Monday, July 1, 2013

ACCLAIMED AUTHOR BEVERLY SWERLING:
INSIDE THE WRITERS' STUDY

The Los Angeles Times has called her work, 'near perfect historical fiction.' Beverly Swerling, the critically acclaimed author of five previous novels, including the City of Dreams series, a four-volume historical saga set in old New York, pulls up a chair...Inside the Writers' Study!




What is your favorite word?  
Has to be two: and then

What is your least favorite word?  
Suddenly

What turns you on?  
Stroking

What turns you off?  
Demanding

What sound or noise do you love?  
Foghorns off the New England coast

What sound or noise do you hate? 
Screams

What is your favorite curse word? 
Sh!t

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? 
Chef

What profession would you not like to do? 
Accountant

If heaven or the after-life exists, what would you like to hear God, The Source (or whatever Deity you may believe in) say when you arrive at the pearly gates?  
He's here, waiting for you.


In one sentence, describe your newest or most recent release:

BRISTOL HOUSE from Viking is a book about forgiveness, and the circularity of time, wearing the clothes of historical fiction – or at least some of them.  http://www.beverlyswerling.com/bristol-house/story-begins/