About Red Garnier

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Red's Favorite Quote

I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.
Oscar Wilde

Red Garnier has just earned herself
a slot on my “Willing to spend
my rent money on” list of authors.
~ Fallen Angel Reviews

Red Garnier is an erotic romance author whose first book released from Ellora's Cave Publishing in May 2007 to receive a Fallen Angel Recommended Read.

She writes fun and sexy erotic contemporaries as well as paranormals, which can range from dark and emotionally intense, to witty and fun and sweet as cherries! Whatever she's writing at the time, Red loves to sit down with her characters and let them take things from there.

Red Garnier is a lover of love, laughter, and hot, steamy sex. She lives with her husband - the love of her life, her very own hero! - and is a proud mother of two.

She was born to write, to say what's on her mind, and to make a few tongues wag along the way. When Red is not writing, she's probably found with her face glued to a sizzling romance book.

Red loves to read and to write in the many genres of romance.

What is your favorite color?
Most definitely red!

What is your favorite pastime?
I love reading, love listening to music and spending time with my family. Recently I've taken up yoga and have found it amazing, both relaxing and empowering. I love it.

What music do you listen to?
Depends on my mood, but I usually enjoy all kinds of music. If I'm in a mental jam and don't know where to take a scene, music never fails to help stir things up.

What is your favorite kind of movies?
You won't believe this, but I just love period movies and romantic dramas. You can't beat those!

What books do you like to read?
All kinds of romances. I fell in love with the genre ever since I was a teen. I might also read other kinds of books, suspense novels, classic literary pieces, but there's no book I enjoy more than a romance.

What are your favorite scenes to write?
The passionate scenes are the best. Where there's a tug and pull of yes, no, yes, no, kiss me, no...oh, I love that! When the emotions are conflicting between the two, and the hero and heroine's wills tested, now that's a scene.

Who are your favorite authors?
Oh, my, well I have so many! Jude Deveraux is my longtime favorite, as well as Julie Garwood, Judith McNaught, and Johanna Lindsday. Curiously these are the very first authors I read, and even now, I will read any book they put out.

What is your favorite genre to write?
Everything, as long as it's romance. I have amazing fun writing romantic comedy, as in BONA FIDE LIAR, while I also enjoy dabbling in the paranormal, as in AMATISTA. Erotica comes natural to me, as in The Devilish Games series, which is a genre I also enjoy writing very much. As long as we've got two people falling in love, I'll write it.

What are your favorite books on writing?
I think Stephen King's ON WRITING is a fantastic book, full of insight and great tips for writers

Where do you get your ideas?
It's amazing sometimes where an idea pops up. It's sometimes only a word I might hear, in a movie, a restaurant, or in a book. Sometimes it's in an image. A picture or a photograph, or a sculpture I may see. Sometimes it's in a feeling; in a rage, or a longing, or a wish. It's just everywhere, you just have to be receptive to it.

What do you do in your spare time?
My spare time is definitely spent with my family. We sometimes read together, scour the city for a new restaurant, bake until the kitchen's in a disreputable mess...!

Where do you imagine yourself in five years with your writing career?
I am always open for opportunities, and I know if I don't find them for some reason, I will be ready if they find me! I'd love more print books, and exposure to more readers, as well as the opportunity to work with large publishing houses such as Avon, Pocket, and Kensington. I hope that someday, I will achieve this.

What is the most valuable lesson you have learned as an author?
Every day brings a new learning experience, and I can't begin to describe how much I've learned in the past year. As an author I've learned to edit, revise, clean up my writing, and tighten it up so it's clearer. I've learned there will always be good and bad reviews, an editor who loves your voice while another doesn't care for it.

Most of all I've learned to stop measuring myself against others, to just be myself, do what I do, the best I can do it, and enjoy it. I've made a lot of wonderful friends who's support and friendship has been invaluable to me, and every day, I learn a little from them, too.

What advice can your give for an aspiring writer?
This may sound trite, but it's true; don't give up! Believe in yourself. And don't compare or measure yourself against others. You are YOU. And YOU have something to say (everybody does!) So just sit down, write it, do the best possible job you can, and wait until someone out there is ready to listen.