Author Spotlight: Megan Frampton

 Happy Monday Folks!

Today the temperature reached a whopping 96 degrees in NYC. It’s partly the reason why I’m late getting this post up. SOOOOO HOOOOOTTTT. 🔥🔥🔥 I’ve also been trying to fix the date for this post, but it’s automatically set for July 3rd. I guess it’s a sign I should’ve waited until tomorrow. Ha. 

Anyway, I meant to get the post up yesterday, but I was recovering from a wicked hangover. LOL, I AM A MESS. A fun mess though. Many thanks to those of you who shared my post for the Sarah MacLean Giveaway last week! I selected a winner a little while ago! 

This week’s featured author is thebomb.com. Megan and I bonded last year at RWA Nationals on the dancefloor. She was bustin’ a move alongside me as “It’s Raining Men” blared from the sound system at the RITAs afterparty. Of course, a friendship was forged. How can you not bond over a glorious song? She’s also from Brooklyn, so there’s the “New Yawk” connection. Learn a little about this fantastic lady!

Take it away Megan…

I always find author interviews kind of boring. We only get to see one side of an author, the polite side. If you had an evil doppelganger, what detail would they enjoy revealing about you to the public that people would find surprising and possibly questionable?

I am super-judgey. I see things flow by on social media, and I always have an opinion about it. I usually do not share said opinion, because I find when I do that my opinion is (of course) skewed by my subjectivity, and there’s usually another side to something. But if someone says something, chances are way better than good that I have judged it within seconds of reading it.

Also, I loathe cold shoulder tops, it makes me crazy when people leave travel books out for others to take (because if it’s Visiting Prague 2009 it’s not going to be very helpful now, is it Gary?), and I get frustrated when chefs say to swap in whatever you feel like. Look, you’re the chef, I’m just following directions. Don’t tell me to make my own directions, that’s why you’re here.

Was there any insight you had that, looking back, put your writing career on a different trajectory?

I honestly don’t think so. I wish more people had bought my women’s fiction title (Vanity Fare, w/a Megan Caldwell), so that I could have kept writing in that genre. But that’s just bad timing, I guess, and not anything under my control. I do wish I could keep to a consistent writing schedule, but that’s just what every author* thinks.

*Except Nora.

What do you do to recharge your batteries?

Movies, books, and being alone.

Would you rather live life with no inhibitions or live life with no stress?

NO STRESS. Oh my god, I so wish I were less anxious. Not gonna happen in this lifetime.

When you were a kid, what did you think your current age would be like?

Settled, and it is totally not.

Finish this sentence: Life’s best lessons are ___________.

Written by friends.

If you had the opportunity to co-write with any author (dead or alive) who would you choose?

I would pick someone who could plot. I’m trying to think who that would be–my favorite authors are super-voicey, so we’d just step on each other’s toes if we tried to co-write. I can’t plot worth a damn, so I’d like someone to tell me what to write–kind of a writing Dom, as it were. I’m not sure who that would be, though.

What are your top three favorite Romance novels?

ACK! Can anyone answer this and not immediately think of dozens more that would work?

The Notorious Rake by Mary Balogh

Sheltered by Charlotte Stein

Think of England by KJ Charles

What are some of your favorite social media accounts to follow?

My favorite social media accounts either teach me things about history (@medievalpoc, @drapedinhistory,@kateStrasdin), politics (@Celeste_pewter, @RacismDog, @TheRickWilson, @waltshaub ‏@cameron_kasky ) or are just fun (@darth, @Fangirl_Musing ‏@EvansBeard ‏@MidCenturyMenu ‏@dog_feelings ‏@dog_rates @SICKOFWOLVES )‏

*Harper sneaking in here. FYI, these are all Twitter accounts.

If you didn’t have to sleep, what would you do with the extra time?

This sounds awful, but I’d probably clean more. It drives me crazy that there is so much clutter and dust in my house, yet I seldom have enough time, with a day job and after-work writing.

**Bonus Question**

Ever tried BDSM? If not, would you?  

LOL, Megan opted out of this one, peeps. 😂

Bio:

Megan Frampton writes historical romance under her own name and romantic women’s fiction as Megan Caldwell. She likes the color black, gin, dark-haired British men, and huge earrings, not in that order. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and kid. You can find her at meganframpton.com, at facebook.com/meganframptonbooks, and @meganf.

Books:

Activate your one-click finger and pre-order Megan’s forthcoming book The Lady Is Daring out on 9/25!