PRICKLE FORREST CHRONICLES

SPECIAL Edition

March 2023

Welcome to the Prickle Forrest Chronicles, Cassie Mae!

It’s wonderful you could take the time to share with the Pricklers a bit about you and your writing.

First, where are you from? How long have you been writing? What book is this for you? First? Second? Or too many it’s hard to remember?

I’m from Utah, and I’ve been writing for 12 years now 😀 This book is number 31 for publishing, but too many to count on how many I’ve written. And I’m way too lazy to count it, lol.

What type of romance do you write? What romances do you love to read? Do you have a favorite romance author that inspires you?

I write romance for the geeky, nerdy hearts. All my characters are awkward or quirky, and they are (hopefully) funny.

I love to read romantic suspense and mysteries. They are my absolute favorite to dive into!

I’m a big fan of so many romance authors. Just to name a few… Theresa Paolo, Lauren Layne, Kristan Higgins, Emma Hart, and Nicole James.

In brief, tell us about your book, Enemies to Lovers.

A couple of childhood rivals are forced to work together in order to get the coveted veterinary internship they’re after. He’s awkward and handsome, and she’s loud and short, and they are so much fun to write!

When you’re stuck with a scene, how do you resolve the trouble? Take a shower? Call your writing pals? Reenact the scene with your significant other?

I act it out. 😀 I’ll do all the dialogue on a drive, usually, then I hurry to my computer so I don’t forget anything.

Besides your computer, what can be found on your writing desk? Pictures of a hunky guy? Gorgeous woman? Coffee? Popcorn? Craft books? Empty wine glass? Chocolate? The latest issue of Vogue? The Writer’s Magazine? Or maybe a fluffy fur ball? In other words, what helps you write?

I’m at my desk right now, and it hasn’t been cleaned yet, so here we go:

· Two Disney Villainous board games

· Half empty Vitamin Water

· Three empty Vitamin Waters

· My podcast microphone and headset

· Printer

· An unopened Amazon box (I think it has my earwax begone kit in there…)

· Three untouched water bottles

· Hot Cocoa and Cream Bath and Body Works candle

· Lighter

· 4 gift card gift boxes from Christmas

· Amazon Echo

· Package scale

· Two puzzles (a pokemon puzzle and a dog sitting on a toilet reading a newspaper)

· Lysol wipes

· Harry Potter Legos, funko pops, and the Goblet of Fire

· Crocheted Pichu I made last month 😀

· My son’s antidepressants

· Glasses cleaner

· And a single dollar bill (I have no idea where it came from)

What type of character populates the majority of your pages? What’s your favorite trope to read and write? After you’ve written your novel, ever get stunned by the fact that you wrote it?

Nerds and geeks! My favorite trope will always be friends to lovers. And yes, after I write, I celebrate with cheesecake and still can’t believe I did it. Again. Never gets old 😀

If you write the hotter romances, when’s the best time for you to write those scenes? Does the writing come natural or do you make yourself blush? Have your parents stopped answering your calls? Buy you a gold-plated keyboard? Or have they signed you up for sex counseling classes?

The best time is when the kids aren’t in my face. I’ve never made myself blush, but that’s probably because I’m a pretty open person. Most of my conversations turn to sex at some point. You’ve all been warned 😉

If you had the opportunity to promote one of your books from your backlist, which would you choose? Why?

Probably Flirty Thirty because it’s free, and it gives a good look into my style. I was uninhibited for that one and proud of it!

Do you have any blog tours, signings, or other upcoming events that you would like to promote?

I’ll be at the RAWR signing in Atlanta, Georgia, February 2024. I’m the spotlighted Rom Com author, and super excited to visit there! Never been to Georgia before 😀

Finally, we know you’re a romantic, right? So what is the most romantic thing you’ve ever had your MCs do to win the love of their life?

I find the most romantic things to be ones that are out of character for my MCs, or something they have to overcome. There’s one book where my girl, who is terrified of the ocean, runs into the ocean to tell her guy she loves him. There’s another when my guy, who has always wanted kids and a family, tells the girl he loves who can’t have kids that she is his family. My books tend to do those kind of grand gestures—the ones that seem super small but mean everything 😀

Where can we find your book…

Right here!

https://books2read.com/u/bryd6E

Where do you socialize……

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cassiemaeauthorpage

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CassieCook2

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassiemaeauthor/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnlI_WRJuWKrjX4sNiNIu_g

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cassiemaeauthor

Other: My newsletter is the best to see what I’m up to 😀 http://eepurl.com/c5OxYr

Big –big thanks to Cassie Mae for taking the time to travel into the Prickle Forrest and share a bit about your writing and Enemies to Lovers. And much thanks to our readers who make it all possible.

“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”

Please don’t hesitate to comment, but better yet, check out Cassie Mae’s newest release at https://books2read.com/u/bryd6E

Enjoy!

Chrissy Hartmann

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