{Character Interview} Alexa Wainwright of 'When a Stranger Comes...'
We’re thrilled to be talking to Alexa Wainwright from Karen
S. Bell’s, When a Stranger Comes... It is a pleasure to have her
with us today at Pimp That Character!
Thank you for your interview, Alexa Wainwright. How old are you and what do you do for a
living?
I’m 31 and I’m an author of fiction to empower women.
Can you tell us about one of your most distinguishable
features?
I’m tall
Where do you go when you are angry?
Take a bath
What is your greatest fear?
To become a midlist author
What is your idea of a perfect day?
Good food, good sex, good weather
What are three must haves when shopping at the grocery
store?
Wine, wine, and wine
Are you a loner or do you prefer to surround yourself
with friends?
Loner
Who is your best friend?
I have one colleague, my editor, Margaret, who has become my
only friend.
What’s your idea of a perfect meal?
Kosher deli
What is your most treasured possession?
Chihuly
hand-blown glass bowl
About the Author
When
a Stranger Comes…is Ms. Bell’s third novel. Her debut, Walking with Elephants, was
initially published by a small publisher who went out of business.
Subsequently, she took over as an indie publisher. It went on to win the
Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence and was a top-five finalist in the Kindle
Book Review’s 2012 contest for the best indie books. Sunspots, her
second novel, was awarded the IndiePENdents.org Seal of Approval for good
writing. She holds a Master of Science in Mass Communication and for 15 years,
she was an editor/copyeditor for a "Big Four" public accounting firm.
Ms. Bell was also technical editor for an accounting industry
magazine.
Here are some reviews of her
previous work published in the Florida Times Union:
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About the Book:
Achieving what you crave can
also bring the terrifying fear of losing it. For Alexa Wainwright, this truth
has become her nightmare. Born Gladys Lipschitz, the daughter of an unwed Soviet-era
Jewish immigrant, her debut novel, A Foregone Conclusion, soared to number one
on the bestseller’s list and
Witnessing an
out-of-the-blue lightning bolt whose giant tendrils spread over the blue sky
and city streets below her loft window, Alexa doesn’t realize just how this vow
will be tested as she’s magically transported to an alternate reality. In this
universe, the characters from her books are given the breath of life and she
meets publisher, King Blakemore, who just might be the Devil himself. At first,
she shrugs off her doubts about this peculiar publisher and very lucrative book
deal offer because the temptation of riches and refound fame is too strong. But
all too soon, Alexa realizes she’s trapped in an underworld of evil from which
she desperately wants to escape. For starters, she finds herself in an
iron-clad book contract that changes its wording whenever she thinks of a
loophole. Desperate to get her life back, she devises schemes to untether
herself from this hellish existence. She’s also aided by the forces for good
who attempt to help her. However, King Blakemore is cleverer and more powerful
than she can begin to understand. Playfully, he decides to give Alexa a second
chance to save herself from eternity with him and to be free. He offers her the
prospect of a rewrite, as most authors do as part of the writing process. Given
this chance, will Alexa make the same choices and the same mistakes again?
Alexa, as the MC, is
relatable, likable, and vulnerable with a keen sense of humor. Her world is
very small because writing is her life and so she is an easy target for
entrapment. Her pact with the Devil is an allegory for the evil lurking in our midst. The
social decay of
modern society with its excessive greed, the ignorance of our political
leaders, and
our indifference toward the survival of all species from the effects of climate
change, among other environmental pressures, are perhaps brought forth by the
darkest forces of human nature.
When A Stranger Comes is
available at Amazon.
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