Interview of Author Janet Carol Abney aka Jan Carol
1. Share with the group, who and what inspires you to write? Many things, actually. I grew up in Monterey, CA, practically on the beach. That inspired my writing when I was 14, when I began my first novel. Moving to southeast New Mexico, a very different land for sure, I was inspired to write Texas Prisoner, which takes place just over the state line. Since moving to Missouri, where we've been living over 26 years, I found more time to write, more inspiration in the beauty of the Ozark Mountains. My children inspire me, mainly because they want to know why I'm not on my computer tapping on the keys! My husband is very supportive of my writing. 2. Why did you choose the genre that you write in? I write what comes into my head. Stories knock on my skull begging to come out and be put on paper. I am a romantic, therefore, I think romance. 3. ...