​BEHIND THE BOOK:  ​

​​K.A. Linde author of Avoiding Commitment (Avoiding Series #1)

​Interview by: Deidre D.

It was a pleasure to speak with K.A. Linde about her heartwrenching book, Avoiding Commitment (Avoiding series #1).  Check out more when she shares her publishing experience, reading habits and who she would love to see play her characters on the big screen.

 

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TELL US ABOUT YOU

 

TBW:    Do you write reviews for the books you read?

KAL:    Some of them! I don’t review everything I read, but if a book really strikes me I like to put in the added effort. I think now

           that I’ve ​published a book, I’ll be more likely to review every book I read. I just feel like authors live and breathe good   

               reviews,and if I love the ​book I’m sure they’d like to know about it. I know I do!

TWB:    Do you read what you write? (genre)

KAL:    I actually don’t really read romance or contemporary romance. I used to read a lot of YA stuff when I was in high school, but

​            have cut ​back since then. I read whatever is good really, I don’t have a preference. I like fantasy, some romance, philosophy,  

​            action, drama, historical fiction…​

TWB:    What are some of your habits when reading or writing?

KAL:    I think my only habit while reading is to ignore the rest of the universe. I can literally be in a room of busy people with

​            someone talking to me and the music turned all the way up and not hear any of it. But while writing, I don’t know if 

            I have an exact habit. I know that I like to sit on the couch with my puppy asleep next to me between 12:00-2:00 am.  

​            That’s the absolute best time for me to write. Recently taking a short walk helps me think more about what I want to

​            write before staring at the screen for too long without doing anything. 

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TELL US ABOUT YOUR CRAFT/BOOK

 

TWB:    What inspired you to start writing?
KAL:    I’ve actually always written in my spare time. I wrote two YA types books   while I was in high school. It was

​            just something I did leisurely when I had   an idea in my head. I always found it really therapeutic. I think for

            Avoiding Commitment in particular, I just had the idea pop into my head about meeting your ex's girlfriend, and then

            it kind of spiraled out from there

        

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TWB:    Why did you choose this genre?

KAL:    I’m not certain I would say I chose the genre as much as the genre chose me. I don’t read much romance or contemporary

​            romance novels, but the story just came to me. Once I had the idea in my head, it ate away at me every second I

​            wasn’t writing it. All I wanted to do when I wasn’t writing   Jack & Lexi’s story was write their story. So I feel like for

            me the characters story just fit the genre.

 

TWB:    What steps did you take to publish your book?

KAL:    Well initially I never intended to publish AC. It was just something I had written for fun, and I already had “out there”

​            on fictionpress. I’d thought about publishing it last January and took some steps with editing it. I hadn’t really made

​            any decisions though and was in the middle of my  Masters program so I pushed it aside. But Colleen Hoover emailed me

​            and told me that I needed to publish, and how can anyone deny Colleen Hoover anything?  I kicked it into high gear,

​            edited it, found Sarah Hansen to design the cover and S.C. Stephens was there with advice and moral   support.

TWB:    Avoiding Commitment obvious involved a lot of cheating and lies. What’s your stance on cheating? And what was the moral of this story?

KAL:    I feel like it’s probably the same as most people’s: cheating isn’t a good thing for you or your relationship. My stance

​            is that shit happens and it happens a lot…a lot more frequently than people probably want to admit. I have people tell

​            me all the time that this book felt like it was written about their life and that it helped them realize what happened in

​            their own life. But I don’t think cheating is the POINT of the story…I think it’s that you can come out of it and get

​            through it…eventually.

 

TWB:     How would you have reacted to Jack’s initial request to visit and convince Bekah that he’s ready for a long-term committed relationship?

KAL:     I know some people think they would never in a million years go to meet the girlfriend, but I think I would have.

​             I wouldn’t have wanted to and I wouldn’t have been happy about it, but I think in the end I would have done it. Who can

​             resist Jack?

 

TWB:     If offered a movie deal would you accept? If so, who would play the main characters? (Lexi, Jack, Chyna, Ramsey and Bekah)

KAL:     To see my book up on the big screen would be a dream come true. I love movies! I used to go to the theaters every

​             weekend! ... I’d probably accept if it all looked good!​

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TELL US ABOUT YOUR NEXT STEPS

 

TWB:    What can your readers expect from Avoiding Responsibility?

KAL:    Readers can expect a whole new world of angst and heartache from the next book. It focuses on the year after AC

​            ends and everything that is in store for Lexi in that time period. Here is a brief synopsis:​

 

            Lexi has finally given up her once destructive relationship and moved onto   bigger and better things, namely Ramsey

​            Bridges. But things are amiss with her new beau and she discovers things about him and his past that would make any girl

​            turn the other way. And she's not sure his past can coincide with hers. A year after his entrance into her life, he's trying

​            to make amends and does the one thing she never expects: invites her to a  wedding...Jack's wedding. Find out what

​            happens to Lexi as she deals   with all the twists and turns that proceed from that question, throw in a few   new players to
            shake up the mix, and don't forget all her old partners in   crime.

 

TWB:    Are you working on a new series? If so, can you share what it will be about and when can we expect it?

KAL:    I am currently working on several projects. The Affiliate is a fantasy romance novel that I started working on this

​            summer. Here is a description of that:​

 

           On the day of Cyrene's 17th birthday, she is Presented to the court of Byern for Selection into the Class System of their

​           society. Coming from a high First Class family, she desperately hopes to be placed into the highly educated world she grew

​           up in. Her sister and brother both already serve their kingdom as established ambassadors of the royal court in one

           of the highest positions. She hopes to obtain a similar stature next to her sister as a Queen's Affiliate. What she finds

​           when she ultimately enters this world is something she never dreamed of, full of a series of unanswered questions and

​           riddles, scandal, and intrigue...​I am so working on the 3rd book in the Avoiding series! I haven’t released any information

​           yet about it, but I’m hoping to get it out next year!  So look for that in the future…