you get
your ideas?
Most of my
novels touch on community or social issues, such as politics, education, and
most of all family. Ideas come from music, a news article or a family story
told by my elders.
When you wrote Once You've Touched The Heart, did you have any intentions of turning it into a series?
No, Once You've Touched The Heart was originally one book. It was over eight hundred pages
long. I still laugh about that original document. I took the story, added a few
more characters and it ended up being a six book series.
Do you write with an
outline, or do you just write?
I just write.
Outlines limit me to that idea. When I’m writing, I want an open slate.It gives even
me, the write the element of surprise because I never know where the characters
might lead me.
Have you ever gone
out in public with your shirt on backwards or your slippers on and when
realizing it, said forget it?
LOL! No, however, I did go out once when socks fell out of my
pants. I was at an event, when one of my friends called out, “Hey Iris, you
dropped something.” I looked back and my girlfriends was standing there with
one of my socks in her hand, laughing. Thank goodness it was clean and not
underwear.
How can readers
contact you?
Reader can reach me
at:
Email: irisb@sirient.com
Website: www.irisbolling.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Iris-Bolling
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Siriaustin
