Willa Blackwood

Willa Blackwood Bio: Madison Willa Blackwood grew up in the rural North. She continues to live in the rural North, hoping one day to move somewhere warm and tropi...view moreWilla Blackwood Bio: Madison Willa Blackwood grew up in the rural North. She continues to live in the rural North, hoping one day to move somewhere warm and tropical. When she's not writing, researching, editing, blogging, or working with other authors, she loves to garden, travel, read, and write reviews. Her writing style is uniquely Willa, and she designs her characters with strong personalities. She uses what she knows, and interviews a variety of people to further her understanding of human nature, and the motivations behind their behavior. She researches in order to create believable multi-faceted characters, and plots that no one can figure out. In other words, Willa likes to keep her readers guessing, and everyone hopping. Her deep themes and probing of the psyche become apparent as the true nature of her characters unfold. Her approach to writing is simple. She writes what she already knows and adds a heaping dose of imagination to the mix. Her first trilogy is a paranormal romance also considered mystery, and has elements of science fiction. She doesn't plan to limit herself to one genre, as she both reads and writes several. Willa is curious about people in general, and takes great pride in developing characters we can all relate to in some way or another. They are real, flawed, humorous, serious, and everything in between. When someone reads Willa's writing, she hopes they feel something and can relate in some way. She also wants her readers to imagine the unimaginable, and almost believe it. If she doesn't leave you thinking...she hasn't done her job. I started writing poetry in high school, and that writing bug developed into short stories over the years. I became a freelance during grad school and when I decided to start my first paranormal novel, I ended up scrapping it and starting over in first person, present tense. Hence, I brought Pepper Bonnet to life. Willa's contemporary paranormal trilogy, which includes Stop, Rewind, and Advance, contains a mixture of romance, adventure, mystery and a dose of science fiction. It appeals to young and old alike, and is a slight departure from mainstream writing. Her next project is an erotic romance titled Unleash Me, and will release winter, 2014.view less