Today we get to know Wendy Sparrow a little better!<\/p>\n
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Q: Where did the idea for a series with the sons of Father Time come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n A submission call went out from a publishing house for a holiday paranormal anthology and they requested something different from the usual. My brainstorming session led me to focusing on New Year\u2019s Eve and Father Time. But I wanted someone younger who wasn\u2019t so deeply tied into the mythology that I had no wiggle room to hook him up with a mortal. I came up with Father Time\u2019s sons and set about creating the world that they\u2019d inhabit. While I never published in that original anthology, the novellas were too much fun to shelve.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q: Was it a challenge to keep each story fresh while weaving some of the same stuff in them?<\/strong><\/p>\n It was more difficult to keep the voices of all of them distinctive. As I fleshed out their backgrounds and what had created their personalities, that became easier. I think the lodge where they all end up creates its own magic by virtue of being realistically wonderful. Their interaction with that fantastic of a setting could never be stale. So, I guess my answer is that it wasn\u2019t\u2026because I cheated and created the lodge.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q: Who is your favourite brother?<\/strong><\/p>\n Hahahaha. I totally thought you were asking about my own brothers and I was thinking, \u201cWhoa. Come on. It varies.\u201d It actually doesn\u2019t vary though with Father Time\u2019s sons. I adore Tempus. He\u2019s audacious, and he likes to read\u2014those seem to be qualities I find sexy. His banter with Lacey just makes me grin, no matter how many times I\u2019ve read it, and his book thievery is just awesome.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q: What was the best part about writing this series?<\/strong><\/p>\n I loved revisiting the world again and again. There\u2019s a feeling of wonderment you sometimes get as an author when you can immerse yourself entirely in a world. It\u2019s an escape and the magic has a charm that just helps my soul. The combination of the holidays and the paranormal world all add up to a place I wish existed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q: Do you have a favourite scene?<\/strong><\/p>\n My favorite scene is actually a scene from Stealing Time where Zeit and Hannah are building a snowman.<\/p>\n Excerpt<\/strong><\/p>\n Making snowmen was a lot more difficult than Christmas commercials on mortal TV made it look. Hannah was rolling the middle portion while Zeit supervised\u2026 because his kept falling apart.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “It looks bigger than the lower portion,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She stopped and shook her head at him. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t have to be perfect. Come over and help me lift it onto the bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After he\u2019d set the middle section onto the lower portion, he stood back and eyed it critically. A snowball hit his head. Zeit frowned at her.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cStop!\u201d Hannah said. \u201cSometimes the best things in life are all misshapen and\u2026\u201d She tilted her head. \u201cWe should really do that one again.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Zeit laughed as he brushed snow from his face.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It took them another three attempts to get what they both deemed were acceptable snowman portions.<\/p>\n \u201cHey. Coal.\u201d With raised eyebrows, Hannah held up the two lumps of coal that had come in his snowman kit. \u201cGet a good long look because this is what you\u2019re getting next year.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He couldn\u2019t stop smiling at her. A dozen times each hour to-day, he wished he could slow down time because he wanted to spend more time with Hannah\u2014he needed that. She was singing \u201cFrosty the Snowman\u201d with a carefree abandon he\u2019d never felt before. If only he didn\u2019t have the end of the year looming over him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cOkay, pass me his corn cob pipe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He pulled the \u201cpipe\u201d out of the box and stared at it. \u201cOur snowman is a smoker? And this is a kids\u2019 song?\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIt was written back before people worried about things like their lungs,\u201d she said, reaching for it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He pulled it away. No. It wasn\u2019t right. \u201cHis days are already numbered, and he\u2019s playing with fire\u2014actual fire?\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cOhhhh, right.\u201d She tilted her head. \u201cWow, that does make him a bit of a rebel, doesn\u2019t it? I bet the snow ladies were all suitably impressed.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Zeit looked around. There were mortal children all around. Young impressionable mortal children. He put the pipe back in the box.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cOr he\u2019s not really a rebel. He likes to play things safe. Then again,\u201d she tapped his coal eyes, \u201che did earn his coal. Maybe he\u2019s got nothing to prove. There should be buttons in the box.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He pulled off his glove to search through the bottom of the box, pulling out three buttons. \u201cWhat is he buttoning up?\u201d he asked as he handed them to Hannah.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She\u2019d started pressing the buttons into his middle snow section, but she stopped and bit her lip as she stared at the round button still in her hand. Finally, she shrugged and pushed the last one in. \u201cI think you\u2019re over analyzing this.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cOr it\u2019s a mortal tradition that could use some scrutiny.\u201d He held out the faux carrot that came in his kit.<\/p>\n \u201cBut, look, he\u2019s healthy. A carrot.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIs he going to eat his own nose?\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t do this with you now.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He went still. Was she\u2026 mad?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Her shoulders started shaking, and he leaned forward to see her trying to restrain a laugh.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then, she leaned down, grabbed a handful of snow and threw it at him. The unpacked snow fluttered around him, spraying a cold mist across his face.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He could do much better than that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Q: Will we see more of the brothers?<\/strong><\/p>\n Possibly. There are other brothers mentioned and it\u2019s hinted at that they\u2019re also calling Zeit, the hero from the first book, in Taking Time. Plus, there\u2019s Father Time\u2019s romance\u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q: When do you write?<\/strong><\/p>\n My OCD spreads to my writing so that it becomes an obsessive pursuit. If I sit down to write, I write for hours upon hours. My house is quieter at night and I have insomnia so I do a lot of writing late into the night.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q: What are you currently reading?<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s the time of year when I start reading holiday romances to get me in the mood. So, I\u2019ve been reading mostly historical romances, but I was going to break off and catch up in Kristen Painter\u2019s Nocturne Falls series and reread my favorites.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”HR 30%” _builder_version=”3.0.73″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” module_alignment=”left” global_module=”3593″ saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.89″ background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n Find Wendy online:<\/p>\n Website<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Blog<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n Goodreads<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”HR 30%” _builder_version=”3.0.73″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” module_alignment=”left” global_module=”3593″ saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.86″][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Servants of Fate Boxed Set Cover” saved_tabs=”all” src=”http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/box_set500x750.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url=”http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/books\/servants-of-fate\/boxed-set\/” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” max_width=”200px” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_module=”4101″ show_bottom_space=”on” animation_style=”none” animation_duration=”1000ms” animation_intensity_slide=”50%” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Servants of Fate Boxed Set Description” saved_tabs=”all” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_module=”4105″ background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n As servants of Fate, Father Time\u2019s sons must sacrifice a mortal\u2019s lifetime on behalf of humanity before each year ends. It\u2019s simpler if they don\u2019t get involved, as their immortality is a barrier to relationships and to understanding the emotions of those whose lives end in a blink, especially if these time holders have a hand in it. Servants of Fate pass in and out of the lives of those around them, never interacting, until a different type of fate steps in. They can stop time, but love will leave them powerless.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.89″ background_layout=”light” saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week we are shining a spotlight on Wendy Sparrow\u2019s paranormal romance Servants of Fate trilogy where three brothers, sons of Father Time, meet their match when they are charged with taking the life of mortal women on New Year\u2019s Eve. 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At home in the Pacific Northwest, Wendy Sparrow writes for both an adult and young adult audience in many genres but always with a happily ever after. She has two wonderfully quirky kids, a supportive husband, and a perpetually messy house because she hates cleaning. She\u2019s an advocate both online and in her community for autistic children in addition to actively trying to raise awareness about obsessive-compulsive disorder. Most days she spends on Twitter procrastinating doing the dishes.<\/p>\n
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