We have the pleasure of being able to chat today with Ms. Amber Dayne author of Soul Search. She also writes under Amber Scott author of The Best Revenge.

First let me say Ms. Dayne/Scott welcome to Fallen Angel Reviews and thank you so much for taking the time to sit and chat with us, it's very much appreciated.

I’m so happy to be here. Fallen Angel Reviews is such an esteemed and trustworthy source for us hopeless romantics.

When I was checking out your website, I noticed you love living in Scottsdale, Arizona. Have you ever lived anywhere else that could compare to the beauty of Arizona?

I grew up in Reno, NV and while its not so lovely as here, Lake Tahoe is incredible. The water is crystal clear and the mountain views can take your breath away.

Would you please tell us a little about yourself and how you got started writing?

Like a lot of writers, I’ve wanted to write all my life. I can remember telling my mother when I was no more than four that I would be a writer when I grew up. The genre always changed from year to year but never the dream. I’m living my dream now. But it wasn’t so easy to begin it. Sure, I wrote in high school and even majored in writing in for my BA, but I didn’t get truly serious about it until I became a stay home mom. My excuse was always time or experience or just not having a story. Then I heard about National Novel Writing Month and thought, if not now, when? I’ve been writing every day since.

Did it take you a long time from writing your first story to becoming a published author?

I think I fit into the average. I wrote my first manuscript, which is safely tucked away in a dark room never to be seen by another soul, then wrote another, and another and then began to query and grow and get a lot of awful rejection. Overall I’d say about two years passed between that first line and seeing one of my stories published. Thanks to the electronic market, the rate was faster than I anticipated.

If you could be any paranormal character, who and what would you be and why?

I adore Celine from the Underworld series. She kicks serious ass but falls for the wolf which is so like me. I love werewolf heroes. And she’s in a state of change, coming to terms with the truth. I can relate to that. The survivor in her. She reminds me a lot of Sonya Blue from the Nancy Collins series.

Where did the idea for Soul Search come from?

Soul Search grew out of the idea of soul mates, that love can reach beyond circumstance and maybe even time itself. When I met my husband, the idea began because suddenly all the hardships and supposed mistakes in my life seemed to have led me directly to him. In being wrong about so many things, I grew and found I ended up in the right place, where and with whom I belong. (Did I mention I’m a hopeless romantic?)

In your book Soul Search, Leah McFarland does a soul switch, this is a great and unusual idea. How did you research this concept; was it hard finding material on it?

The soul switch was part of the organic process of trying to make a time travel, multi-dimensional reality work. In researching for the paranormal elements, I came across similar terminology in one of Sylvia Brown’s books, Phenomenom. It validated for me that I was on the right path and so stuck with it. The wonderful thing about writing paranormal is that you can really stretch boundaries and incorporate these seemingly crazy things your muse comes up with.

What was it about the Shifters Series with Cobblestone Press that got you involved?

A fellow writer and RWA chapter member recommended Cobblestone Press to me. In researching them, I felt like the Shifters Series would be a perfect fit for Soul Search.

In your book from Liquid Silver Books, The Best Revenge, Bianca Slattery finds out her boyfriend Jackson is again cheating on her and turns to his best friend Elton. Was there any surprise emotions for you as you were writing this story?

The biggest surprise for me was how naughty I was able to get. If you can’t tell already, I’m sort of genetically prissy, a thing a lot of people take the wrong way. The Best Revenge started as a let’s try erotica on for size kind of thing. I love the genre and so gave it a try. It was harder to write but so much fun. Letting my dirty side out is so liberating!

Could you tell the readers what you're working on now?

I have a girl on girl erotica I’m in submissions with as well as a time travel western with an outlaw based on Jesse James. But my heart is mostly in my new baby project tentatively titled Gypsy Charm with a half vampire street fighter hero who can’t seem to keep his shirt on for long.

Did you ever think about any other profession besides writing?

Not very seriously. If it wasn’t writing, it was editing or even owning a bookstore. Anything to be surrounded by fiction and the written word.

I have always secretly wanted to be a hair stylist. Shh. Don’t tell. But my hands shake too badly. I’d scare away my clients.

If you and your husband could go anywhere in the world or time for two weeks, where would you go and what would you take with you?

We both have always wanted to go to Spain. The wine, the food, the beaches and Moorish architecture. If I were bolder, I’d even run with the bulls. After reading A Sun Also Rises I’ve had a long standing crush on the country.

I've noticed like you, a lot of authors now have a My Space site. Do you find you're getting more readers using this venue?

I can’t say yet if I’m getting a lot of readers but I do love it. I can express each side of my writing personas and really put a lot of personality on the pages. Plus, it’s free and I love that. I’m hoping that it will appeal to ebook readers, and/or vice versa. It’s public but intimate too somehow.

Is it hard writing for different publishing houses?

Not at all. I have had such great experiences with each publisher and like that I can keep my personas separate. At only one publisher, a paranormal fan might pick up on of my eroticas and end up with something different than what they bargained for. I hope readers will enjoy both alter ego’s work, but just in case….

Is there anything you'd like readers to know about you and your writing that they don't already know?

Maybe that I believe everyone has secrets. Big ones. Little ones. Guilty ones. Secret wishes, secret pasts. I know I do. And in each novel, I get to tease out, explore, adulterate one of those secrets whether it’s a crush on the wrong person or wishing you could tell someone something. It’s a part of being us – being human – that fascinates me.

Once again, thank you so much Ms. Dayne for being with us today. I've really enjoyed our time together and finding out some great information not only on you, but on your books as well. Anyone wanting to check out Ms. Dayne's website can find it at http://amberromances.com.

Interviewed by: Donna