Welcome to Helen Ginger, who has been writing since
she was a child. She went from tragic love stories in high school to
angst-filled poetry in college to character-driven books as an adult. She holds
a Bachelor's in English and a Master's in Speech Communication. She uses both
since the two things she does most is write and talk. She put both these skills
to work after college as an instructor at San Antonio College and Incarnate
Word College in San Antonio, Texas. Born in Georgia, she grew up in Texas,
where she's lived since she was ten. She's got relatives spread all over the
States, from Texas to California to Minnesota to North Carolina to Alabama to
Florida. A few of them actually admit that she's family.
How much fact is in your
fiction? Angel's life is certainly not my
life, but we do have things in common. I gave her the job of swimming as a
mermaid in a bar/restaurant because I swam as a mermaid for four years while in
college, so I knew she could do it. She also does a picnic underwater and
performs ballet moves, which is what the mermaids at Aquarena Springs did.
What's the highest compliment
someone could make about your writing? Readers asking when the next Angel
book is coming out is a compliment. I wish I could give a date, but I haven't
started a second Angel book. I'm working on another book with a new character
right now. I'll do another Angel story, though. She's in my head and won't go
away, so she'll start telling me her story soon.
What
movie star would be perfect for (your main character) and why? Well, she'd have to be ready to be eat
and drink underwater, as well as do underwater ballet. I think Dakota Fanning
could transform into a movie mermaid. I took a class in scriptwriting. It's
crossed my mind that her story would make a great movie and I've considered writing
the script, but I'm sure someone who writes scripts for a living would do a
better job. I'll stick to writing books.
Would you share a bit about your
next project? The book I'm working on now is called
Deadpoint. Codie Hart, co-owner of Hart of Atlantis Park finds one of the
workers at the park dead and floating in the river. She's already dealing with
her ex-husband and co-worker, Michael, and the homeless guy who wanders the
park at night, scavenging through trash. Unknown to her, The Handler has found
Michael and intends to kill him, slow and painfully. First, he intends to make
Michael watch as he kills Codie.
ANGEL SOMETIMES: Just before her thirteenth birthday, Angel Sometimes was taken 800 miles from her home in Oklahoma, given $50 and left on South Padre Island, Texas. Years later, Angel hitchhikes to Austin and gets a job swimming as a mermaid in a bar/restaurant in the music district. Before she can go home and confront her parents, she needs three things: her high school diploma, a car and a gun. She has a car. She's finished her final test for her GED. The only thing she needs is the gun and she knows where to get one.
Where to Find Angel Sometimes and Helen:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/helenginger
Website: http://helenginger.com
Straight From Hel: http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HelenGinger1
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MermaidHel
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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/HelenGinger
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