It is my pleasure to host author Alexis Soleil on an interview session on my blog today. Her family darma Irate: A Rocker's Raging Romance is available for purchase now.
What made you pen down Irate?
I came up with the title IRATE because my main character, Ramiro was born on October 30th, which is Halloween Eve (Devil's Night) which drove his father to give him severe punishments, beatings, and reading Bible verses. Also, his mother suffered abuse from the hands of her husband who blamed her for giving birth to Ramiro on the thirtieth of October along with his sister, Maritza. Ramiro built a lot of anger in him, where he expressed it in Heavy Metal. He learned to play bass guitar and wrote explicit song lyrics about taking his father out. Ramiro fell in love with Noelle, a house Songstress, where he promised he wouldn't hurt. But, he did. He received counseling to fight his demons from his past. So, I saw that Ramiro was an angry musician playing this angry music. First, I came up with "PANDEMONIUM". Then I said, "no". I had to come up with something more captivating. Then "IRATE" was it.
Have you always wanted to be a writer?
When I was in high school, I would tell people stories that I thought about. I never thought about becoming a writer until I got in my early twenties. I loved watching love stories where the characters were from two different worlds. Like Romeo and Juliet. I started screenwriting for over twenty-five years and the movie industry is difficult to break into. So, I took another route and decided to write novels.
Tell us a little about Ramiro and Noelle.
Ramiro and Noelle are the star-crossed lovers in this rocker tale. I guess you can call them star-crossed lovers because their love was going to fail if Ramiro didn't face his problems.
Ramiro is a white Peruvian male, who wears lots of black clothing, he listens to death metal, thrash metal, and black metal rock due to his anger. His birthday is on devil's night, he embraces it to the point where he lashes out at people and the ones he supposedly loves. Ramiro has a dark side to him. He likes dark, creepy, scary, and weird things. He even has two pet tarantulas. I don't mean to give away too much information. And Ramiro doesn't believe in God either.
Noelle is contrast to Ramiro. She's an African-American female who loves to sing and can sing. Noelle has a beautiful voice that drew Ramiro to her. She comes from the House music genre which is dance music. She was born on Christmas day, loves life and God. She's not overly religious but she believes in the higher power.
So, Ramiro's darkness was attracted to Noelle's light.
Are rock star romances your favourite genre to read as well?
Yes, I read "The Words" by Ashley Jade. It was really good. I'll read anything type of love story that's good regardless if it's rockstar romance or interracial, contemporary or New Adult. As long as the book is good.
Are you a plotter or a panster?
I'm a panster because some of my stories come from my own personal experience. Irate is from my own personal experience. All I have to do is write it down and add a little imagination to it.
How long did it take you to write this novel?
Irate took me seven months to write because I just had surgery and had to stay home so I had plenty of time to write this piece. I wish I had more time to write. Do you know how much work I would get done?
Do you have a writing schedule?
I don't have a writing schedule. I'm trying to fight that. I want to discipline myself to write on a schedule.
Are there any new projects underway?
Yes, I have about two or three projects. But, the first one is a family drama that I would like to promote. Then I have two dark romances that I want to work on.
Alexis Soleil is a former screenwriter who has written several screenplays which caused her to write novels instead. She prefers to write novels because it gives the writer more freedom with description, character development, and pacing. Whereas the screenwriter, they're only limited to less one-hundred, twenty pages. Her first book "FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS" was published in 2016 which is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story. Alexis hopes to attract more readers to her works and continue writing.
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